Haulotte the French aerial lift and telehandler manufacturer has announced a 12 percent fall in sales to €259 million. Operational profits slumped 40%.
25.07.2008
Haulotte, the leading European manufacturer of aerial lifts has acquired Bil-Jax, the US based trailer lift and scaffold producer.
Manitowoc has appointed Cynthia M. Egnotovich, a segment president with aerospace company Goodrich, to its board of directors.
Elavation, the Milton Keynes, UK, based powered access rental and training company has moved to the next stage of its growth plans with a 45 unit order for Niftylift booms.
JLG has supplied the first of its new Powershift telehandlers, a 13 metre, 4,000kg capacity Model 4013 PS, to the Isle of Man.
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is planning to use a large “cherry picker” to hold up a 6m square panel to shade the wicket in a game next week.
A 79 year old man was killed when a crane he was watching tipped over onto his car in Oklahoma City yesterday.
French based telehandler and aerial lift manufacturer Manitou has reported an increase in first half revenues of over 8%.
24.07.2008
A crane driver in California has managed to avoid a prison sentence for three felony counts of involuntary manslaughter through a plea bargain.
The Glasgow depot of AFI-Uplift has given a lift to the Children’s Hospice Association Scotland by raising a £1,000 donation.
Richard Tindale, sales and marketing director for UpRight powered access has won an export award from One North East.
Terex Cranes has reported a 38 percent jump in its first six months revenues to $1.44 billion, while profits leapt 93%.
First half revenues at Terex AWP - largely Genie aerial lifts and telehandlers were up by 6% on 2007 while the order book dropped over 40%.
A lattice crane boom crashed down onto a self propelled boom lift in north Normal, Illinois, yesterday killing the man in the platform.
23.07.2008
The boom of a boom-truck type crane came crashing down across a road in the ski resort of Vail, Colorado yesterday.
A man was crushed while helping to dismantle an old boatyard crane at a canal marina in Bletchley, near Milton Keynes in the UK.
Hertfordshire, UK, based haulage company Hallett Silbermann has purchased three new cranes from Fassi UK, including a 63 tonne flagship.
Commuters in Surrey, British Columbia, faced long delays yesterday after a crane dropped its boom across both sides of a highway.
Palfinger will unveil several new loaders cranes at the IAA Commercial Vehicles Show in Hanover, Germany in September.
22.07.2008
A 150 ton mobile crane has toppled while taking down a sign in Kingwood, Houston, USA.
A New York City crane inspector has resigned a month after he was suspended for neglect of duty.
Several protestors scales a crane on the site of a proposed incinerator in Newhaven, East Sussex.
Mediaco, France's leading crane and access rental company has acquired Group Sogecofa the third largest.
Terex Italia celebrated its 40th anniversary with a two day ‘open house’ in Bologna.
