Kalmar - the Altec distributor in the UK and Ireland - has been demonstrating a multi-purpose insulated device
07.08.2008
Carillion JM, of the UK, was fined £70,000 plus £24,000 in costs at Maidstone Crown Court last week, after an employee fell to his death at one of the company’s sites in 2003
06.08.2008
The boom of a crawler crane that went over the back at a Hilton-Head marina on Monday and came crashing down on two boats.
Loader crane and aerial lift manufacturer, Palfinger, has announced first half revenues up by more than 24%.
Independent Parts and Service of the UK has been contracted by rental company, AFI-Uplift to refurbish some of its older lifts.
Terex Cranes will officially open its new UK facility in Long Crendon with a ceremony later this week.
A self propelled articulated boom lift tipped over in New York yesterday killing the two men in the platform.
A rough terrain crane tipped over yesterday morning on a bridge over the Snake Creek canal in northeast Miami, Florida.
05.08.2008
Photos of inadequate access equipment continue to trickle in but this one tops the lot, involving the UK prime minister – a case of do as I, say not as I do!
Bil-Jax, the US based aerial lift and scaffold producer has announced the Spanner, a new auditorium kit for its C.A.T 23 push around lift.
An aerial lift and telehandler apprentice - Stephen Vicary of The Platform Company has won the UK’s National Construction College’s Apprentice of the year award.
Industrial equipment auctioneers Ritchie Bros has opened a brand new site in France.
Ramirent, the Finnish based international rental company, has issued a profit warning and announced a change in directors.
Manitowoc has issued an emergency service bulletin asking owners of 18 of its model 16000 crawler cranes to stop using certain boom sections until they have been checked.
Shareholders of food equipment company Enodis have approved its acquisition by Manitowoc.
Terex AWP has appointed Bernhard Kahn as regional sales manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In his new role Kahn he report to Stein Adolfsen divisional sales manager for northern Europe.
A large RT crane tipped over at the side of Shady Grove road near Gaithersburg, Maryland yesterday.
04.08.2008
Manitowoc has agreed to sell its entire marine business to Fincantieri - Cantieri Navali Italiani with Lockheed Martin taking a minority stake in the acquisition.
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Steven Chalk of Orion Access Services, eldest son of Paul Chalk, passed away on Thursday last week aged 17.
Lavendon has announced the name and management positions for Nationwide Access and The Platform Company after they merge later this year.
The UK’s HSE has written to all UK crane rental companies, asking them to “take forward certain actions” which have arisen from its investigation into the fatal collapse of the luffing tower crane in Liverpool in January 2007.
RSC one of North Americas largest rental companies has reported first half rental revenues up by over 6%.
United Rentals, the world’s largest equipment rental company has reported an 11% fall in first half revenues – profits slide 19%.
03.08.2008
