Canadian mast climber and hoist manufacturer Hydro Mobile, has filed for the Canadian equivalent of Chapter 11.
01.12.2009
Danish based Worldlift Industries is to launch a 52 metre Falck Schmidt spider lift in the new year.
30.11.2009
Terex has announced that former Genie owner and senior vice president of global sales Roger Brown, will retire at the end of December.
Verticaaldagen Benelux the cranes and access event has announced its dates for 2010.
The details of the UK’s tower crane register have been finalised and should come into force in April 2010.
29.11.2009
Vp, owner of UK Forks/Hire Station, has announced its results for the first six months with revenues down 16%.
28.11.2009
Wynne Systems, owner of RentalMan software has appointed a new senior project manager for its European region.
Ian Roebuck Crane Hire Ltd of Taranaki, New Zealand, has been fined $100,000 following the death of employee. plus $50,000 to the family.2
Mark Butler has acquired Andy Ainsworth’s shareholding in Zenith Aerial Platforms, the jointly held UK based truck mounted aerial lift rental company.
27.11.2009
CTE is expanding the distribution of its ladder type material lifts, mounted on trucks, trailers and pick-ups.
26.11.2009
After more than two weeks of trying to work out exactly what is happening at UK based crane hirer MSD Lifting we can confirm that it is in liquidation.
An All Terrain crane went over in Basel, Switzerland on Tuesday, while erecting a tower crane, injuring one person.
A reader from California spotted a team of men with crane, platform ladders working on a large billboard in San Diego…Death Wish?
25.11.2009
A Mitsubishi Canter truck with Bonfiglioli P5000L loader crane and several sets of lifting chains was stolen on Sunday in Dublin.
UK based Speedy Hire has released its first half results for the six months to the end of September, revenues fell 28% with a modest pre tax loss.
Two men were rescued by a boom lift yesterday in Atlanta, Georgia, after one end of a suspended platform they were using collpased.
Kobelco has released pictures of its new 300 tonne capacity 'Light Configuration' SL4500 crawler crane.
24.11.2009
A mobile crane has tipped over in the centre of Naples, Italy, we understand that no one was injured.
Andy Pearson a regional managing director for Lavendon UK has confirmed that he plans to leave the company next year.
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Ashtead, owner of A-Plant in the UK and Sunbelt in the USA has extended its senior loan facility until 2013.
33 scissor and boom lifts from the recently formed Direct Access Hire of the UK, are being auctioned online without reserve.
23.11.2009
UK based Hi-Reach Access has added a number of JLG-Liftlux big diesel scissors to its fleet.
The UK’s CPA has released a draft if its Best Practice Guide on the Maintenance Inspection and Thorough Examination of Mobile Cranes for public comment.
Las Vegas based Ahern Rentals has reported third quarter revenues down 28% on last year – YTD revenues fell 27%.
