One of five remaining Titan cranes on the river Clyde is set to disappear from the Glasgow skyline
30.08.2007
Mechan, the Sheffield, UK, based manufacturer of lifting equipment for the rail industry has been bought by its managers.
29.08.2007
An apprentice operator was killed in Montana, when a crane he was working on was started.
The overloading of a lattice crane boom section on a crawler crane in Connecticut yesterday cased havoc.
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Two adventurous ladies are planning to cycle across the Rajasthan region of India in five days in aid of the Lighthouse club.
28.08.2007
JLG has donated a further $500,000 to the Fulton County Medical Center in McConnellsburg.
Jim Roest of Riwal is moving to Brazil in order to establish a Brazilian sales and rental operation for the company.
27.08.2007
JCB is investing RS300 billion in an extension to its existing plant at Ballabgarh in India.
We bring you the breaking news from this weekend’s Platformers days along with a small selection from the 750 photos that the Vertikal team took of the event.
Two bridge workers have been injured while using an underbridge unit in Winnipeg.
The Acquisition of CVS Ferrari by Cargotec/Kalmar has been banned by the German anti-competition authorities
An 800 tonne ship-building crane undergoing repairs in Kobe, collapsed on Saturday, killing three and injuring four others.
London Tower Service has taken the first batch of JLG 1230ES taking its fleet to more than 100.
25.08.2007
Lloyd Spalding is to retire as president of Skyjack in the new year.
24.08.2007
Steve Vickary apprentice service engineer at The Platform Company has won two first place and a runner up award in the UK national Apprentice Awards.
A 100 ft dock crane on the banks of the Tyne collapsed following an electrical fire
'Tai Sun' gantry crane being built at the Yantai Raffles Shipyard in China claims to be worlds largest.
The ninth Platformer Days has opened in Hohenroda, Germany, today with a record number of exhibitors and fine weather.
Manitowoc has announced that it has acquired a plant in Slovakia that will begin assembling cranes later this year.
23.08.2007
An 80 tonne Tadano-Faun ATF 80-4 recently paid a visit to Buckingham palace in London
The first of the new Skyjack booms to come to Europe have been delivered in the UK and already entered service.
Venture Access Services has supplied access machines for this weekend's Reading Festival.
A man has been injured when the telehandler he was operating toppled over in Sutton Coldfield.
Layher UK has significantly expanded its Letchworth premises and the inventory that it carries.
