Swiss based Welti-Furrer Pneukran & Spezialtransporte claims a record for the highest altitude wind turbine installation.
04.11.2011
Two men were rescued from a boom lift with a crane in Morristown New Jersey after 2 hours and two failed attempts.
03.11.2011
Harsco Infrastructure is adding scaffold project management to the work it is already doing at the Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center
Hertz has acquired Delta Rigging & Tools' offshore equipment rental division based in New Iberia, Louisiana.
US based crane and access rental company H&E Equipment Services has reported a strong third quarter.
US based Hertz Equipment Rental has reported a strong third quarter with a strong improvement in profits.
Manitou UK and dealer Leach Lewis have delivered two new MT625T compact telehandlers to companies in Oxfordshire.
The RAF performed a rescue training exercise on the Wind Turbine recently while the operator of a 100 metre lift was working on it.
Compact construction equipment and telehandler manufacturer Wacker Neuson has appointed a new geschäftsführer.
The LEEA has published a new edition of its User’s Guide to Overhead Lifting Equipment.
02.11.2011
Alimak Hek recently hosted over 200 visitors to an open day at its Neuilly-en-Thelle base near Paris
In case you haven't noticed it yet, the 2012 Vertikal Press media kit is now online and available for download.
Finnish based rental company Cramo posted third quarter revenues, up 40% as all regions moved into profit.
Finnish based truck mounted lift manufacturer Bronto has reported a strong jump in order intake for the third quarter.
01.11.2011
A man in New Zealand had a lucky escape this morning after a runaway trailer lift struck his van.
Genie is expanding its compact Rough Terrain scissor range with the introduction of new battery electric versions.
JLG has reported a strong fourth quarter with external sales up 61%, while profits quadruped on strong order intake.
The latest Kran & Bühne, the leading German language crane and access magazine, is now online.
Skako has completed the sale of the Denka trailer lift business which is moving back to its Holbæk facility.
IPAF has launched a Chinese language version of its 'Clunk Click' and 'Spread the Load' safety campaigns
Minnesota based Hayden-Murphy is the latest company to qualify for Manitowoc’s EnCORE remanufacturing programme.
31.10.2011
Spotted in Concepción, Chile seven workers a truck, a scissor lift, a loader backhoe and a death wish.
New York based Bay Crane has expanded its crane fleet with seven new Liebherr and 15 new Tadano cranes.
A union has called for a statewide work stoppage for safety checks after a fatal crane accident in Brisbane today