Doyle Construction of Welwyn Garden City and Herts and Exterior International of London, were fined £350,000 following a fatal lifting accident.
09.05.2006
Century city saw its second tower crane helicopter rescue in three months, when a driver was rescued on Sunday from the same crane.
Crane man Don Dymond has died after a long struggle with ill health, His funeral will be held on Thursday.
Tower crane producer, Jost has agreed a deal with Kranenbouw to assemble and market its tower cranes in the Netherlands.
08.05.2006
Moffett Engineering, the leading producer of truck-mounted forklifts, has opened its new facility in Dundalk, county Louth.
Aichi has opened a new HQ for North America in Glen Burnie, Maryland.
07.05.2006
The Gehl Company has announced a $6.5 million investment to increase its telehandler production.
The aerial platform division of Terex, saw revenues increase by almost 49% for the first quarter of 2006, operating income jumped by 275%.
05.05.2006
Terex cranes saw revenues rise by 215 in the first quarter of 2006, with operating income jumping by almost 75%
Fast growing Spanish rental company, GAM has confirmed a €50 million order it agreed with JLG last week.
Tanfield has appointed Richard Tindale to the post of product and business development manager for its access division, which now includes UpRight.
04.05.2006
SkyKing access, part of King Highway products will be the new distributor for Skyhigh aerial lifts.
03.05.2006
John Heywood has retired as a non-executive director of the Lavendon group, he is replaced by David Hollywood, a chartered accountant.
Trojan Battery is to build a fourth production facility, a 13,000 sqm plant in Georgia.
SGB is set to acquire Cleton, the Dutch based industrial services and scaffolding arm of Cape Industrial services from the UK.
02.05.2006
Italian rental company GM Noleggio is adding Maeda mini cranes to its fleet.
01.05.2006
A car sponsored by Pirtek, the hydraulic hose replacement company, wins its first race MSA British Touring Car Championships, last weekend
Deutz, the diesel engine and equipment producer has announced the changes to its board following earlier changes in ownership.
This is the last day for this years big show in Paris, a surprising number of visitors are lining up outside for a holiday weekend. Overall it has been a reasonable show.
29.04.2006
Unic Cranes Europe is planning to market the Unic telescopic loader crane range in Europe.
Jorma Nyssola, Director of Rami-Rent plc, the Finnish based rental company is retiring today after visiting Intermat.
28.04.2006
Lavendon has released its revenues for the first quarter, they show a rise of 16 percent.
Bobcat has unveiled a new 10m lift telehander - the TL35100 - which should be available in the Autumn.
As well as the little Apollo 25.6 compact telehandler, dDieci exhibited another new machine at Intermat – the Pegasus 50.21.
