Zarges, the alloy scaffold tower and ladder manufacturer has appointed Neil Harper as UK national sales manager.
24.04.2008
SMIE, the tower crane anti-collision company, has introduced a new crane operator display unit with built in data-logging.
Two mobile cranes went over yesterday in the USA causing traffic mayhem, One in Florida where the interstate was blocked and one in Texas.
Terex Cranes has reported first quarter revenue increase of over 26 percent while operating income was up 62 percent.
Terex Aerial Work Platforms has reported revenues for the first quarter 2007 up 7% while its backlog climbed almost 4%.
Manitowoc Crane has appointed a new regional business manager for the mid west and Central USA.
Chris Shove of Nationwide Access in the UK, has won the Wrekin Prize awarded by the Institute of Agricultural Engineers.
23.04.2008
A-Plant, the UK arm of the Ashtead group has placed orders for new equipment worth over £30 million.
Huntley Plant of the UK has ordered £1.8 million worth of the new JCB Hi Viz telescopic handlers the first of 100 JCB’s it plans to buy this year.
The Lavendon Group, the world’ largest specialist aerial lift rental company, has reported first quarter revenues up 26%.
A “Christening ceremony” was held at the Yantai Raffles Shipyard, China, on Friday for a 20,000 tonne capacity crane named the ‘Taisun’
The head of New York’s Building Department has quit after the mayor criticized the number of deaths from crane accidents.
22.04.2008
Rysman Construction of Solihull, UK was hit for almost £20,000 following an accident in which a telehandler tipped over into the road.
Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation has acquired aerial lift rental company, All Reach Equipment of Connecticut.
Harsco Access Services, which includes SGB, Hünnebeck and Patent Scaffolding, has reported a 20% increase in first quarter revenues.
Tanfield has agreed a deal to supply Manitou with certain access products to be marketed under the ManiAccess brand.
Tanfield, owner of Snorkel and UpRight has reported preliminary full year access revenues for 2007 of £90 million ($178 m), an increase of over 700%. It has also announced an OEM deal with Manitou
Terex has acquired Hydra Platforms, the Rock Hill, South Carolina based producer of underbridge inspection machines.
Aerial lift and telehandler manufacturer Haulotte has posted a 7% drop in first quarter ‘like for like’ revenues, but raised full year projections.
Terex Utilities, the aerial lift and digger derrick manufacturer has announced a $4 million, 3,700 square metre (40,000 sq ft) expansion plan for its Waterdown South Dakota, facility.
21.04.2008
A boom truck/crane tipped onto a car leaving one man dead and his wife seriously injured in Auburn, Wisconsin.
Chinese construction equipment manufacturer LuiGong has acquired Bengbu Zhencong Anli and renamed it Anhui LiuGong Crane Co Ltd
AFI-Uplift as taken first place in the Sunday Times list of Britain’s top100 private companies with the fastest growing profits.
Despite an increase in the total number of fatal injuries in the UK, the number of fatal falls from height at work reached a record low in 2006/7
