Bristol based Kestrel Access has sold its goods hoist business to Hoist Hire services ltd also based in Bristol.
21.02.2005
Ainscough crane hire hosted a meeting of The European Special Transport Association ( E.S.T.A.), earlier this month, during which Martin Ainscough was appointed as a vice president of ESTA.
This years Rental show had plnety of news in spite of its proximity to Conexpo also in Las Vegas in mid March. The Vertikal press was there to bring you the highlights
Cox Plant Ltd which went into administration at the end of January, has been sold to its previous owners Keith Price and David Symon..
18.02.2005
Scaffolding, along with lumps of concrete, fell to the ground from the 39th floor of the Beetham tower in Birmingham yesterday, fortunately no one was hurt in the incident.
A director of failed scaffold company Embassy scaffold of Rainham has been banned from holding any directorships or management positions for five years.
We had a number of responses to our Is it a scissor or is it a scaffold? article earlier this week one of which had information on the original Pedal Lift
17.02.2005
The American Rental Associations annual conference and Rental Show will close in Las Vegas today on a positive note, the number of exhibitors, and visitors, was much higher than expected and traffic in the show for the first two days was strong.
HSS the UK based hire shops company, has bought a 25 percent stake in its Spanish Licensee and plans to expand its Access rental fleet.
15.02.2005
The Wolfe Towermatic launched in the UK last year has begun to take off with orders coming in from tool hire companies.
HMF has delivered a go anywhere crane and access platform for an electrical utility following a six year development period.
14.02.2005
We interview Søren Jensen, managing director of BMS, one of Northern Europes largest crane and access rental company's. He had a good deal to say, particularly abut the crane rental business.
HSS/RentX has sold its five depots in Northern California to Cresco Equipment Rentals of Livermore, California.
A tower crane collapsed on a job site at Durrington High School in Worthing, West Sussex, at around 10:30 am this morning killing two workmen.
11.02.2005
An eagle eyed subscriber spotted a novel self propelled access platform in a quiet Aussie town.
Finning, parent company of Hewden Stuart, Has, along with three other CAT dealers, formed a new specialist Pipeline dealership to sell and rent Caterpillar Pipe laying equipment on a worldwide basis.
10.02.2005
Kings scaffold of Liverpool were hit today with a £75,000 fine and £59,000 of costs following a scaffold collapse that seriously injured three workers
Rakentajain Konevuokraamo oyj, (RK), one of Finland’s largest rental company’s has purchase the shares of SÄVE Sp.zoo an access rental company based in Krakow Poland.
08.02.2005
Intervect AB owner of mast climbing and hoist producers Hek and Alimak has announced that it is changing its name to Alimak-Hek..
Manitou is announcing today the appointment of Russon Access as the Construction distributor for its ManiAccess range. Effectively this means that Russon will be responsible for selling Manitou boom lifts to UK rental companies.
The Manitowoc group has released its results for 2004, net sales for the group rose by 25 percent to just under two billion dollars, crane sales jumped by almost 30 percent to $1.25 billion.
Brandon Hire the fast growing UK tool and general rental company and parent of Lifting division Brandon Loadtite. Saw revenues increase by 23 percent and profits by 28 percent in 2004.
The Pfeifer group, the German wire rope producer, has built a new facility for its subsidiary in Shanghai China. The new plant will sell ropes for the elevator and construction machinery industry
Bobcat, producer of compact equipment, including Telehandlers saw revenues rise by 21 percent in 2004, compared to 2003. Bobcat margins and operating income also increased substantially.
06.02.2005
