Tanfield, owner of Snorkel has reported a much improved first half with a 170% increase in its order book.
04.07.2011
We are not sure where this is or when it occurred, it looks like the USA from the buildings and the ladder.
03.07.2011
A man was critically injured in Charlotte, NC, yesterday when the boom of his utility truck touched power lines.
01.07.2011
Terex has received the minimum number of Demag shares that it required to continue with its takeover.
Speedy has agreed a new £220 million asset based revolving credit line with a syndicate of six banks
A 100 ton Rough Terrain crane working on an overpass tipped over yesterday in Tacoma, Washington.
The infamous financier and shareholders rights lobbyist Carl Icahn has purchased a 9.5% stake in JLG parent- Oshkosh.
UK children’s charity Physcap was given some big help by Blade Access Specialists yesterday.
UK based rental company Speedy Hire has appointed Dr Chris Masters as a non-executive director.
Palfinger Platforms will launch two entirely new truck mounted lifts at Apex in September.
Five tower crane erectors in Bangalore, India died yesterday after the climbing platform they were using plunged to the ground.
30.06.2011 3
UK based Advanced Access placed a substantial order for new equipment at last week’s Vertikal Days.
30.06.2011
Chris Moyles' BBC Radio One programme is about facing fears Tina Daheley uses a truck mounted lift to face hers.
30.06.2011 1
Finnish based Ramirent has acquired Hyrman i Lund a seven location rental company in southern Sweden.
New figures from the UK this week show the number of deaths in the construction industry increased last year.
Linden Comansa has confirmed that it will launch its new LCL 165 luffing jib tower cranes in September.
29.06.2011
Crane and aerial lift rental company ALL Erection & Crane Rental has established ALL Crane Rental of Louisiana.
Hertz Equipment Rental has acquired WGI Rentals of Williston, North Dakota, within the Bakken shale oil region.
Babcock and ZPMC commissioned the new 1,000 tonne gantry crane today at the Rosyth dockyard in Scotland.
Terex Utilities has unveiled a new range of over-centre aerial lifts within its Hi-Ranger line up.
Rushlift – part of Specialist Hire Group – has secured a £100 million deal with construction materials group Saint-Gobain.
Italian manufacturer Oil&Steel will launch a new 23 metre Snake 2311 Compact truck mounted lift at the Apex.
28.06.2011
A tower crane operator died yesterday at London’s Olympic Village site while climbing down from his cab.
New Orleans, Louisiana, based B&G Crane Service has completed the acquisition of the Texas-based assets of Ray Anthony International.
