Steve Shaughnessy has been appointed as president of Canadian aerial lift manufacturer Skyjack.
21.12.2009
Sumitomo Corp has purchased a minority stake in Phoenix, Arizona based rental company Sunstate.
20.12.2009
Riwal’s acquisition of Instant Holland completes January 1 -the aerial lift business will be integrated into Riwal.
The first West African Cat Rental Store has opened in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
American Crane and Tractor has appointed Lowell Snow as director of strategic accounts.
A Manitou EGM was told yesterday that its Gehl subsidiary was in technical default with its bankers.
18.12.2009
Three men have been arrested as part of a fraud investigation into the supply of aerial lifts to Darlington Borough Council, in the UK.
German based spider and truck mounted lift manufacturer Teupen, has appointed a new president for its US based subsidiary.
Ainscough Crane Hire, the UK’s largest crane rental company has posted 2008/9 profits up 5% on the year.
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17.12.2009
Harsco owner of SGB and Hünnebeck has secured a three year, $570 million back-up credit facility
Genie has launched a new battery charger for its compact slab scissor models:
Derbyshire, UK, based Belle Group is set to launch new access products at the Executive Hire Show in February.
Italian truck mounted lift manufacturer Multitel Pagliero is planning to launch a new 75 metre model at Bauma.
The man seriously injured last week on a sissor lift on the Westfield project in Stratford East London, has died.
Terex is restoring its senior executive's 10% pay cut and compensating for loss of perks.
16.12.2009
Patrick Biasin general manager of ATN, the French based manufacturer of boom lifts, has left the company.
A Vertikal.Net reader spotted a dreadful example of a make-shift outrigger mat on a major site in the UK yesterday.
Daylesford Organics, a business run by Sir Anthony Bamford and his wife was fined £90,000 following a fatal accident with a telehandler.
Harsco, owner of SGB, Hünnebeck and Patent Scaffold has acquired Bell Scaffolding Group in Australia.
Safeworks, the suspended platform manufacturer and rental company has lost its legal battle against Spyderlift, the Unic crane distributor in the USA.
15.12.2009
Poclain Hydraulics has taken a majority stake in the fluid power division of Comer Industries.
A 60 tonne gantry crane collapsed at a Singapore shipyard yesterday killing an employee.
UK based mini crane group GGR has opened a CPCS accredited testing centre for category A66 cranes in Oldham
