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As business becomes more challenging poorly managed companies start to panic and adopt questionable business practices, rather than focus on working harder and smarter. Perhaps it is time for industry associations to enforce some ground rules?
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Riwal on the march
Dutch based international access specialist Riwal has made an acquisition in its home market as it prepares to expand into the UK.
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AJ to Azerbaijan
UK based AJ Access has sold a number if used aerial lifts to a company in Azerbaijan, the contract also included on site IPAF operator training.
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Allan Access Hire?
Allan Access Hire, the company that took over from Allan Access when it went into administration last year has now run into difficulties.
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EPL enters administration - updated
EPL the UK based aerial lift rental company and one of the longest established powered access companies in Europe has filed for administration.
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Two new recruits for Ruthmann
German based vehicle mounted lift manufacturer, Ruthmann has recruited two new ‘experienced’ team members.
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Creative Access
A reader of Verikal.Net spotted a highly creative new access system in use on a private home. Whether it meets any regulations is another issue.
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Lift Inc snaps up Bobcat dealer
Lift Inc., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, has acquired the local Bobcat dealer, Bobcat of Lancaster for an undisclosed sum.
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Scissor accident claims three
Three people have died as a result of a rough terrain scissor falling over in Kraków, Poland.
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Crane rescue
A construction crew in Iowa managed to rescue a woman from the river with help of their crane..
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Crane demolishes bridge
A raised loader crane demolished a footbridge in Scotland yesterday.
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Crane and Aerial lift fatality
A man was crushed between a crane and an aerial work platform yesterday at a United Rentals yard in West Virgina.
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Manitowoc appoints new Crane Care VP for Europe
Eric Pommier has been promoted to vice president of Manitowoc Crane Care for Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
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Leader closes in memory
Aerial lift manufacturer Leader SRL has closed for two days following the death of Rosanna Borghi, the Ferrarini family matriarch.
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Cranes on TV
If you live in the UK or can tune in via the web, watch out for Mean Machines this evening on the UK’s Channel 5
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Manitowoc UK opens new premises
Manitowoc UK is formally launching its new premises today as well as showing off its latest new products.
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Death Wish 71 – on the edge
This is a surprising one and goes to show that even in the most developed markets there is still potential to spread the powered access message.
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New training locations for Genie
Terex AWP/Genie has announced two new service training locations at its facilities in Oklahoma City and Southaven, Mississippi.
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PAIG warns on overhead obstacles
The CPA’s Powered Access Interest Group is drawing up a best practice guide for the use of aerial lifts in confined overhead areas.
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ALE clarification
Abnormal Load Engineering has pointed out some very valid flaws in our preview of the new 100,000 t/m Mammoet PTC120DS.
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Another crane fire
Another All Terrain crane has caught fire while travelling, causing substantial damage, this one is in Australia.
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Thermoil takes off
Several visitors to Vertikal Days last week were extolling the virtues of Thermoil, which claims to extend battery life with less maintenance.
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The sun shines on Vertikal Days
The third Vertikal Days attracted record numbers of visitors and good weather. Here is an extensive pictorial coverage of the event.
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Parma Hamar
Norwegian based aerial lift specialist, Hamar Liftsenter, has purchased two Matilsa Parma 21D auto leveling self propelled boom lifts.
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Auction raises almost £7,000
A charity auction at Vertikal Days, which included a pink Eazzilift scissor lift, raised almost £7,000 for charity.
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Gehl agrees credit amendment
Gehl, the US affiliate of Manitou, has agreed an amendment to its bank credit lines.
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Maxim acquires Barnhart Crawlers
Maxim Crane Works has acquired a third of Barnhart Crane and Rigging’s crawler crane fleet.
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RSC restructures debt while rates fall
RSC, one of the largest rental companies in the USA, will issue $400 million of senior secured notes, maturing in 2017 and reports a fall in rental rates.
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RSC promotes Hobson
RSC, one of the largest rental companies in the USA has promoted Phil Hobson to senior vice president western operations.
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Access Link teams up with Partner Lift
The Access Link, the UK association of independent aerial lift rental companies has reached a partnering agreement with Partner Lift a similar organisation in Germany
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Last sale at Vertikal Days
As most exhibitors loaded their equipment up after Vertikal Days on Thursday evening, Niftylift secured an order for its new HR21 Hybrid.
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AJ take Custom Hybrid
UK based AJ Access ordered one of the first Hybrid HB1030CE compact light weight scissor lifts at Vertikal Days this week.
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Blade hits 70
Blade Access the fast growing Yorkshire, UK, based truck mounted aerial lift rental company, has added a 70 metre Wumag to its fleet.
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Spot that lift for £1,000
The 34 metre Bronto, stolen from Loxam last month, has been spotted in the North of England, Loxam is offering a £1,000 reward if you can help recover it.
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Big Brontos for new company
TGM Wind Services, of Abilene, Texas, has ordered two 90 metre Bronto Skylift S90 HLA truck mounted lifts.
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Lavendon in line with expectations
The Lavendon Group, The world’s largest aerial lift rental specialist, has reported revenues to the end of May five percent lower than last year and in line with its expectations.
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Strong Start to Vertikal Days
The third Vertikal Days got off to a strong start yesterday with first days visitor attendance up comfortably on last year.
