The OFT has extended the approval period for Speedy Hires acquisition of Hewden’s tool rental business.
06.07.2007
The Malaysian government has lifted its restrictions on the purchase of cranes.
The new IPAF website has finally gone live and includes a number of new features
Zhenhua Port Machinery wins $200 (£100) million deal from Dubai Ports World
05.07.2007
Don’t worry we are not turning into a comedy site, but given that it is a quiet news day and just to poke a little good natured fun at the HSE……
Kobelco cranes saw revenues climb by 42% for its year to March 2007 while unit shipments increased by 38% to 730 units
A crane operator in Ipswich had a scare yesterday when his tower crane was struck by lightning.
04.07.2007
JLG is planning a new European parts distribution centre at Maasmechelen in Belgium.
Two men were badly injured last week after a wheel of the boom lift they were using went through a cover over a void causing it to tip.
This is nothing to do with cranes, access or telehandlers, it is probably very amateur of us to publish it.. serious readers please go to the next story.
03.07.2007
Cramo the Finnish based rental company has acquired Oskarin Vuokrakone a small rental company in central Finland.
Danish lorry loader manufacturer HMF is celebrating 20 years trading in the UK.
Cargotec has received orders for 42 ship cranes for vessels built in China and Taiwan.
Vertikal.Net achieved new records again in June, with over 2.3 million hits and 63,000 visits
A police camera caught a crawler crane boom on tape as it came crashing down across a main road.
Maxim Crane works has increased the price bands for its Dutch auction share buyback tender and extended the deadline.
02.07.2007
The Big Merino a 96 tonne concrete ram was recently relocated in Goulburn, just south of Sydney.
Two men fell from a scaffold tower in Madrid while dismantling the stage of the Rolling Stones concert.
Liebherr has appointed Christoph Kleiner as Geschäftsführer of sales at Liebherr Ehingen.
A mobile crane exploded in Melbourne this morning after catching fire.
A mobile crane tipped over backwards in Nagoya Japan on Saturday taking out the power lines.
01.07.2007
Spanish tower crane manufacturer Comansa, says that it can offer six week delivery on its flat top cranes.
A youth stole the keys from a boom lift yesterday leaving the operator stranded.
30.06.2007
Edmonton based Northern Crane Services has acquired A-1 Crane & Bridge Rentals of Grande Prairie, Alberta.
29.06.2007
