The latest 2008/09 statistics on work-related health and safety in Great Britain have been published
11.11.2009
Finnish based international rental company Rami Rent has reported third quarter revenues down 31% on last year, but remains profitable.
Finning International the CAT dealer and owner of Hewden the UK crane, access and telehandler rental company has published its nine month results.
A mobile crane tipped over at a petrochemical plant in Singapore in late October the circumstances were similar to several other tip overs in the past six months.
10.11.2009
UK based powered access rental company AFI-Uplift has opened a new depot – AFI Leyton - 1.7 miles from London’s Olympic Park site.
Jack Ford, the founder of Kato Cranes UK, passed away last night
Birmingham, UK, based Platform Hire Ltd, has purchased three Easylift Tracked spider lifts
UK based Scaffold company SGB has pleaded guilty to breaches of Health & Safety legislation following an accident at Heathrow T5
09.11.2009
UK based access sales company, Working At Height is sponsoring a young racing driver.
A Hotel and Leeds City Council in the UK had to call in a 70 metre truck mounted lift for emergency repairs earlier today.
US boom truck manufacturer, Manitex has appointed new Middle East distributors
A small company in Iberia Ohio - Enterprise Fabrications has unveiled a prototype 15 ton cab-down Rough Terrain crane - the OLC150.
JCB chief executive Matthew Taylor, is to leave leave the company at year end.
November 5th is an annual celebration in the UK of the failure in 1605 of a plot to blow up Parliament. Three truck mounted lifts helped light one such celebration
Finnish based international rental company Cramo, has reported third quarter revenues down 26% on last year.
The exhibitor pack for Vertikal Days 2010 is now on line and available to download.
08.11.2009
For those of you who read our earlier article covering Scotland’s Big Man Walking you may have wondered how they dressed him?
JCB has launched a new refurbishment programme for its North American customers and dealers.
Genie has promoted Phil Graysmark to vice president of sales for Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Russia
06.11.2009
Palfinger, celebrated the opening of its new €700,000 long cylinder production line in Tenevo, Bulgaria last week.
In case you haven’t spotted it our 2010 media kit is online and available for download.
05.11.2009
A 47 year old man died yesterday in northern Queensland after he was struck by the boom of the loader crane he was using.
A man appears to have had a miraculous escape after a four metre fall from a van mounted aerial lift today in Worthing England.
Mark Rigby director of TH White’s crane business has been appointed to the board of the groups holding company.
