Acme Lift the US re-rent company has appointed Bryan Rich as chairman and after he became a new equity partner.
08.06.2009
Worldlift Industries owner of Denka Lift and Falck Schmidt has ended production at Denka's historic Holbæk facility.
Reports are coming in that a tower section has been dropped at the site of a tower crane accident in Malta just two weeks ago.
06.06.2009
Linamar, owner of aerial lift and telehandler manufacturer Skyjack, has retired $80 million of its borrowings, five months before its due date.
Mecaplus will display its remarkable self levelling boom lifts at Vertikal Days, in the meantime you can see them in action on video.
With big scissor lift utilisation not quite what it was, many rental companies have units in their yards and are increasingly using them as high level advertising hoardings – Beware.
05.06.2009
We have reports and photographs of a loader crane tipped over in Glasgow earlier this week, due to… incorrectly set outriggers.
UK based GGR Unic is hosting an open day at its Southern depot and training centre next Friday June 12th, open to anyone interested in mini cranes.
Hiab dealer Muni-serv will demonstrate the new Hiab MEWP fully EN280 certified work platform for XS loader cranes.
Manchester, UK, based rental company, Q-Plant Hire has added six more Kobelco crawler cranes for its fleet.
04.06.2009
The latest Cranes&Access is now on line and available to read or download
Terex has announced that it has completed its latest round of financing, raising around $612 million.
03.06.2009
A couple of men in the UK turned up to carry out some work at height on an NHS ambulance depot, they used scaffold towers but.....
Bert Ooms Transport en Logistiek of Holland, has taken delivery of a custom built enclosed semi trailer for new machine deliveries and demonstrations.
Haulotte has confirmed its purchase of UK rental company, Access Rentals as a going concern and will retain it as a seperate entity.
One man has died while another, suffered serious injuries, after a tower crane collapsed in Tokyo today.
Haulotte has taken over Telford, UK, based Access Rentals following its recent entry into administration.
When Ronaldo's team 'Corinthians' won the Paulista championship in Brazil last month the trophy caught fire causing near panic in a scissor lift that formed part of the celebrations.
Gottwald has appointed Clark Equipment Australia as its distributor in the Australia and New Zealand region, following the retirement of Graham Raneberg
Broderson the Lenexa, Kansas based pick & carry crane specialist, has appointed Cranes UK to distribute its products in the UK and Ireland.
Manitou has announced senior management changes, replacing Marcel Claude Braud as CEO.
02.06.2009
The new Australian Trade Practices Act has come into force and includes an amendment relating to pricing to consumers, which may effect rental companies'
KPMG, the administrators of UK rental company, Access Rentals, is in the closing stages of negotiating a sale of the business as a going concern.
Spotted in St.Neots, Cambridgeshire, UK, yesterday, a man and a riding a forklift to empty rubbish bins into a high sided skip.
