JLG has promoted Tim Morris to senior vice president sales, marketing and customer support and Chris Mellott to head sales in the Americas.
14.05.2009
Genie, has announced a restructuring of its European distribution organisation, centralising all logistics and distribution functions in Roosendaal, the Netherlands
Derek Parker has joined Sky Platforms as sales manager.
13.05.2009
Manitowoc has appointed Dean J. Nolden, 40, as treasurer in addition to his current position of vice president of finance.
UK rental company Access Rentals has applied to restructure the business and is likely to enter administration
Mikael Öberg, senior vice president of Scandinavia for Finnish based international rental company Ramirent has announced his resignation.
For those of you who did not make it to SED yesterday hre is a brief pictorial round-up of the first day.
Finnish based international rental company Ramirent has reported first quarter revenues down almost 25% while profits dipped 96%
A Maeda mini crane was recently used to carry out renovation work on office of Poland’s prime minister.
Lavendon Access Services has won the Hire Association of Europe’s ‘Excellence in Training’ Award at a ceremony in London this Saturday.
12.05.2009
In today’s report on the new JLG G10-43A telehandler we mistakenly said it featured rear wheel steer when it has All Wheel Steer.
Caterpillar has launched the new TH514 telehandler aimed at tough applications.
SED 2009 opens its gates this morning with around 200 exhibitors showing a wide range of construction equipment and accessories.
11.05.2009
JLG has announced a new high boom North American telehandler model, the G10-43A.
Belgian rental company Heli has written an open letter to Pierre Boels of Boels rental following a bizarre event yesterday morning.
Oshkosh, owner of JLG, has agreed to sell Geesink Norba, its Dutch based refuse truck business.
Ashtead, owner of A-Plant and Sunbelt has issued a fourth quarter trading statement which indicates a 24% drop in revenues, in line with its forecasts.
Elavation , the Milton Keynes, UK, based access rental company has acquired the powered access division of Safeline Access Solutions.
10.05.2009
Iron Planet, the on line auction company has appointed Chad Groves as managing director of its Australian business.
GT Access of Bromsgrove, UK, has purchased six Haulotte Star 10 mast booms.
US crawler crane rental company Essex Crane, has reported first quarter revenues down 15% but managed to maintain profits levels.
Holland Lift has announced the introduction of an economy range of compact electric scissor lifts.
08.05.2009
RSC, one of the largest equipment rental companies in the USA has reported first quarter revenues down 16.8% as well as reporting a pre tax loss.
07.05.2009
A German reader sent us the following photograph in which two aerial lifts are captured being stupidly misused.
