UK rental company A-Plant has won a preferred supplier contract from Malcolm Construction Services in Scotland.
16.07.2009
A 62-year-old man died at Karratha in Western Australia's Pilbara whilst unloading a boom lift.
AJ Access of the UK, has become a PASMA approved training centre, offering mobile access tower training from three locations.
15.07.2009
A Texas district attorney is considering charging employees of American Mastclimbers with homicide.
A mast climber working on a tower block in Wolverhampton, UK, gave two painters a fright when one side of the twin masted dropped around 30 metres...
Spotted by an eagle eyed reader, we assume by the buildings, in London a man with no fear - definitely Death Wish 74.
Finnish based international rental company, Ramirent has negotiated an amendment to its syndicated credit facility agreement.
US Boom truck manufacturer, Manitex has acquired Badger Equipment, the Winona, Minnesota based crane and excavator manufacturer
14.07.2009
German aerial lift rental company Mateco has acquired Kassel and Göttingen based rental company, Kühne Arbeitsbühnen.
The UK government has published a consultation document on its planned national register for tower cranes.
Peter Hird and Sons, the Yorkshire, based mini crane and access rental company has become a fully accredited test centre for the new CPCS training scheme.
Three 250 tonne plus mobile cranes collapsed yesterday in New Delhi while trying to lift the launcher crane which collapsed on Sunday.
Altec the US based aerial lift and crane manufacturer has announced that it will close the Lift-All plant in Fort Wayne Indiana.
13.07.2009
A container crane has collapsed onto a ship at Southampton docks in the UK, this morning, injuring one person.
Oktopus UK, the crane and glass suction equipment business which went into administration in June has been purchased by its directors.
Northern Ireland based Redrock Engineering has introduced a new three tonne capacity pivot steer telehandler, the TH320.
12.07.2009
Edins Kranar, of Järfälla, Sweden, has entered the spider crane market with an investment in three Maeda cranes.
Loader crane and aerial lift company, Palfinger has acquired Automated Waste Equipment in the USA.
10.07.2009
Dinolift’s first tracked spider lift, the Dino 185XTC is now ‘in the iron’ and undergoing testing and demonstrations.
Riwal, the Dutch based international powered access specialist has issued its official statement on the acquisition of Instant Holland.
Spotted in Manchester, UK, this morning two men in a lift, a one person Runabout self propelled lift.
The second truck mount stolen from Loxam in the UK has been successfully recovered.
Speedy Hire, the UK’s largest rental company has reported that it has had an over 92% uptake for its right issue which expired yesterday.
Titan holdings, one of New Zealand’s largest crane equipment sales and rental groups is looking for a private equity investor or merger partner for its sales operation.
