The Tanfield group, owner of UpRight and Snorkel has issued a trading statement prior to its year end results.
18.12.2007
The first Bronto S70XDT arrived in the UK last week going straight to work in the Zenith fleet.
17.12.2007
Power Climber has appointed a new east regional sales manager in the USA.
ZF the supplier of transmissions and axles to the crane and telehandler market has indicated 2007 sales up 8%
Aichi has released further details of some of the new products that it is planning for 2008, including electric scissors and a new boom lift.
Select Plant, the UK based Crane and plant hire division of Laing O’Rourke has adopted Rental result software to manage its fleet.
ABG Heavy Engineering is adding a further 40 cranes in the next three months to cater to the huge demand from the infrastructure sector.
A construction company accused in a civil lawsuit of causing the Bellevue tower crane to collapse last November has filed suit accusing other companies of causing the failure.
A citation has been issued against Maxim Crane in connection with the crane accident in Ohio last month.
A crane dropped a 7 tonne load of steel onto a site hut at the Ground Zero site in New York on Friday seriously injuring an architect.
16.12.2007
A judge has ruled that United Rentals case against Cerberus Capital should go to trial
Former CFO of United Rentals, Michael Nolan, has pleaded guilty to making false securities filings in order to inflate the rental company's results.
The new online replacement parts ordering service from IPS has gone live
15.12.2007
The radical Grove GTK1100 telescopic tower crane has completed its inaugural lift erecting a wind turbine in Germany.
AJ access has opened a new sales and rental location covering Southern England near Southampton.
Campaigners have called for an urgent inquiry after the latest tower crane collapse in Forest Hill, London.
14.12.2007
Fast-growing UK access rental companies Hi-Reach Access and Lifterz have both bought Upright machines.
Bob Francis Crane Hire & Heavy Haulage has supplied equipment for the new cafeteria at the top of mount Snowdon.
Texas-based Lewis Equipment Company has expanded into New Zealand
New sentencing guidlines mean that directors found guilty of serious health and safety offences are also likely to be banned from running a company.
A group of squatters is trying to save the old Stothert&Pitt crane works in Bath from demolition.
13.12.2007
Airtrax the producer of the ‘sidewinder’ fork truck and Cobra aerial lift has signed a distribution agreement with Connect Group Italia.
Favelle Favco has boosted revenues by almost 36% in the first nine months of 2007.
Frederick Kuijer, director international sales at scaffold and platform manufacturer, Altrex is leaving the company. He will be replaced by Rudie Beverwijk.
