Ranger Equipment, the Teupen distributor for the UK and Ireland, has launched a finance service.
13.07.2006
The Access Link, the UK affiliation of independent regional access rental companies has appointed further new members.
With all the hustle and bustle of a busy spring, we missed that fact that Mrs Andreé Braud, honorary chairwoman of Manitou, passed away on April first.
Robertson Construction has been ordered to pay £103,975 compensation to the family of James Weir, after he fell to his death in 2002.
12.07.2006
A-Plant the UK rental division of the Ashtead group is spending over £80 million this year to renew and expand its fleet.
The latest Cranes&Access is now on line and available for reading or downloading.
Facelift, the Hickstead, UK, based access company has won first prize in the ‘Paddle around the Pier Brighton’ charity event.
11.07.2006
The HSE has today urged businesses to spend more time on practical risk assements rather than bureaucratic back-covering exercises.
Alimak Hek has purchased the rental assets of Conrent, the Australian mast climber business, from Coates Hire Ltd.
The Tanfield group, has appointed Power-Lift, headed up by Holger Johan, as the master dealer for UpRight powered access products for the German market.
Kevin Rayment has been named as managing director of Curtiss-Wright Controls Integrated Sensing Europe.
SGB Holland has increased its fleet of UpRight TM12 to 40 units as the market for small self propelled lifts continues to grow in Holland.
One of the UK’s biggest auctions of mobile cranes, aerial lifts and telehandlers will be held next Sat by Thimbleby&Shoreland.
10.07.2006
Hirepool the New Zealand general rental company with significant access and telehandler fleets has new owners.
Thomas Equipment the troubled Canadian manufacturer has announced that it is looking to close its Korean production facility. It has also appointed Rudi van den Ende as its VP of global sales.
09.07.2006
The last step in the process of taking over Effer Holdings by SOL.ge, part of CTE, was completed on June28th. The first half results suggest that it is now recovering at a solid pace.
07.07.2006
A crane drivers strike that stopped work on most New York job sites this week has ended
Spanset, the safety harness and equipment producer, unveiled its new UK training centre this week.
A man who climbed to the tip of a tower crane jib in Seattle on July 4th, to get a good view of a firework display was arrested by police
06.07.2006
The driver of a loader crane was killed yesterday when the boom of his crane struck a power cable in Essex.
05.07.2006
Lavendon, Europe’s largest powered access rental company, has reported first half revenues up 17% on last year, thanks to improving markets and acquisitions.
Over the past few months we have received numerous emails from those of you looking for large used cranes. A recent 700 tonne Terex Demag AC700 is available. If you are quick
04.07.2006
On Thursday Spierings delivered it’s the first mobile folding tower crane in Denmark, also the first Spierings into Scandinavia. The crane is available to view today in Copenhagen.
03.07.2006
United Rentals, the world’s largest equipment rental company, has acquired Carter Rentals a two location company in Georgia..
