Here we take a look at some of the sights of last week's Conexpo show in Las Vegas
20.03.2008
Ernest Fuller, MD of Worldlift Industries, the parent of Denka and Falck Schmidt has left the company, a new man has been appointed.
City officials have started inspecting every tower crane in use in New York City following the recent crane collapse that killed 7..
Toyota Material Handling USA, is taking over the distribution of Aichi aerial lifts in North America.
Charges have been filed against Port Weller Dry Docks and Seaway Marine and Industrial following the fatal crane collapse last year.
19.03.2008
A fire has destroyed the buildings at Cranes and Equipment Specialists of Chicago.
Chinese crane manufacturer Sany wins 36 crawler crane deal.
Pop-Up Products’ innovative scissor lift has been named ‘Best Performing Product’ at the HSS Hire Awards.
Birchwood has won the Industrial Product Design award for its 'self erecting tower' Razor Deck.
Kranenbouw has taken over STK (Stravers Transmate Kranen) making one of the largest tower crane rental companies in the Netherlands
An operator training centre in California is suing the NCCCO for removing it from its list of approved examiners.
Loose gravel and lack of counterweight caused a crawler crane to tip over yesterday on a Baltimore Maryland site.
Wolffkran has shown the prototype of its new 6015 Clear, the smallest model in its Clear Line.
18.03.2008
Commissioners in Miami Dade County, Florida, have approved the ordinance implementing tough new regulations for tower cranes
IPAF has launched a photographic competition to celebrate its 25th anniversary.
17.03.2008
It seems that a dropped anchor caused the collapse of the tower crane in New York this weekend.
Terex Aerial Work Platforms has appointed Janos Persa as director of facilities and business Development for the European region.
Terex/Genie has appointed Howard Wilkinson as director of distribution and logistics for Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Conexpo 2008 closed its doors on Saturday afternoon, breaking all of its previous records.
A luffing tower crane has gone over in New York, hitting a residential building killing seven people and injuring at least 24 others.
15.03.2008
A prisoner at a jail in Baoding City, China, escaped by driving a crane through the compound wall.
John Fuller of Genie UK is to move into a new job handling major accounts, Glynn Goodwin will assume his current position as district manager for the UK and Ireland.
14.03.2008
Here is a first glimpse of the first telehandler from tower crane maker Saez.
Pierrick Lourdain one of Haulotte’s most senior sales and marketing managers has left the company this week.