Dutch rental company HWS has purchased two new 12 metre Niftylift HR12 NDE bi-energy self-propelled boom lifts.
19.06.2011
UK based Extreme Wind Services has purchased a 70 metre Palfinger WT700 for wind turbine maintenance.
17.06.2011
GGR Unic will launch a very special line of new spider cranes at next week’s Vertikal Days in the UK.
UK based Lavendon Access Services has established a new product committee to evaluate new products for its fleet.
An operator is in intensive care after the boom of his crane contacted power lines in Toronto, Canada yesterday.
The crane that collapsed in the Medley district of Miami, Florida was a rubber tyred gantry crane
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Delta Rigging & Tools of Pearland, Texas has acquired Grizzly Wire Rope & Chain of Williston, North Dakota.
We have received a strange photograph of 40 people suspended in harnesses from a telescopic crane.
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Manitex has received formal Italian court approval for its acquisition of the business assets of CVS.
16.06.2011
Cranes UK, the Tadano Faun and Broderson distributor has appointed Julian Elms as a member of its sales team.
Terex ups its offer for Demag to €45.50 and looks set to acquire the German industrial and port crane manufacturer.
UK-based County Lifting has taken delivery of a 130 tonne Liebherr LTM 1130-5.1 All Terrain crane.
Ashtead, owner of Sunbelt in the USA and A-Plant in the UK, has reported full year results with revenues up 11%.
Power and automation specialist ABB has added three new members to its UK marine and crane services team.
15.06.2011
Terex Cranes has pledged $21,000 to the Specialised Carriers & Rigging Foundation.
Mammoet has unveiled its new PTC super heavy lift cranes at an open day in the Netherlands today.
Italian based pick & carry crane manufacturer JMG has unveiled a new 11 tonne battery powered crane.
German based H.A.B will use next week’s Vertikal Days to launch its compact S142-12E2WD on the UK market.
14.06.2011
Snorkel UK has appointed James Darnley as a sales manager, he joins from the GAP group.
A crane placing a 1957 fighter jet onto a pedestal in Alameda, California dropped its load yesterday.
German platform manufacturer Ruthmann has taken over Hanover-based Time Deutschland Versalift GmbH.
The managing director of Aachen based crane rental company Wertz was shot and killed by her husband last Thursday
JLG's new 340AJ boom has been named as 'Best Product' of the year by the Australian Hire Association.