Dick Schalekamp Senior the founder of Riwal has been made a Ridder in de Orde van Oranje Nassau. Essential the Dutch equivalent of a knighthood.
18.06.2007
A crane driver was killed on Saturday when his mobile crane overturned at the foot of Brindley Mountain, Alabama
Here is a challenge for you to kick off the week, a reader sent in this photo of an access tower, can you spot the errors?
A man was killed after falling out of a JCB front end bucket on the farm of JCB owner, Sir Anthony Bamford.
17.06.2007
Haulotte UK has confirmed the appointment of Phillip James to head up its UK based businesses.
15.06.2007
Newcastle, (UK) based Huntley Plant has added 40 more units to its access fleet
Several of you have pointed out that we missed a fatal tower crane accident at the end of May in Jakarta.
Belgian based tower crane company Arcomet expects fiscal 2007 to be up 12 to 15% on 2006. Manwhile 40% of the business could be up for sale.
The UK HSE has issued a prohibition order on Select plant after finding that the superstructure of the tower crane in the Croydon accident was not attached to anything.
14.06.2007
McCrory Scaffold has used mastclimbers and a hoist to solve a problem in Belfast.
Agricultural tractor manufacturer Landini has entered the telescopic handler market with a nine metre, 3,500kg reversible drive machine.
A tower crane has collapsed at the Boguchany hydro power plant site in Siberia killing four.
Hewden has sold its tool hire business to Speedy Hire for £115 million, roughly equivalent to its net book value.
A couple were released from police custody last night without charge after they were caught having sex on the top of a 30m tower crane
A man thrown from an aerial lift after hitting a power line yesterday survived thanks to his harness.
13.06.2007
We can now bring you more details of the crane accident in Lurgan this weekend.
HSS has confirmed that the business has been acquired by a group of investors headed by ex Asda boss, Archie Norman
An inspector has concluded that a fatal accident at Mittal Steel U-S-A's Minorca Mine near Gilbert was caused by a crane operator's failure to set the cranes outriggers.
Two directors of Outreach, the Palfinger distributor for Scotland, have purchased the business from its current owners.
Two men have died this morning in separate work at height accidents in Western Australia.
UK access rental company AFI-UpLift will feature in a programme on the Discovery channel in September.
12.06.2007
Speedy Hire, the UK and Ireland’s largest tool rental business has launched an apprentice scheme for potential equipment maintenance engineers.
More information from the 'Chill Factor' project in Manchester.
The UK government has today published new regulations which boost minimum vacation entitlement.
