A man fell to his death on Monday while working from an aerial lift after he climbed out of the platform to reach something.
24.10.2011
JCB has opened a new museum –‘The Story of JCB’ today 66 years after the company was founded.
US based Smith Electric Vehicles, which is part owned by Tanfield, has launched its $30 million private placing.
US based rental company RSC has reported a strong third quarter with a strong upturn in profitability.
23.10.2011
UK based Rider Industrial Services has taken delivery of a new 22m spider lift and has had a positve very start.
A crane operator died earlier today after the crane he was operating overturned at Tilbury Docks in the UK.
22.10.2011 2
Haulotte has appointed Carmine Gibilisco as sales manager for the eastern region of the USA.
21.10.2011
Italian rental company Nacanco has purchased 45 Socage truck mounted platforms.
UK based heavy lift and transport specialist ALE has opened an office in Basra, Iraq.
When IPAF Germany considered how to make visitors at a health & Safety show stop and take note of its message, it decided to get artistic.
20.10.2011
Harsco Infrastructure has opened a new facility in Lima, Peru for its formwork, shoring and scaffolding business.
US based rental company United Rentals has reported a very strong third quarter with profits up over 250%
Finnish-based crane and reachstacker manufacturer Konecranes has published its third quarter results.
UK based rental company Warren Access has acquired its first spider lift, an 18 metre Teupen Leo 18GT.
20.10.2011 1
A man’s life was saved yesterday after an overhead crushing incident while using a boom lift in Melbourne Australia.
English Heritage has called for urgent repairs to be made to a grade II listed crane on the Isle of Wight.
19.10.2011
Terex AWP/Genie has appointed David Hopper as operations director for Europe Africa and the Middle East
Steve Filipov is to head the Terex tower crane business supporting gerneral Martina Moritsch.
Police have used aerial work platforms and cranes to help evict protesters from Dale Farm in the UK.
19.10.2011 1
Terex Cranes unveiled two new Chang Jiang truck cranes at the BICES show in China yesterday.
UK based international rental company Lavendon has acquired Blue Sky Access the aerial lift attachment designer.
19.10.2011 3
LTC – London Tower Crane Hire & Sales – has been appointed as UK/Ireland distributor for Jost luffing jib cranes.
Austrian based rental company Prangl has purchased 15 Snorkel TM12s and 32 Snorkel’s 38ft A38E boom lifts.
18.10.2011
Kobelco is ready to start shipping the new G-Series range of crawler cranes, announced at Conexpo.
