An aerial lift and telehandler apprentice - Stephen Vicary of The Platform Company has won the UK’s National Construction College’s Apprentice of the year award.
05.08.2008
Industrial equipment auctioneers Ritchie Bros has opened a brand new site in France.
Ramirent, the Finnish based international rental company, has issued a profit warning and announced a change in directors.
Manitowoc has issued an emergency service bulletin asking owners of 18 of its model 16000 crawler cranes to stop using certain boom sections until they have been checked.
Shareholders of food equipment company Enodis have approved its acquisition by Manitowoc.
Terex AWP has appointed Bernhard Kahn as regional sales manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In his new role Kahn he report to Stein Adolfsen divisional sales manager for northern Europe.
A large RT crane tipped over at the side of Shady Grove road near Gaithersburg, Maryland yesterday.
04.08.2008
Manitowoc has agreed to sell its entire marine business to Fincantieri - Cantieri Navali Italiani with Lockheed Martin taking a minority stake in the acquisition.
If you are reading this in Turkey, we would appreciate your help.
Steven Chalk of Orion Access Services, eldest son of Paul Chalk, passed away on Thursday last week aged 17.
Lavendon has announced the name and management positions for Nationwide Access and The Platform Company after they merge later this year.
The UK’s HSE has written to all UK crane rental companies, asking them to “take forward certain actions” which have arisen from its investigation into the fatal collapse of the luffing tower crane in Liverpool in January 2007.
RSC one of North Americas largest rental companies has reported first half rental revenues up by over 6%.
United Rentals, the world’s largest equipment rental company has reported an 11% fall in first half revenues – profits slide 19%.
03.08.2008
Pagliero is shipping 10 of its 16 metre Multitel LT161D, 3.5 tonne truck mounted boom lifts to Mateco in Germany, taking its fleet to 24.
02.08.2008
Liebherr has published its final numbers for 2007, which show an 18.45 increase in mobile crane revenues and over 28% for tower cranes.
Steve King has been promoted to sales director of powered access at A-Plant, which is also investing a further £10 million in new equipment.
Vertikal. Net broke most of its readership records again in July with over 4 million hits and over 90,000 visitors.
01.08.2008
Oshkosh has reported its results for the nine months to June 30th, which show JLG’s revenues for the period increased 7.5%. While in the third quarter they are up 5.3% to $920 million.
Take a look at the latest powered access micro mini the details of which arrived in our offices today.
A very special Grove TM1400E was recently spotted in the UAE, in good working order, some 28 years after it was built.
A Dutch reader just back from Dubai has sent in a series of photos he took on Saturday around the UAE!
Japanese crane and access manufacturer Tadano, has reported first quarter revenues up 3% while profits increased by almost 7%
The UK’s Kier Group has presented awards to members of a tower crane team that successfully dismantled a fire damaged tower crane.
31.07.2008
