Ramirent has acquired Consensus Entreprenad, which specialises in the rental of custom accommodation modules.
13.12.2011
UK-based joystick and actuator manufacturer Penny + Giles, has appointed Wimesure as its distributor in France.
A harness and lanyard saved a man’s life yesterday after he fell from a suspended platform in New York.
UK based Specialist Crane Hire, has taken delivery of the first new Liebherr crane that it has ever bought.
A ‘newly discovered’ letter could confuse trials concerning New York’s fatal Upper East Side crane collapse in 2008.
12.12.2011
The first 51 metre CTE B-Lift 510 has been sold in Turkey following a two month road show.
Following trails with higher axle loadings, off road tyre specialist Mitas has launched its All Terrain crane tyre.
Danish rental company Slagelse Liftudlejning has purchased a 32m Falcon FS320Z spider lift from TCA Lift.
Italian crane rental company ADP Sollevamenti has taken delivery of Italy’s first 300t Grove GMK6300L All Terrain.
A reader in Spain spotted a small tube steel scaffold tower working on a house in the mountains Death Wish?
11.12.2011
The big international show in 2012 is Intermat in Paris in April, but before that there is Pre-Intermat.
Many of you have asked us, how you can buy a copy of Denis Ashworth’s book – Going Up in the World.
10.12.2011
We have started monitoring serious injuries and falls from ladders and have been astonished at how many there are.
09.12.2011
A 250 ton All Terrain tipped in Sugar Creek Ohio, to the north of Columbus, while installing its counterweight.
French crane anti-collision system specialist Smie has announced double digit growth in its first half.
A shocking road accident was caught on camera yesterday in Rotterdam, involving a crane and a car.
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Italian truck and spider lift manufacturer Oil & Steel is to distribute Palazzani spider lifts in Germany.
Manitowoc has cut its fourth quarter forecasts due to component delays and on-going strike at its Wisconsin plant.
Sent in by a reader in Holland a set of photos from a windmill restoration somewhere in Zeeland,
John Cusack, the previous owner of Irish rental company Sky Lift, has formally launched a new company - Blulift.
A lattice crane boom collapsed yesterday on in Garrett Indiana after its load suddenly freed after it hung up.
Ashtead, owner of Sunbelt and A-Plant has reported a strong first half with profits up 351 percent.
08.12.2011
Dutch transport trailer manufacturer Nooteboom has opened a service centre in Bochum, Germany.
UK manufacturer Niftylift and local Denbigh School are both celebrating awards for the sixth consecutive year.
07.12.2011