As most exhibitors loaded their equipment up after Vertikal Days on Thursday evening, Niftylift secured an order for its new HR21 Hybrid.
27.06.2009
UK based AJ Access ordered one of the first Hybrid HB1030CE compact light weight scissor lifts at Vertikal Days this week.
Blade Access the fast growing Yorkshire, UK, based truck mounted aerial lift rental company, has added a 70 metre Wumag to its fleet.
The 34 metre Bronto, stolen from Loxam last month, has been spotted in the North of England, Loxam is offering a £1,000 reward if you can help recover it.
TGM Wind Services, of Abilene, Texas, has ordered two 90 metre Bronto Skylift S90 HLA truck mounted lifts.
26.06.2009
The Lavendon Group, The world’s largest aerial lift rental specialist, has reported revenues to the end of May five percent lower than last year and in line with its expectations.
25.06.2009
The third Vertikal Days got off to a strong start yesterday with first days visitor attendance up comfortably on last year.
A 26 metre heavy duty scissor lift was involved in a small fire in the UK yesterday, after it experienced some sort of structural failure, no one was hurt.
Link-Belt is building a new assembly bay at its facility in Lexington, Kentucky
24.06.2009
The UK and Ireland’s only specialist event for cranes, access equipment and telehandlers opens today.
Cranes UK ran a tough 12 question general crane knowledge competition in its run up to Vertikal Days, the Winners have now been announced.
Oktopus (UK) the UK distributor for Klaas aluminium cranes and Oktopus suction lifting devices has appointed an administrator.
23.06.2009
SEV (US) has teamed up with Altec to produce an all electric truck mounted boom lift.
With this weeks Vertikal Days getting underway this week in the UK, our news coverage may not be quite as rapid as usual.
R2 Access is auctioning an Eazzi Lift Mini, push around scissor lift for charity at this weeks Vertikal Days.
Ainscough Crane Hire, the UK’s largest crane rental company has confirmed that it has ordered 20 Liebherr LTM1150-6.1 150 tonne All Terrain cranes.
22.06.2009
Two men were arrested in South Wales yesterday after staging an early morning father’s day demonstration on the jib of a 35 metre tower crane.
Dutch based heavy lifting company Mammoet has unveiled plans for a new 100,000t/m plus mobile crane.
21.06.2009
Kennards Hire of Australia has moved into Port Douglas, Queensland, with the acquisition of Coral Coast Hire.
UK based Hi Reach has taken delivery of its fourth big Holland lift scissor this year, a 34 metre Rough Terrain.
The first sentencing has been handed down following the guilty verdict for WD Bennett and subsidiary Eurolift for the fatal tower crane collapse in 2003.
20.06.2009
Alfred Wyss has come out of retirement to head up Swiss crane and access company Stirnimann, following the departure of MD Lorenzo Cassani
19.06.2009
Italian truck mounted lift and recovery truck company Isoli, will make its UK/Ireland debut at Vertikal Days next week.
Snorkel is asking owners of SR2770 compact Rough Terrain scissor lifts built between 2000 and 2006 to inspect their machines for cracks in the drive motor shafts.
