A 27 year old man was catapulted to his death in Germany on Friday after his aerial lift snagged on a cable.
13.10.2008
UK based aerial lift rental company, London Tower Service, has taken delivery of its first electric delivery truck.
The restored Clydebank Titan crane in Glasgow, Scotland, has received a top international award for Architecture
Kors the Dutch distributor for Skyjack, Omme and HAB celebrated its 25th anniversary this weekend, unveiled a new product range and broke ground on its new facility,
Daan van der Poel, owner of Eurosupply, and his wife Caroline are participating in the 2008 Amsterdam - Dakar Challenge.
11.10.2008
The latest Cranes & Access is now on line and ready to download.
The contractor responsible for the tower crane that collapsed in Bellevue in 2006 has agreed to pay a $9,200 fine and drop its appeals against safety violations.
10.10.2008
Five children were killed and two injured today in Zibo City, Shandong Province, China, after a tower crane collapsed on a kindergarten.
This one is truly deserving of the death wish tag, we are not sure where it is from but it gives a whole new meaning to working at height.
A crane installing an air handling unit in Dodge City, Kansas, tipped over yesterday after the ground under its outriggers gave way.
09.10.2008
Manitowoc has appointed Elias Chakour and Keith Crider as North American regional business managers, responsible for Manitowoc crawler and Grove mobile cranes.
Terex Aerial Work Platforms has appointed Tim Maxson as plant director at Terex Load King
JLG has confirmed that Tim Hatch will take over from Wayne MacDonald as vice president engineering.
An unconfirmed number of employees are to be laid off at Genies plant in Moses Lake, Washington,
08.10.2008
A man using a loader crane to unload steel from another truck was killed in Melbourne yesterday after the crane tipped and crushed him, the outriggers were not set.
Manitex, the boom truck and rough terrain forklift manufacturer has acquired Crane and Machinery Inc. and Schaeff Inc, for $3.7 million.
Production units of the Logicrane 25.25 telescopic crawler crane built by Crane Business in Holland and unveiled at SED are now shipping.
Finnish base Ramirent has appointed Grigory Grif, 43, as its country manager, for Russia.
07.10.2008
The latest Kran & Bühne magazine, No 74 is now on line and available to download.
Tanfield has announced that it will implement a one-week shut-down of its Snorkel production facility in Elwood, Kansas.
Manitowoc has received US approval to go ahead with the acquisition of food equipment company Enodis.
Loader crane manufacturer Hiab, has received an order for 428 loader cranes and 32 Multilift hooklifts from BAE Systems for the US Army.
A number of past presidents of IPAF met in London on Friday only the second time that such a meeting has occurred.
A reader spotted three men in Hull, UK, yesterday who clearly don’t have a clue about safe work at height.
06.10.2008
