Two employees were seriously injured when a tower collapsed on a building site in Bangkok on Friday.
14.08.2012
Liebherr has appointed Michael Balella as N American parts marketing manager.
German crane dealer IMC has acquired a fleet of cranes from the Dutch based heavy lifting company Convoi.
C-Tech Industries has appointed Malmö based ITLU as its distributor for Sweden and Denmark.
13.08.2012
Singapore based crane and distribution group Tat Hong has reported a 36% rise in first quarter revenues.
D&G Hoist and Crane Hire of Malaga, near Perth, Western Australia has entered administration.
There has been another fatal crane incident on one of India’s major metro projects, this time in Chennai.
13.08.2012 1
Tibor Varganyi the mechanic involved in the fatal New York tower crane failure in May 2008 has been sentenced.
IPAF recently hosted an ex-presidents meeting at its office in Basel, Switzerland.
Tiago Bonomo of McCormick USA and Daniel Miller of Manitou Americas have been elected directors of AEM.
The industrial sector of Linamar- largely Skyjack has reported a 74.3% increase in revenues.
A new Boom Raise system for the Manitowoc 16000 helps install longer booms with its Wind attachment.
Sany America has appointed Tim Frank to the newly created position of chairman.
12.08.2012
Carl Icahn is once again pushing Oshkosh to spin off JLG into a separate company.
12.08.2012 1
Omaha Standard Palfinger has appointed Scelzi as a dealer for its loader crane and tail lifts in California.
A 55-tonne crawler crane working on a barge in Milford Sound overturned last week after the barge shifted.
German based Montra has taken delivery of a three axle 45 tonne Liebherr LTC 1045-3.1 All Terrain crane.
UK crane rental company SCH has taken delivery of new 55 tonne Terex 3160 Challenger All Terrain crane.
10.08.2012
German rental company Salgert has taken delivery of three 20 metre CTE B-Lift 20.13 truck mounted lifts.
An articulated crane overturned earlier this week in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
A reader in Hull UK sent us the photo of two men and a mobile scaffold tower in Hull UK yesterday.
Italian manufacturer Isoli, has delivered five 14 metre MPT140 articulated truck mounts to New Caledonia.
US based Pinnacle Cranes has taken delivery of a 75 tonne Link Belt TCC-750 telescopic crawler crane.
09.08.2012
A man is in critical condition after falling from an aerial lift yesterday near Royston in the UK.