Liebherr is planning a new Power boom for its LR 13000 should be able to lift 3,750 tonnes.
06.12.2010
Merseyside-based rental company Plant Hire UK has taken its 500th JCB telehandler.
Two men died last week in Dubai when the suspended platform they were using for cladding work failed.
04.12.2010
Tech-Ops Sevcon the manufacturer of electrical systems for aerial lifts and for trucks has reported a strong rise in revenues.
Rental software provider Wynne systems has appointed Victor Grigoraux as operations manager Europe.
Manitowoc president Eric Etchart has been appointed as a non-executive director of Graco Inc.
D&G Hoist and Crane Hire of Western Australia has been found guilty of causing the death of a worker.
03.12.2010
One of the UK’s leading building materials suppliers, Jewson, has ordered 55 MAN chassis trucks fitted with 14 tonne/metre HMF loader cranes.
A crane has collapsed on the Jiaxing-Shaoxing Bridge in China's Zhejiang Province this morning.
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Belgian-based fork truck and access parts supplier TVH has made a cash bid to acquire Lavendon Group - Europe's largest aerial lift rental company. UPDATED with Lavendon response.
Two men spotted working on trees outside Warrington hospital near Manchester, England - Death Wish?
02.12.2010
A 55 ton Rough Terrain crane tipped over at the Halifax shipyard in Nova Scotia, Canada earlier today.
Charterfields is organising a sale by public tender of the aerial lift fleet of UK based ES Access Platforms.
Italian based rental company Nacanco has signed a ‘cooperation agreement’ with spider lift manufacturer Teupen.
German-based tower crane company Wolffkran has made it into two top business charts this year.
Finnish based crane group Havator, has acquired Trailer Consult i Östergötland in Sweden.
Two men trimming tree limbs from a platform were injured yesterday when their lift went over in Dorset, UK.
Finnish based Dinolift has appointed two new distributors in Russia, Stertil in Moscow and JSC Transline in St Petersburg.
01.12.2010
A reader spotted a video on YouTube showing a scissor lift used as a mode of transport– is it real or is it staged?
Nicole Engesser our Freiberg based production manager is the first member of the Vertikal team to achieve 10 years with the company.
Terex has said that it will restore the 10 percent cut in chief executive Ron DeFeo’s salary from January.
IPAF's UK North West Regional Meeting is still scheduled for 18:00 hours this evening - all are welcome.
Terex has said that its Terex Road building manufacturing facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana, will provide Genie aftermarket support services for Genie aerial lifts and Terex branded products.
30.11.2010
A window cleaning company in Victoria wrote to us yesterday saying how delighted it is with a new spider lift.
