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Employer guilty of manslaughter

Wayne Davis, the owner of A&E construction has been found guilty of manslaughter after an employee fell to his death, from a makeshift work platform.

24.11.2005

AWP not Rally car!

A man rolled a 45 ft articulated boom yesterday and rolled it on a steep wet slope.

23.11.2005

New man for Dino

Dino Lift, the Finnish based aerial lift producer has appointed a new group sales and marketing director

23.11.2005

WAHR helps Speedy rise 21%

Speedy Hire the rapidly growing UK tool and equipment rental company, reports a 21% increase in revenues for its first half, driven by Work At Height Regulations and other safety related rules.

23.11.2005

Ramirent more than doubles profits

Ramirent the Finnish based rental company, has reported third quarter revenues up 22% on 2004, with net profits more than doubling to €33 million.

23.11.2005

Kurt Ospeth to leave Bautas

Kurt Ospeth, managing director of Bautas, Norway’s largest rental company, owned by Ramirent, is leaving at the end of the year.

23.11.2005

Hewden confirms nine months results

Finning International recently reported third quarter results, which as we aready reported, include Hewden, Europe’s largest rental company.

23.11.2005

Company fined for lack of training

All Canada aerials Ltd was fined C$125,000 and one of its supervisors, C$10,000 for failing to provide any training to one of its delivery drivers who died when trying to load a Genie Boom.

21.11.2005

£3.7 million award for scaffold fall

A British man has been awarded £3.1 million in compensation after falling from an SGB scaffold while working in Holland.

21.11.2005

IPAF adds Benelux Rep

IPAF has established a new office in the Netherlands to cover the Benelux region headed up by Hans Aarse.

21.11.2005

Man dies at JCB plant

An employee at the JCB plant in Cheadle Staffordshire, was killed in an accident at the facility last week.

20.11.2005

Facelift donate Christmas card money

Facelift donate to charity in place of sending Christmas cards to customers and suppliers this year.

20.11.2005

Terex Launch Go Maximum!

Terex has unveiled its plans today to upgrade and expand its range of heavy lift crawler cranes, starting with the 1,000 tonne CC5800 and including a new 2,500 tonne CC8800 Twin.

18.11.2005

300th IHI crawler sold to Terex

IHI has completed the 300th Terex branded crawler crane, since the OEM agreement started in 1999.

18.11.2005

More aerial lift price increases

While raw material inflation has largely stabilised, a number of manufacturers are considering further price increases in the new year.

17.11.2005

Unic move into South Africa

Unic Cranes Europe has appointed B&B Plant and Equipment as its distributor in South Africa. For its full range of mini crawler cranes

17.11.2005

Morris and Bacou-Dalloz forge partnership

Gantry crane maker, Morris Material Handling and Bacou-Dalloz have concluded a strategic partnership in the UK

17.11.2005

New 1,250 tonner from Liebherr

Liebherr has announced a new heavy lift crane, the LR 11250 with a maximum lifting capacity of 1,250 tonnes at a radius of 14 metres and up to 228 metres of lift height.

17.11.2005

JLG revenues up 56 percent

JLG has recorded revenues of $478 million for the first quarter of its financial year, an increase of 56% on the first quarter 2004. Net profits improved by over 300%.

16.11.2005

Glyn Goodwin joins Genie

Genie Europe has appointed Glyn Goodwin as UK regional sales manager.

16.11.2005

Palfinger launch new models

Palfinger has announced the PK 8501 Performance and its big brother the PK 10501 loader cranes for heavy duty everyday lifting.

16.11.2005

Last chance

The next issue of Cranes&Access includes features on Knuckle boom/loader cranes, articulating self propelled boom lifts, as well as our annual rental rate guide. If you have not already contributed anything for these editorials, this week is the last chance to do so.

15.11.2005

Finning hits new record

Fining International the Canadian based parent of Hewden and Finning UK, the Caterpillar dealer has announced record third quarter results.

14.11.2005

Martin Davies to step down

Martin Davies has decided to leave his role as head of Skyjack Europe.

14.11.2005

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