A foundation crane crashed over onto a brand new house near Groningen in Holland yesterday virtually demolishing it.
09.07.2007
Linamar, owner of Skyjack aerial lifts has been named as a 'Strategic Supplier' of cylinder heads to Caterpillar.
A driver who hit a railway bridge with his loader crane due to “gross negligence” has been awarded €5,000 in compensation for unfair dismissal.
Loxam has moved into the Scandinavian market with the purchase of DNE-JJ the business formed from the recent merger of DNE Materieludlejning and JJ Maskinudlejning.
A story is emerging of how a man died in Hull simply because the rescue services refused to call in a crane.
07.07.2007
Planet Platforms of West Yorkshire has added five Volkswagen transporter vans to its fleet.
06.07.2007
The inquest into the death of Mark Thornton, the man who died when a mobile crane collapsed in Liverpool in March, has been postponed until October.
The OFT has extended the approval period for Speedy Hires acquisition of Hewden’s tool rental business.
The Malaysian government has lifted its restrictions on the purchase of cranes.
The new IPAF website has finally gone live and includes a number of new features
Zhenhua Port Machinery wins $200 (£100) million deal from Dubai Ports World
05.07.2007
Don’t worry we are not turning into a comedy site, but given that it is a quiet news day and just to poke a little good natured fun at the HSE……
Kobelco cranes saw revenues climb by 42% for its year to March 2007 while unit shipments increased by 38% to 730 units
A crane operator in Ipswich had a scare yesterday when his tower crane was struck by lightning.
04.07.2007
JLG is planning a new European parts distribution centre at Maasmechelen in Belgium.
Two men were badly injured last week after a wheel of the boom lift they were using went through a cover over a void causing it to tip.
This is nothing to do with cranes, access or telehandlers, it is probably very amateur of us to publish it.. serious readers please go to the next story.
03.07.2007
Cramo the Finnish based rental company has acquired Oskarin Vuokrakone a small rental company in central Finland.
Danish lorry loader manufacturer HMF is celebrating 20 years trading in the UK.
Cargotec has received orders for 42 ship cranes for vessels built in China and Taiwan.
Vertikal.Net achieved new records again in June, with over 2.3 million hits and 63,000 visits
A police camera caught a crawler crane boom on tape as it came crashing down across a main road.
Maxim Crane works has increased the price bands for its Dutch auction share buyback tender and extended the deadline.
02.07.2007
The Big Merino a 96 tonne concrete ram was recently relocated in Goulburn, just south of Sydney.
