UK based access rental company AFI-Uplift has been awarded ‘Investors In People silver status.
24.11.2011
UK based rental company Hewden has opened a new depot in Southampton, close to the M27 motorway.
The latest issue of Cranes & Access is now on line and available to read or download.
Italian spider lift manufacturer Hinowa has introduced a new automatic RPM control on its 14 to 19m models.
A man died in Lara, Victoria, Australia. yesterday after falling around 13 to 15 metres from an aerial lift.
Fassi is introducing a new more user friendly interface for its loader cranes based on smart phone technology.
Bavarian based sales and rental company Josef Siegl has ordered its 1,000 UpRight/Snorkel lift.
German aerial lift producer H.A.B has agreed a partnership with the Rent & Rise division of Acarlar Makíne.
23.11.2011
Chinese based Zoomlion has announced a tower crane alliance with Indian industrial crane company ElectroMech
Visit the Niftylift HQ this month and you will notice an outbreak of hairy top lips among the male employees.
The city of Ryde near Sydney is installing fire sprinklers above the large pool at its Aquatic centre - but how?
23.11.2011 2
German based rental company Mayer Hubarbeitsbühnen has taken delivery of its first spider lifts.
22.11.2011
Spanish tower crane manufacturer Linden Comansa has announced the world’s largest flat top tower crane range.
Lifting equipment distributor Certex UK is opening new premises in Aberdeen this week to serve the offshore market.
Tenerife, Spain - a boom lift spotted last week levelled up on a slope - the method?- definitely dodgy.
22.11.2011 8
Odyssey Investment Partners has acquired Houston based TNT Crane and Rigging from MML Capital Partners.
21.11.2011
A crane operator was rescued yesterday after his crane toppled over the side of a bridge.
21.11.2011 1
Simon Knott a UK based stockbroker and fund manager associated with the crane rental market died yesterday. UPDATED
IPS, the UK based international replacement parts and service supplier has celebrated its 10th anniversary.
UK based Nationwide Platforms is sponsoring Lutterworth Athletic’s under 17s football (soccer) team.
Australia’s EWPA has announced the inaugural Telescopic Handler Association meeting for December 13th.
UK based NMT has taken delivery of one of the first 200 tonne Terex AC200-1P All Terrain cranes in the UK.
Liebherr’s new LPS600 mobile harbour crane has been named ‘Crane of the Year’ by the maritime bulk industry’s IBJ.
Photos from a reader in France show a man working from a platform suspended from a crane – but what a platform!
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