Hiab has acquired Bay Equipment Repairs a service company based in Tampa, Florida.
13.07.2007
Hiab has opened a depot in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire following the bankruptcy of its local dealer.
The west African 419 scam is now being directed at equipment companies, here is an actual case from one of our readers.
Demag Cranes lowers earnings forecast because of higher manufacturing costs and transport bottlenecks.
A mobile crane's ruptured hydraulic line was the cause of a high explosion risk at the Port of Newcastle in Australia.
Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery (ZPMC) has won orders for 94 port cranes.
A mobile crane tipped over while placing concrete panels at the rear of a busy commercial centre in Spain yesterday
Rotterdam based rental company Peinemann is entering the big truck mounted aerial lift market
J. Martin Benchoff died at 1:20 am this morning at his home in Rouzerville near Waynesboro, Pennsylvania.
12.07.2007
Bard Capital a private equity firm has led a buy-out of US based crane rental company, Amquip.
JCB has donated a Loadall 540/140 telehandler to the Black Country Living Museum.
A crane moving a pizza oven fell onto a classroom in Kansas.
Crane and Access veteran Ray Ledger has lead an MBO at Kimberly Access.
JCB has reveresed a decision on pay at its UK plants after a majority voted to go out on strike.
A crane drops into an old septic tank after it gave way under its outriggers.
11.07.2007
TVH has added hydraulic generators, built by UK Generators, to its aerial platform catalogue.
The latest Cranes&Access magazine is now on line and ready to read or download.
Two men were killed by crane counterweights as they helped to remove them in two separate incidents in Toledo Ohio on Monday
Facelift Access provided The Brighton Theatre Group with an Aichi platform for a stunt flight for the ‘The Witches of Eastwick’.
Details on what exactly happened in yesterday’s fatal tower crane accident in Hong Kong are still sketchy, but here is a brief update.
J. Martin Benchoff, former chairman and CEO of Grove manufacturing is in a coma and not expected to recover.
10.07.2007
Hewden is holding its annual summer equipment auction this Saturday.
A 680kg steel demolition broke free from a crane in Pennsylvania rolling off on a 1.2 kilometres downhill run, damaging more than a dozen cars.
A tower crane collapsed in central Hong Kong this morning killing two men.
