Italian articulated truck loader producer, Effer has delivered an order for 15 special trucks with cranes for the Iraq-Syrian oil pipeline.
28.03.2005
Terex has confirmed the $30 million order from AmQuip for Terex-Peiner tower cranes.
24.03.2005
Conexpo 2005, held last week in Las Vegas attracted 124,220 visitors, a new record and 21,220 international visitors, also a record,
Tadano Ltd. held its International Sales Training and Distributor Meeting 2005 in Germany at the Tadano Faun GmbH location. In Lauf.
23.03.2005
Kalmar, the reachstacker and container handler producer has taken over Peinemann Kalmar in Holland.
The date for the compulsory fitting of digital tachometers to commercial vehicles has been extended to 2007.
Hitachi Sumitomo has announced that it will launch the SCX400T telescopic crawler crane at this years SED in May.
Four months on from the MBI and Independent Access is investing over a million pounds in upgrading the condition of its remaining fleet.
22.03.2005
The Vertikal Press is moving its UK base form Brighton to Brackley in the midlands. We are also recuiting a new Editor for Cranes&Access.
Churchill Scaffolding Ltd has been fined £4,000 plus £4,696 costs following an accident where one of its scaffolders suffered multiple injuries from a five metre fall.
Ashtead group the parent of A-Plant in the UK and Sunbelt in North America, has agreed a $675 million (£360 million) five year revolving asset based credit line with Lloyds TSB Commercial finance.
21.03.2005
Haulotte has confirmed the 30 percent increase in revenues reported in January with a 300 percent improvement in operating income, which toped 10 percent while net profit after tax and exceptionals posted a 540 percent increase.
A new company has been formed to hold the merged Denka lift A/S and Falck Schmidt A/S businesses and will be known as World Lift Industries A/S.
We end our on site reporting from Conexpo and Las Vegas with a few images and comments from the last day and a half.
19.03.2005
After placing a $30 million order with Potain earlier this week, Amquip has placed a further order valued at $30 million with Terex for a wide range of its Peiner tower cranes.
18.03.2005
The new UK Work At Height Regultions will come into force on April sixth 2005, the Health and Safety Commission (HSC) announced yesterday.
Ward Bushnell, one off the previous owners of Genie, has named the date for his long rumoured departure from the Company.
Our daily update continues with The New Snorkel Trailer lift, News of Kobelco and Manitowoc signing a deal in spite of yesterdays denial, a glimpse at a rugged Manitou and the 100,000th Potain
17.03.2005
JCB announced at Conexpo today that it is to build a production plant in China, the company has acquired land in Pudong, south of Shanghai, which will become JCB’s Chinese manufacturing headquarters.
Manitowoc and Kobelco cranes have announced today that they are extending their OEM agreement for the supply of small Manitowoc badged crawler cranes to Europe
16.03.2005
Chartered accountant Ian Menzies, has joined the board of Panther Platform Rentals as a non executive director.
Conexpo kicked off to a busy first day on Tuesday with attendee numbers looking set to break records. There was an absence of hard news, announcements or even new products.
Conexpo, this year’s big crane, access and Telehandler show, opens today in Las Vegas. If you are attending make sure you stop and see us on stand 287 and collect your copy of Vertikal Conexpo. To see the new JLG LIFTLUX and other new models click below.
15.03.2005
A London based company was it with over £10,000 after an employee died from a 2.4m fall while climbing onto a scaffold
14.03.2005
