Franz Bracht, the German crane hirer, has purchased an 80 tonne Ormig 804AC, for use as both a crane and a tractor unit for delivering lattice jobs and counterweights to site.
03.11.2005
Sales for the first nine months of the year at Manitowoc’s crane group, rose by almost 34% to $1.19 billion. Crane group operating income more than doubled.
King group MD Mark Carrington and FD, Vinod Thakar have bought out 3i and now own 100% of the company. They have also made a number of new appointments
02.11.2005
The popularity of Vertikal.Net continues to rise, with the second highest number of visitors on record in October at 22, 461, recording over 613, 000 hits.
Iron Mountain, the global data company, was fined £40,000 plus £7,400 costs after an employee suffered serious injuries from a 3.5 m fall from a makeshift work platform.
01.11.2005
K-Lift the fast growing crane hire company has ordered six mobile self erecting tower cranes from Spierings, the Dutch based manufacturer.
Brandon Hire of Bristol has purchased the tool hire assets of Light Hire; the Devon based access and general rental company, for £500,000.
The UK’s HSE has said that it will start to enforce the recommended erection procedures for alloy towers, agreed earlier this year with PASMA
A UK company has been fined £16,000, plus costs of £4,000, for using unsafe methods for working at height on a three storey building. No accident had occurred.
Hewden, Europe’s largest equipment rental company, has announced that it is investing £14.8 million in a new IT, broadband and intranet system to improve customer service.
31.10.2005
The Italian authorities have withdrawn two aerial work platforms made by two different manufacturers on safety grounds.
Terex has announced group sales for the nine months to the end of September, of $4.7 billion, up 31% on the same period last year. Net income was $163 million, an increase of 25%.
30.10.2005
Kobelco Cranes will launch a new upgraded version of its 250 tonne; CKE2500 designated the CKE2500-2
JLG has purchased the designs and tooling of Caterpillar’s telehandler group for $51.4 million and signed a 20 year agreement to supply Caterpillar dealers with Cat branded telehandlers.
28.10.2005
Manitou is experiencing a record level of order intake in the UK, with orders coming in from both new and existing customers.
26.10.2005
We are currently sending out the forms for the sixth annual Cranes&Access UK/Ireland rental rate survey. The results of which will be published in our November/December issue.
Sir Anthony Bamford and his son Jo today officially opened a new £3 million depot for long time dealer, T C Harrison in South Yorkshire today
Once again Ainscough has supported the ‘ladies Driving Challenge’ in aid of ‘Marie Curie Cancer Care’, this year 49 ladies were let loose on the test track with a crane! The programme has raised £434,000 in the Northern region alone.
25.10.2005
A well meaning site Safety officer caused fear and disruption today on a UK jobsite, all because he had seen, but not properly checked, a piece of misinformation which is circulating via email.
Ramirent, the Finnish based rental company, has acquired the rental business of Alimak Hek Polska, from the Alimak-Hek groupl
24.10.2005
Parker Hannifin, has announced that it has acquired UK based Sterling Hydraulics, for an undisclosed cash sum.
The production of Terex-Peiner tower cranes has been moved from Germany to the Terex plant in Wilmington, Delaware in the USA.
23.10.2005
Stirnimann AG, the Olten based distributor for Grove, Potain and JLG has been purchased by investor Burkhard Lichtner
22.10.2005
Tom Stachurski who until recently headed the Haulotte team in North America, has departed along with a number of other members of the sales team.
21.10.2005
