Haulotte has appointed Mike Fergusson to the post of sales manager for Haulotte UK.
13.10.2011
A man was electrocuted earlier today near Oxford, UK after the lift he was using touched an overhead power line.
A crane overturned this morning in a suburb if Darwin, Australia dumping the pool it was lifting, after one of its outriggers gave way.
Liebherr has delivered the first LTC1045-3.1 city type All Terrain cranes to be sold in Australia.
12.10.2011
German based crane rental company Wille Krane has purchased four new Liebherr All Terrain cranes.
Australian crane and access group Boom Logistics has sold its Victoria based tower crane business for A$7.5 million.
Canadian based access and telehandler manufacturer Skyjack has opened its new facility in Australia.
12.10.2011 1
Dong Energy of Denmark has ordered 111 Palfinger Wind cranes for the Arnholt offshore wind farm.
UK based sales and rental company Compact Lifting Equipment has appointed Carl Cooper as Hire manager
Advanced Access has purchased 30 more scissor lifts from Skyjack, taking its Skyjack fleet to over 150 units.
Speedy, the UK's largest equipment rental company has issued a very positive interim trading statement.
Link Belt has announced an updated – Series II version of its three axle 100 tonne RTC-80100 Rough Terrain crane.
11.10.2011
Italian based aerial lift manufacturer CTE has delivered its first unit to a customer in Hanoi, Vietnam
Aerial lift and telehandler manufacturer JLG has appointed Brad Nelson as global vice president of marketing.
A fatal accident at York University in Toronto this afternoon did not involve a crane as was widely reported.
11.10.2011 1
Cargotec has announced a small telescopic boom loader crane for emerging markets – the Hiab ST 080
Hydro Atlas, the Atlas crane dealer in Iran has sold five Isoli telescopic truck mounted lifts to a local municipality.
Five people died and one injured last night after a crane collapsed in northwest China's Gansu province. UPDATED
UK based rental company HSS has been appointed preferred equipment supplier by infrastructure company Enterprise.
10.10.2011 1
Terex has acquired a controlling interest in Ritz do Brasil a producer of aerial lifts and live line tools.
10.10.2011
Liebherr has unveiled its new Power Boom that it says significantly increases long boom and jib lift capacities,
Spotted by a Vertikal.Net reader Northern Ireland a scaffold that owes nothing to safe working at height.
A boom truck overturned yesterday while lifting a footbridge over the Chehalis River in southern Washington State.
09.10.2011
US based Werner Ladder is launching around 100 products in the UK through Abru, which it acquired last year
