A Minnesota based employer has been fined $15,000 for the death of an employee who was crushed between his aerial lift and an overhead beam.
20.05.2008
Bobcat confirmed that it is intending to launch a new telehandler range.
UK hire company Fork Rent was at SED for the official handover of the largest Loadall order ever.
Wolfgang Anzengruber will remain as CEO of Palfinger for a further five year term.
Mastclimber and scaffolding specialist contractor the Brogan Group has won the Specialist Contractor trophy
Cramo Sweden has purchased GMM Hyrservice, a general rental company based in Lund, north of Malmö.
19.05.2008
Cramo Norway has acquired the rental operations of Kranentreprenören a spider crane rental company based in Lørenskog near Oslo.
Bronto is working on a 104 metre version of its S101 truck mounted lift, which will give it back the title of world's highest platform.
Four construction workers died on a site in Bangkok after the cage they were being lifted in fell to the ground.
The Manitowoc Company has increased its offer for UK food equipment company, Enodis.
Terex has appointed Thomas J. Hansen and David C. Wang to its board of directors.
18.05.2008
Ahern rental of Las Vegas, has reported first quarter revenues up 32% to $93 million, profits slipped by 9%.
An All Terrain crane tipped over onto a casino-hotel under construction in North Bend, Oregon earlier this.
17.05.2008
Portacover Machinery of Swansea, Wales, is adding spider cranes to its machinery moving business.
We were recently sent photos of two Teupen Leo 23GT spider lifts working on the Grand Mosque in Damascus. The question is how did they get there?
16.05.2008
German crane rental company J Bruns has taken delivery of a new 500 tonne Liebherr LTM1500-8.1 All Terrain crane.
Cat has launched three new telehandlers with lift heights from 6.1 to 9.2 metres.
Bromsgrove, UK, based GT Access has ordered 150 scissor lifts from UpRight, its largest single UK order since its acquisition by Tanfield.
A man was rescued after he was pinned between the guardrails of his boom lift and an overhead beam in Australia yesterday.
Here are just a few points from the UK’s SED show this week.
Peter Whittall, previously MD of Nationwide Access in the UK has joined Genie Europe as director of after sales services.
15.05.2008
Huntley Plant of Newcastle has ordered the first six 10m narrow aisle Holland lift scissor lifts for the UK.
A team from Peter Hird, the Hull based crane and access company visited SED today for the hand over of their first Jekko spider cranes.
The first day at SED was sunny but windy. Here is a quick pictorial round-up.
14.05.2008
