If you have ever had the notion to send Rupert Douglas Jones of IPAF to a distant country, somewhere isolated and dusty with few comforts, here is your chance.
20.03.2007
A 200 tonne crawler crane full rigged with boom and luffing jib tipped over last night in the Miami area injuring a worker.
Pop-Up products has agreed a partnership agreement with IPS the Telford based parts and service company.
19.03.2007
Sangwin Plant Hire of Hull, East Yorkshire in the UK, has added Genie telehandlers to its lifting fleet.
Eve Trakway, the supplier of temporary road ways and mats has acquired the UK rental business of Rola-Trac.
17.03.2007
All of the APS staff have been sporting big red noses today and the company is donating 1% of its revenues to the appeal.
16.03.2007
Nationwide Access has ordered 500 new lifts, worth over £15million as part of a major replenishment programme
Wilbert tower cranes has appointed ABP as its new dealer in Ireland.
Malthus the privately owned Norwegian sales and rental company has acquired Liftbolaget, the Swedish distribution company.
Cramo Sweden has acquired Goby AB a rental company in Sundsvall northern Sweden.
AmQuip has acquired Boston based Shaughnessy Crane Services from NES Rentals.
Manitowoc has increased its earnings per share forecast by 10 percent based on a strong crane performance.
15.03.2007
Access Daze the annual lift event is adding an extra day this year.
AFI-Uplift has appointed Brian Parker as its first general training manager.
Liverpool-based winners-access.com has taken the first Wumag WT370.
NMT Crane Hire of Milton Keynes, UK has ordered seven new cranes from Demag and Spierings.
A material supply manager at Hiab in Hudiksvall, Sweden has won the 7th Svenska Monteringspriset (production assembly prize).
A massive rail mounted port crane fell into a dry dock in Canada yesterday killing the operator.
14.03.2007
JCB is previewing the miniscopic - a new concept, compact telehandler.
A management reshuffle is underway at PM group the Italian crane and access company
Four Greenpeace campaigners have climbed the boom of a crawler crane on a barge next to the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London.
13.03.2007
Manitou has reported a 19% increase in net profits on a 14% increase in revenues.
The annual IPAF summit, AGM and dinner is barely two weeks away.
United has promoted Michael J. Kneeland to the post of executive vice president and chief operating officer. he was previously executive vice president-operations.
