The Lavendon Group has released its first half results with revenues of £114 million, a decline of 7% on last year.
28.08.2009
Platformers Days will open its doors later today - here is a small taste of some of the new products on show.
27.08.2009
A man died Wednesday in Queens, New York, after a boom section slipped out of an articulated loader crane striking him in the head.
Swedish based Datek is claiming to be the first radio remote control manufacturer to achieve ISO 14001:2004. environmental certification.
PB Liftechnik will launch a new 11 metre/33ft platform height big deck electric scissor lift at this weeks Platformer Days.
26.08.2009
The 104 metre Bronto HLA104 will make its first appearance at Platformers Days in Germany this weekend
Bruno Fille, executive Vice president and director of Manitou has resigned effective the end of this month.
Manitowoc has been dropped from the S&P 500 after its market capitalisation dropped below $900 million.
25.08.2009
A building site at the University of Queensland in Brisbane was evacuated yesterday after a crane tipped over.
PSE has launched a new website which includes a parts shop with innovative parts identification and purchase options.
Seaway Heavy Lifting’s 5,000 tonne floating crane the Oleg Strashnov was successfully launched on Saturday
Kranlyft the European region master distributor for Maeda cranes has appointed a new team member for the Russian market.
German heavy haulage company H N Krane has recently taken delivery of a 1,200 tonne Liebherr LTM 11200-9.1
Harsco’s access division has signed a new Joint Venture deal with Al Baroom Group in Saudi Arabia.
Another crane accident has occurred on a major Indian transport project, this time on the flyover of a highway,
Spotted this Saturday in Durham, England a man painting first floor windows in the centre of the busy town - with no access equipment.
24.08.2009
GGR Unic has issued an open invitation to a crane and lifting open day at its Oldham location in Northern England.
Eve Trakway, the UK based temporary roadway/surface protection supplier, has acquired Anglia Traffic Management
A second year apprentice service engineer at AFI in the UK has won the National Construction College’s Plant Mechanics-Access Platforms Award.
We have received reports that truck mounted lifts in the North of England have recently been followed to site by competitors.
Sent in last week from Germany, a man working on street lighting from the edge of a clamshell bucket.
Catherine Stratton has published the 2008/2009 Plant Hire Investment Report, the most challenging in the 16 years of the report.
23.08.2009
BMW in the UK has taken delivery of the first two tonne Galizia pick & carry crane
A crawler crane caused a bridge to collapse in Trinidad this weekend as it attempted to cross.
