A 130 tone All Terrain crane went over this weekend in Sylvan Beach east of Syracuse, New York.
10.08.2009
A mobile crane toppled over on Saturday morning in Edmonton Canada, closing the city’s busiest bridge.
Finnish based international rental company Cramo, has reported first half revenues down 23%
Essex Crane Rental has appointed Kory Glen as director of finance,
Easi UpLifts has booked a last minute stand at this years Platformers Days show in Germany as part of its move into the market.
07.08.2009
Mammoet has announced that it has designed a larger - 160,000 tonne/metre version of its recently announced PTC120DS.
Singapore based international crane company Tat Hong Holdings has invested in a new joint venture in China
GBK the Glasgow, Scotland, based crane rental company has appointed an administrator.
06.08.2009
Oshkosh, owner of aerial lift and telehandler manufacturer JLG, is to sell up to 14.95 million new shares in an underwritten public offering.
Asian private equity fund AIF Capital Asia III Shipping & Logistics has invested S$65m ($45m) in Tat Hong Holdings, the Singapore-based crane sales and rental company.
Leigh Farmer, the previous owner of Higher Platforms and part of the Lavendon group over the past two years has left the business.
The Lavendon Group has purchased the assets and trade of EPL the UK based powered access rental company.
05.08.2009
SEV US, Tanfield’s electric vehicle joint venture in the USA, has won Federal funding to speed the development and deployment of its electric vehicles.
Harrogate, UK based Emsley Crane Hire placed an order for its fifth Liebherr LTM 1055-3.2 with David Milne the outgoing MD as he retired.
H & E Equipment, the crane, access and earthmoving equipment distributor has reported first half revenues down over 30%
Palfinger the crane and access manufacturer has reported first half revenues down 36% on last year and posted a loss.
System Lift the German based grouping of independent aerial lift rental companies has reported total member revenues for 2008 of €104 million.
Michelin has issued a statement warning that its 445/95 R 25 X Crane 174F tyres should not be used with axle weights above 15.6 tonnes.
04.08.2009
Instant UpRight, the alloy tower and specialist access solutions manufacturer has announced three new sales appointments.
WD Bennett the failed UK tower crane rental company has been fined £125,000 plus £264,299 in costs.
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Having no southern English football fans on board we missed the fact that a member of the Liebherr family has purchased Southampton Football Club.
Kran & Bühne is online and available to read or download.
The agreement between rental franchises - Partnerlift in Germany and the Access Link in the UK has already begun to bear fruit.
