Grove has unveiled a slew of innovative new products for release at this year’s Intermat show, in Paris this April.
16.01.2009
T.R. Badarinarayan has joined Terex Cranes to head up a new sales and service centre in Pune India.
Link Belt has completed testing of the 500 tonne 548 crawler crane with shipments due to start in the second quarter.
15.01.2009
Link Belt cranes has appointed Troy Krumm as field service manager and Frank Snapp as technical product support manager.
JLG has launched a new toll-free phone in the USA to reach JLG Service Centres.
Crane companies in Australia’s Northern Territory have launched a new Crane Association (NTCA) in Darwin at the end of 2008.
Within hours of taking over at Ramirent, Magnus Rosén has announced a new streamlined senior management team.
Magnus Rosén takes over today as chief executive of international rental company, Ramirent.
Geoff Holden has taken up the post of chief executive at the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA).
14.01.2009
Skyjack has appointed Golden Equipment Company of Albuquerque New Mexico, to distribute its VR telehandler product line.
Several readers have requested that we publicise the PSS creditors meeting this Friday in order to encourage a higher attendance.
An 80 tonne mobile crane rolled down a bank yesterday in Scotland after taking the wrong route to a job.
Allan Access the UK based vehicle mounted lift distributor and manufacturer went into administration last year. Owner Phil Allan gives his side of what happened.
A 60 tonne mobile ‘city crane’ tipped over while lifting at a plant in Widnes, near Manchester in the UK on Monday.
Manitowoc has announced several new additions to its tower crane sales team for the Asia-Pacific region.
Access Rentals, the UK based powered access rental company has appointed David Lewis as its new sales director,
13.01.2009
A man loading waste bins in Evatt, Canberra, Australia died yesterday after he was crushed between boom and chassis.
OSHA has issued citations against Sarens and Norsar for the fatal Goliath crane collapse near Boston in August.
UK based powered access rental company AFI-Uplift has relocated its Wakefield depot to larger premises.
Terex Cranes has unveiled its new 1,600 tonne capacity Demag CC 9800 crawler crane built at its facility in Zweibruecken Germany.
Dozens of you are still sending us information on PSS the UK crane and access company, part of which is due to go into liquidation this week.
Omme Lift has launched a new 27.5 metre working height spider platform
JCB makes further cut backs and calls for government action to free up credit and accelerate infrastructure spending.
12.01.2009
A 41 year old man died near Tulsa yesterday, after being struck and pinned by a boom he was trying to remove from a crane he was working on.
