The 51 metre boom of a large crawler crane came down last night in Manhattan New York, killing one man
04.04.2012
International rental company Ramirent has agreed a deal with Toyota to add industrial forklifts to its range.
Ramirent has appointed Anna Hyvönen as managing director of Ramirent Finland
UK rental company Select Plant Hire has taken delivery of two new Liebherr telescopic crawler cranes.
Snorkel’s Australian product support manager Bruce Maclean is celebrating two decades of service.
03.04.2012
UK based truck bed manufacturer Shawtrack, has added three new 32 tonne beavertail trucks to its rental fleet.
Aerial lift manufacturer Snorkel has officially appointed Power-Lift as its distributor for the north-west of Germany.
JCB has rebranded International Transmissions - its transmission and drivetrain manufacturing business.
Sunbelt, the US rental business owned by Ashtead has acquired Topp Construction Services in the USA.
Italian spider crane manufacturer Jekko has appointed Tower Rent as its distributor in Turkey.
In order to celebrate its 15 year Anniversary in the UK Sarens is holding a golf event on May 3rd in aid of charity.
02.04.2012
UK scaffold company NSG UK has opened a new office on Teeside in northeast England.
OSHA has cited Bath Iron Works of Maine, with $171,300 of fines for breaking safety rules, including using aerial lifts without harnesses.
US based Trico Lift has appointed Michael Curley as regional sales manager for the Delaware Valley.
Malta’s Health and Safety Authority has said that it will carry out random inspections of tower cranes.
The latest issue of Kran & Bühne magazin is now online and available to download.
A concerned person developer spotted a couple of tradesmen working wiht a Death Wish in Manchester
01.04.2012
French scaffold and formwork group Altrad has acquired UK Scaffolder, MTD Scaffolding of Oldbury.
CTE has delivered a new 18 metre B-Lift 187 truck mounted lift to the Estonian railways for maintenance work.
Pop-Up MD Nigel Woodger will run in the Paris Marathon to raise money for cancer charities.
30.03.2012
Charles Snyder, chief executive of US based Amquip crane rental has resigned from the company.
IPAF has decided that next year’s Summit and awards dinner will be held in Miami, Florida on March 26th.
Manitowoc has promoted Bruce Peterson to senior business manager for the American Midwest territory.
A crane collided with the Newcastle link road bridge in New South Wales, Australia earlier this morning.
