This weekend saw two more accidents on Delhi’s Metro construction sites, including a fatal fall for height and a crane boom collapse.
30.08.2009
Meis Baumaschinen of Reken, Germany has introduced a fully self propelled platform attachment for Bobcat telescopic handlers.
29.08.2009
Power Tower has sold the first of its recently launched Nano, push around lifts to Switzerland.
A telecoms engineer working for BT was badly injured in the UK earlier this week, after coming into contact with overhead power lines.
28.08.2009
Bronto has appointed Ian James, previously of APS, as its sales director for the UK and Ireland,
The Lavendon Group has released its first half results with revenues of £114 million, a decline of 7% on last year.
Platformers Days will open its doors later today - here is a small taste of some of the new products on show.
27.08.2009
A man died Wednesday in Queens, New York, after a boom section slipped out of an articulated loader crane striking him in the head.
Swedish based Datek is claiming to be the first radio remote control manufacturer to achieve ISO 14001:2004. environmental certification.
PB Liftechnik will launch a new 11 metre/33ft platform height big deck electric scissor lift at this weeks Platformer Days.
26.08.2009
The 104 metre Bronto HLA104 will make its first appearance at Platformers Days in Germany this weekend
Bruno Fille, executive Vice president and director of Manitou has resigned effective the end of this month.
Manitowoc has been dropped from the S&P 500 after its market capitalisation dropped below $900 million.
25.08.2009
A building site at the University of Queensland in Brisbane was evacuated yesterday after a crane tipped over.
PSE has launched a new website which includes a parts shop with innovative parts identification and purchase options.
Seaway Heavy Lifting’s 5,000 tonne floating crane the Oleg Strashnov was successfully launched on Saturday
Kranlyft the European region master distributor for Maeda cranes has appointed a new team member for the Russian market.
German heavy haulage company H N Krane has recently taken delivery of a 1,200 tonne Liebherr LTM 11200-9.1
Harsco’s access division has signed a new Joint Venture deal with Al Baroom Group in Saudi Arabia.
Another crane accident has occurred on a major Indian transport project, this time on the flyover of a highway,
Spotted this Saturday in Durham, England a man painting first floor windows in the centre of the busy town - with no access equipment.
24.08.2009
GGR Unic has issued an open invitation to a crane and lifting open day at its Oldham location in Northern England.
Eve Trakway, the UK based temporary roadway/surface protection supplier, has acquired Anglia Traffic Management
A second year apprentice service engineer at AFI in the UK has won the National Construction College’s Plant Mechanics-Access Platforms Award.
