Crosby Europe has become the first, and only, manufacturer to offer lifting equipment in the UK, which complies with the latest BS EN 13889:2003 standard for forged steel shackles.
26.03.2004
While no one is talking about discussions over the sale of the defunct Manlift assets or the future of the ongoing Manlift Toucan business, Vertikal. Net has it on good authority that we might well soon see a JLG Toucan!.
23.03.2004
The Ashtead Group plc has announced today that it has sold its 15 “profit centre” rental business in Ireland to McCormick Macnaughton, the Irish Caterpillar dealer, for £12.1 million (€17.4 million).
15.01.2004
JLG will be taking over Access Industrie’s aerial work platform rebuild centre in Tonneins, France.
19.12.2003
Manitowoc Crane Group has announced plans to restructure its aerial work platform business to focus solely on mast booms.
15.12.2003
Autogru PM has acquired 100 per cent of the capital of aerial platform manufacturer Oil & Steel.
16.09.2003
JLG has aquired a European telehandler line from Belgium-based firm Etablissements Fadeur.
06.08.2003
JLG has signed an agreement with US-based telehandler producer Textron, which includes the acquisition of its OmniQuip business.
08.07.2003
Select Plant Hire, part of the Laing O’Rourke Group, has acquired Delta Tower Cranes.
23.12.2002
The new owner of Baldwins' mobile cranes is Ainscough crane hire – this gives the company a total fleet size of around 650 Cranes
29.11.2002
Danish platform rental companies Riwal Scandinavia A/S and mateco Liftudlejning A/S have agreed to merge activities under the name and management of Riwal Scandinavia A/S
28.10.2002
Manitowoc has announced that it completed the acquisition of Grove on August 8.
09.08.2002
A new company headed by Christer Dijnér has been formed to take over Kato Cranes in the UK and Kranlyft in Sweden
16.07.2002
What will Fil Filipov do to Demag? Well, a better question might be: “What is Demag doing to Fil Filipov?” Tim Whiteman reports
28.06.2002
Fil Filipov of Terex has masterminded the purchase of Demag Mobile Cranes for a reported US$150 million and is returning to his position as boss of Terex Cranes worldwide
20.05.2002
Hitachi and Sumitomo are forming a joint venture which will merge their crawler crane operations.
25.04.2002
Manitowoc has reached an agreement to buy Grove for approximately US$270 million. The deal was announced the evening before the Conexpo show started in Las Vegas and was signed at 15.20 on Monday March 18th. It was greeted with amazement and a host of questions by visitors to the Grove and Manitowoc stands the following day.
22.03.2002
Manitowoc has announced its acquisition of Grove Worldwide.
19.03.2002
Mitie Powered Access is from today officially The Platform Company.
12.02.2002
Terex has sold Holland Lift. The deal was officially sealed on January 25, between Terex and Holland Lift’s new owner, Stoneham Equipment Inc of Chicago.
28.01.2002
Demag's CEO and president Eberhard Kuhn is to leave the company after 36 years.
03.12.2001
Terex will finally purchase Atlas Weyhausen and is also buying the Schaeff Group. The deal follows a complex arangement in which Terex’s Fil Filipov has for the last few months been “advising” the current owners of Atlas Weyhausen, one of Germany’s largest articulated boom crane manufacturers.
29.11.2001
"Terex has no plans to close Holland Lift and is in negotiation with a number of potential buyers" says Menno Koel, general sales manager with Holland Lift
13.08.2001
The new owners of Atlas Weyhausen have said they plan no changes to the company's Scottish operation
09.08.2001
