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New Year 2026

The year 2026 has already arrived in around half of the world that we reach geographically, and also home to around 50% our regular readers/visitors

31.12.2025

Winding down for Christmas

As we move into Christmas Eve, the team here at Vertikal will begin winding down for the holidays

24.12.2025

Miner 'Shares its Story'

Global mining company Anglo American has published a video and full details of a serious crane incident at its Grosvenor mine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin last December

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12t Böcker for Berry

UK rental company Berry Cranes has taken delivery of a 12t Böcker AK 52 truck crane

31.12.2025

Dromad's new training centre

Irish access rental company Dromad Hire has opened a new training operation - DTA Training

31.12.2025

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New challenge for Enrique García Delgado

Aerial lift veteran Enrique García Delgado has left Snorkel/Ahern Iberica after 18 years with the group

31.12.2025

BPI to auction Warwick Ward assets

Interpath Advisor, the administrators of failed UK distribution and rental company Warwick Ward has appointed BPI to manage the disposal of its assets via online auction

30.12.2025

Crane & booms on tunnel renewal

UK rental company Ainscough Crane Hire has deployed a 230t LTM1230-5.1 to support work within the Whitefield Tunnel on the Metrolink Bury-Manchester line in northern England

30.12.2025

AGM for Axolift

Italian low level aerial lift manufacturer Axolift has standardised on AGM batteries for all its powered lifts

30.12.2025

Serengeti Park Airbus

Two All Terrains -a 250 and 300 tonner have installed a decommissioned Airbus A310 in a tandem lift at the Serengeti Park in Germany

29.12.2025

Büschkes' Böcker

German roofing company Hans-Dieter Büschkes has taken delivery of a six tonne Böcker AK46/6000 aluminium truck crane

29.12.2025

Combilift reaches 100,000

Irish forklift manufacturer Combilift has manufactured 100,000th forklifts and donated €100,000 to Unicef Ireland

29.12.2025

Palfinger donates to drivers charity

Palfinger has donated €10,000 to Fahrer helfen Fahrern a charity that supports professional truck drivers

29.12.2025

Lego Christmas

As Christmas approached at Legoland in California, the theme park used an aerial work platform and a telehandler to install the Lego Christmas tree

25.12.2025

Magna expands in Australia

Dutch off road tyre company Magna Tyres has acquired Australian tyre and battery distributor Telescope Tyres Group

24.12.2025

Christmas trees in Warsaw

Polish rental company Smielak has used its 37.5m Multitel MJ 375 truck mounted platform to install and decorate Christmas trees in Warsaw

24.12.2025

UK to investigate AWP dumping complaint

The UK Trade Remedies Authority has opened an investigation into a complaint that manufacturers based in China are selling boom lifts into the UK at unfair pricing levels - in other words, dumping.

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