A contractor charged with moving a statue in Brecht, Belgium, clearly didn’t have a clue what he was doing
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Two men cleaning windows in Orinda, California were severely burned on Saturday when their aerial lift touched overhead power lines.
06.06.2010
Manitou owned Gehl has achieved a major milestone in its debt reduction efforts.
04.06.2010
Australian Crane and Machinery has appointed Vaibhav Kale to head its export and international sales.
From Algeria, a man who has found a way to create a six metre scaffold out of two frames and some barrels.
Lavendon has won a Royal Society for Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Gold Award for Occupational Health and Safety.
03.06.2010
A mast climbing work platform collapsed yesterday on the State University of New York campus in Binghamton, New York.
JLG has received an $85.7 million order for 492 more ATLAS II telehandlers from the US Army.
Italian based electric crane manufacturer Valla will unveil the new lightweight 2.25 tonne pick & carry crane at Vertikal Days in mid June.
The 12 page guide to the exhibits at Vertikal Days is now on line and available to download or read.
US suspended platform company SafeWorks has succeeded in its legal battle against The Spider Lift Company/ Extreme Access Solutions
From a reader in Belgium the worst selection of work at height equipment and the poor usage to boot!
02.06.2010
Wisconsin based Manitowoc has appointed two new directors, taking its board of directors up to 10.
Harsco Infrastructure has won a formwork and related services contract in Southern Ethiopia.
Archer Capital has made a takeover bid for Australian Crane and access company Boom Logistics.
Arjan Roelse has resigned as chief executive of Platform Sales Europe and left the business
Cargotec has delivered five specialised oil field service vehicles, each equipped with a Hiab crane and a MEWP.
UK based spiderlift rental specialist, Higher Access has opened a purpose-built training facility in Manchester.
The latest issue of Cranes & Access, our largest this year, is now online and available to read or download.
Haulotte will unveil its new 32ft narrow aisle electric boom lift at Vertikal Days later this month.
01.06.2010
UK based GT Access has taken delivery of its First Niftylift HR21 Hybrid as part of a large order for new machines.
Rolf Kulawik has been appointed as chief executive of German truck mounted lift manufacturer Ruthmann,
Andrew Winter, previously of Winterlift is joining Cranes UK the Tadano Faun dealer in the UK.
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New Zealand’s Army has purchased 10 Unimog mounted Effer 165 loader cranes from Crane Sales New Zealand.
31.05.2010
