UpRight powered access is moving into its new home today the massive Vigo building in the UK.
30.10.2006
City Lifting, the UK crane hire company, has purchased most of Vanson’s tower crane rental fleet.
29.10.2006
A train struck a boom lift near Melbourne Australia on Friday throwing the operator out of the basket, seriously injuring him.
Nacanco the Spanish based, Italian owned lift and handler rental group is opening three more depots in Italy.
28.10.2006
A new UK government standard appears to mandate that all those working on Public contracts in England must carry training cards.
Maeda book first six orders for the new 405: Bluelift set to launch in the UK: world’s biggest loader crane, more details on the Leader Jet 200.
27.10.2006
SAIE is proving a challenge, with so many crane, access and telehandler exhibitors to see here are a few more glimpses.
26.10.2006
UK crane rental company, Crane Services has placed an order for a 1,000 tonne LTM 11000-9.1 All Terrain crane with 100 metre Boom.
Terex group sales rose by over 22 percent in the first nine months of 2006 to $5.6 billion. Full year forecast increased to $7.6 billion.
25.10.2006
Terex Crane division increased its revenues for the first nine months of 2006 by 34 percent to $1.23 billion. Availability is now touching eight months.
Revenues for Terex aerial work platforms, largely Genie, jumped by over 45 percent for the first nine months of 2006, to $1.56 billion.
Isoli has taken on Versalift for Italy, Oxley is looking at Unic, CTE- Sol.Ge update one year on.
A filter system is to blame for a fire that occurred Tuesday morning at a Manitowoc Cranes training facility
The 42nd SAIE exhibition in Bologna opened today.
The Manitowoc crane group, which includes Grove and Potain, reported sales up 37 percent for the nine months to end September. Operating earnings for the division rose by 240 percent.
Allan Chew a veteran of the Singapore and Malaysian access market has rejoined UpRight after an eight year sojourn with Genie.
The Van Seumeren family has relinquished its majority holding in Mammoet in a deal said to be worth €60 million.
24.10.2006
UK builder’s merchant, Jewson, has placed one of the largest single orders for loader cranes ever in the UK.
Tate Modern in London has used a Nifty 170 to assemble and unusual exhibit
JLG is to put its 100,000th boom lift up for auction, with part of the proceeds going to charity.
23.10.2006
Pfaff silberblau the German based material handling producer and distributor has been acquired by EQT, a Swedish investment fund.
Kobelco is ditching its Wind-turbine Special tag and promoting a range of custom options instead
Cob Stenham, non executive chairman of The Ashtead group, dies suddenly over the weekend.
The Tanfield group, owner of UpRight and Aerial is to raise a further £25 million to fund expansion of its aerial lift division.
