News has reached us that retired UK crane man Norman Woodall sadly passed away yesterday.
05.09.2010 2
William Metts of Taylor Machine Works, the fork truck, reach stacker and manufacturer, passed away on July 17th.
05.08.2010
We have received the tragic news that Frank Scarborough passed away this morning - Wednesday July 7th following a massive stroke last Friday.
07.07.2010 6
We have confirmed the news that retired crane veteran Sid Slater passed away on June 18th.
05.07.2010 1
UK crane veteran Bob Wedge, of Birmingham Crane Hire passed away this week after a long battle with cancer.
18.06.2010 2
David Ridge joint founder of AFI and the current finance director of AFI-Uplift sadly passed away yesterday aged 62.
20.11.2009
Veteran crane and aerial lift engineer and trainer Vince Mulvanny passed away in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Jack Ford, the founder of Kato Cranes UK, passed away last night
10.11.2009
We have received the belated news of the death on September 30th of Gino Koster general secretary of ESTA.
08.10.2009
Mrs Lucilla Valla, president of Valla SpA passed away on Saturday August 15th.
18.08.2009
David Maddicott of Devon, UK, based Dainton Crane Hire, sadly passed away last Thursday, following a heart attack.
18.05.2009
David Symon former chief executive of Peterhead PLC, Cox Plant, Cox Hire Centres and most recently of Nigg Plant has died.
04.05.2009
Steven Chalk of Orion Access Services, eldest son of Paul Chalk, passed away on Thursday last week aged 17.
04.08.2008
Ralf Kruse, former MD of German new and used crane company CCK passed away last night after a short illness.
10.07.2008
We bring the belated news that Roy Richards, the founder of crane hirer, Richards and Wallington and the UK’s National Motorcycle museum has died.
26.05.2008
We have heard the belated news today that Carlo Bacchiega, who set up and managed Instant Srl in Italy, has died.
11.04.2008
UK Access Industry veteran Mike Hunt a long time employee of Laing and EPL and past president of IPAF has died after a long illness.
23.10.2007
Over 200 family and friends attended an event at Blue Ridge Summit yesterday to celebrate the life of J Martin Benchoff, past president of Grove Manufacturing
13.08.2007
A memorial service is planned for the late J. Martin Benchoff in August. His funeral is on Monday.
14.07.2007
J. Martin Benchoff died at 1:20 am this morning at his home in Rouzerville near Waynesboro, Pennsylvania.
12.07.2007
Ken Scott executive chairman of Energy Cranes International and Sparrows Offshore lost his battle with cancer last week.
03.11.2006
With all the hustle and bustle of a busy spring, we missed that fact that Mrs Andreé Braud, honorary chairwoman of Manitou, passed away on April first.
13.07.2006
We have received the sad news that Paul Weiss founder of New York based Cranes Inc has died
03.07.2006
The sad news arrived today that Peter Oram, a leading light in the crane industry, passed away on Sunday. Peter had been ill for some time and was undergoing treatment for cancer.
30.06.2006