UK based Zenith Aerial Platforms is to continue under family ownership with William Butler joining the business.
23.11.2010
Terex Cranes has signed a contract with China National Chemical Engineering Co. for the delivery of 41 cranes.
Snorkel Australia has appointed Jorge Boil as national sales and marketing manager based at its Sydney office.
A loader crane left in a raised position brought a pedestrian bridge down onto other traffic in Helsinki yesterday.
Eurosupply has completed delivery of a 20 unit order from HWS for Hitachi crawler mounted boom lifts.
A court in the UK has fined a telehandler operator £7,000, while the building company he was working for was fined £7,500 plus £25,000 in costs following a fatal accident.
German based H.N. Krane has taken delivery of a new Liebherr LG1750 truck mounted lattice boomed crane
22.11.2010
Six people died and one was injured on Saturday after a tower crane came down in Dandong City, northeast China
Liebherr's 3,000 tonne LR13000 crawler crane is nearing completion.
Comansa Jie is launching a new 18 tonne CJ 550 flat-top tower crane at Bauma China this week.
21.11.2010
A reader sending photos from Amsterdam said it seems few users bother with harnesses or lanyards.
Terex Changjiang of Luzhou, Sichuan, China, will introduce two new truck cranes at next week’s Bauma China.
20.11.2010
Genie has introduced two straight boom lifts, the100ft/30m S-3200 and 120ft/36m S-3800 built in China.
19.11.2010
Western One Equity the Canadian rental company operator has reported third quarter revenues and earnings up 45%
Hertz Equipment has acquired Western Machinery, an equipment rental company in Hawaii.
18.11.2010
A man was injured earlier today in a crushing accident, while using a boom lift at the BAE Systems plant near Preston, UK.
Austrian based crane and access manufacturer Palfinger is to manufacture loader cranes in Southern India.
Finnish based crane and access rental company Havator has acquired Swedish crane rental company BinSell i Uppsala.
Telehandler manufacturer Wacker Neuson has reported third quarter revenues up more than 31 percent.
Holland Lift is adding two 39ft/12m platform height models to its new compact Ecostar scissor lift range.
17.11.2010
A fire ladder was called out yesterday in Hertfordshire, UK, to rescue two men stranded in a van mounted lift.
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The new Pop-Up Push series of push-around scissor lifts is now in full production – in the UK’s North East.
Patrick McArdle of Height for Hire/Easi Uplifts is growing a moustache in November to raise money for cancer charities.
Singapore based Ezra Holdings has acquired a 60,000 sq m offshore crane fabrication facility in Houston.