The UK HSE has warned farmers not to use telehandlers to drive fencing posts into the ground.
24.09.2009
UK based Select Plant Hire has been fined £100,000 for the Croydon tower crane accident in June 2007.
23.09.2009
US Crane rental company, Lewis Equipment has filed for voluntary chapter 11 bankruptcy.
UK based access manufacturer and distributor Planet Platforms (Northern) has acquired fork lift truck trainer, BEL.
A new company - A Mini Crane Hire Co Ltd - has taken delivery of six Maeda mini cranes for its fleet in the North West of England.
A CAT telehandler is being used to help Britain’s largest puppet walk through the streets of several towns in Scotland.
Australia’s EWPA has extended the date for comment on implementation of AS1418.10 / AS4024 Regulations in 2010.
OSHA has fined a Michigan based company $10,400 for offences including not wearing a harness with lanyard while operating an aerial lift.
22.09.2009
Scotland’s James Jack crane hire has completed a lift which required the crane to travel between two walls with just 20mm to spare.
A 150 ton lattice boomed truck crane dropped its 160ft on a job site in Grafton, Wisconsin yesterday.
Aerial lift manufacturer UpRight Powered Access has launched a raft of new platforms, including a range of push-around scissor lifts.
The prime minister of Canada Stephen Harper opened Linamar’s new research centre in Guelph yesterday.
Kobelco has developed a new 300 tonne capacity ‘SL4500 Light Configuration’ version of its SL4500
21.09.2009
Holland Lift will unveil a new 21ft/6.5 metre platform height crawler mounted scissor lift this week.
A yellow Octopussy 1465 spider lift has been stolen from Waltham Abbey in the UK
Dutch based aerial lift sales and rental company Alpas Hendrion, has purchased 250 new Aichi aerial lifts
UK based rental company Access Platforms Aberdeen has agreed a £2 million order with Haulotte
A track mounted version of UpRight’s AB46 articulated boom lift will be launched later this week in Holland.
Teufelberger has supplied and installed over 90 tonnes of wire rope on Liebherr’s largest offshore crane.
The ARA has said that it will formally object to the adoption of the proposed ANSI/ASSE A10.29 Standard.
20.09.2009
A truck driver moving a 400 tonne crane superstructure in New Zealand had a lucky escape after the truck rolled over.
19.09.2009
Baker Access has put what it claims is the world’s largest spider lift fleet, up for sale to the first buyer to agree to its terms.
Martin Connolly, previously with UpRight, is now with Imer and heading its distribution strategy for Iteco aerial lifts.
18.09.2009
Italian crane maker Locatelli has appointed a new dealer for Southern Italy,
17.09.2009
