Tadano has released its first quarter results which show revenues up by 14% leading too profits up by 55%. The company is forecasting that full year revenues will increase by 12%.
22.08.2006
Kesla has sold its self propelled boom lift designs and business to Nostolift the Finnish truck mounted lift producer.
While the HSE and Merseyside police commence their investigation, we have been informed that the truck mounted lift involved in yesterdays fatal accident, was a Versalift VST4000 owned by Highland Access.
21.08.2006
A man fell to his death yesterday after the articulating jib gave way on the truck mounted lift he was using for street light maintenance.
Nations Rent the North American rental company being acquired by Ashtead has reported a significant improvement in profitability.
20.08.2006
An 80 ton crawler crane toppled into a creek in Oregon this week when a beam under it buckled and gave way.
19.08.2006
Thomas equipment’s Canadian manufacturing arm is to file for a court supervised restructuring under the Canadian bankruptcy and Insolvency laws. 141 employees have gone as part of this plan.
18.08.2006
A tree surgeon from Halewood died earlier this month after falling from his truck mounted lift. He was not wearing a harness.
17.08.2006
A painter working at a Suffolk theatre, in the UK, fell six metres from scaffolding suffering serious head injuries
The total number of fatal injuries at work in the UK has decreased by 5% in 2005/2006 , however falling from height continues to be the most common accident
Thomas Industrial coatings has been fined $64,000 with more to come after three of its employees fell to their deaths in a five month period. The company lost two employees in the same way during the 90's.
16.08.2006
Criminal charges may be taken out against those involved with the crane that caused Monday’s power outage in Tokyo after it was discovered that employees had lied.
Favelle Favco Bhd, the Malaysian based crane manufacturer was officially listed on the Malaysian stock exchange yesterday.
Peter Hird Ltd, of Hull in the UK, has ordered £1.5 million worth of new Genie and Manitou lifts
15.08.2006
UK based Higher Platforms has purchased further Propane powered aerial lifts, giving it the largest LPG fleet in Europe.
Ramirent has reported a strong first half for 2006, with sales up by 28% and net profits more than three times those of 2005. The company also announced the acquisition of a small compaction equipment rental company.
SGB has won a three year access contract at Shell Netherlands that will generate a further €15 million of revenues.
14.08.2006
Liebherr has confirmed revenue growth of 15.6% in 2005, beating our €5 billion forecast by over €300 million
A lattice boomed crane traveling on a barge, wiped out Tokyo’s main power supply this morning when it struck power lines spanning the Edo river.
Bridge bashing is a way too common problem, particularly with loader cranes, however we have rarely seen a case as bad as this one.
GSR the Italian truck mounted lift producer will launch its new 27.7m sigma style truck mounted boom lift at Platformers days at the end of August.
13.08.2006
Here is a story that is totally unrelated to Cranes, Access platforms or telehandlers. But it is a Friday afternoon in the silly season after all.
11.08.2006
A Liebherr MK100 belonging to BTB Logistiks of Berlin came down overnight crushing a number of luxury cars.
Expanding rental company Access Rentals is set to open a new depot - its third this year.