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Scissor incident
A 26 metre heavy duty scissor lift was involved in a small fire in the UK yesterday, after it experienced some sort of structural failure, no one was hurt.
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Link Belt expands crane plant
Link-Belt is building a new assembly bay at its facility in Lexington, Kentucky
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Vertikal Days opens today
The UK and Ireland’s only specialist event for cranes, access equipment and telehandlers opens today.
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And the winners are
Cranes UK ran a tough 12 question general crane knowledge competition in its run up to Vertikal Days, the Winners have now been announced.
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Oktopus appoints administrator
Oktopus (UK) the UK distributor for Klaas aluminium cranes and Oktopus suction lifting devices has appointed an administrator.
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SEV and Altec team up
SEV (US) has teamed up with Altec to produce an all electric truck mounted boom lift.
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Vertikal.Net News coverage
With this weeks Vertikal Days getting underway this week in the UK, our news coverage may not be quite as rapid as usual.
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Bid on the pink scissor
R2 Access is auctioning an Eazzi Lift Mini, push around scissor lift for charity at this weeks Vertikal Days.
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Ainscough take 20 150 tonners
Ainscough Crane Hire, the UK’s largest crane rental company has confirmed that it has ordered 20 Liebherr LTM1150-6.1 150 tonne All Terrain cranes.
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Tower crane protesters arrested
Two men were arrested in South Wales yesterday after staging an early morning father’s day demonstration on the jib of a 35 metre tower crane.
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Mammoet to launch PTC120DS
Dutch based heavy lifting company Mammoet has unveiled plans for a new 100,000t/m plus mobile crane.
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Kennards acquires in Port Douglas
Kennards Hire of Australia has moved into Port Douglas, Queensland, with the acquisition of Coral Coast Hire.
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Big Holland Lifts for Hi Reach
UK based Hi Reach has taken delivery of its fourth big Holland lift scissor this year, a 34 metre Rough Terrain.
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Eurolift fined £50,000
The first sentencing has been handed down following the guilty verdict for WD Bennett and subsidiary Eurolift for the fatal tower crane collapse in 2003.
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Wyss back at Stirnimann
Alfred Wyss has come out of retirement to head up Swiss crane and access company Stirnimann, following the departure of MD Lorenzo Cassani
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Isoli to debut at Vertikal Days
Italian truck mounted lift and recovery truck company Isoli, will make its UK/Ireland debut at Vertikal Days next week.
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Snorkel Scissor check
Snorkel is asking owners of SR2770 compact Rough Terrain scissor lifts built between 2000 and 2006 to inspect their machines for cracks in the drive motor shafts.
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New Non Exec for Tanfield
Tanfield has appointed Jeremy Wooding OBE as an independent non-executive director.
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Sarens buys Rigging International
Belgium based crane and heavy lift company, Sarens has acquired California based heavy lift company, Rigging International.
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Harness/lanyard problem results in fatality
A 55 year old man died on Wednesday at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, after he was flung from his boom lift.
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Window cleaner fall
A 21 year old window cleaner fell to his death on Wednesday when his suspended platform collapsed.
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Ashtead confirms full year
Ashtead, owner of Sunbelt in the USA and A-Plant in the UK has issued it full year results and said that rental markets have stabilised.
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Was there enough counterweight?
Several of you have written in over yesterdays report on the crane that tipped in New Zealand, asking if a counterweight slab was missing.
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Thermoil teams up with Nifty
Thermoil the battery preserver and recovery solutions company has extended its distribution with the appointment of Nifty Australia and South Africa.
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Don’t stop the traffic
Spotted in South West France last week, a lifting operation with an excavator as cars pass below.
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CMC unveils new 21m
Italian truck mounted lift manufacturer CMC recently unveiled its new PLA212, the first of which has been delivered to a local customer.
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Crane tips in NZ
A truck crane tipped over this morning in a busy street in Dunedin, New Zealand, fortunately no one was injured.
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100 metre+ lift at Vertikal Days
SkyKing, the Wumag Palfinger distributor for England will display a 103 metre truck mounted lift at Vertikal Days next week.
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Skylift goes with Masternaut
The Skylift vehicle mounted aerial lift division of Lavendon UK, has agreed to install a suite of Masternaut Three X vehicle tracking and management products into its UK fleet.
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BLE supports Potain top slewers
BLE, the Grove and Potain self erecting tower crane distributor for Belgium has added product support responsibility for Potain top slewing tower cranes.
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IPS signs up Lavendon UK
IPS, the International provider of replacement parts and service has signed a two year with Lavendon to supply replacement parts to its UK operations.
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New UK access company
Keith Kendall the former owner of Access Rentals has established a new aerial lift rental company in the UK.
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NRC/Link-Belt to show at Vertikal Days
NRC, the Link-Belt crane distributor for the UK has booked a stand at the Vertikal Days lifting event scheduled for next week.
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10 more Z135 for Easi
Irish based international rental company, Easi UpLifts, has placed an order with Genie that includes 10 135ft Z135/70 self propelled articulated boom lifts for its expanding UK operation.
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Crane operator fatality
A crane operator died yesterday in Florida, after his crane tipped over while lifting a fork truck mast, ejecting him from his cab.
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Manitowoc amends debt
Manitowoc has announced that it has successfully negotiated an amendment to its credit agreement.
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Almost last chance…..
Vertikal Days is just 10 days away, if you want to exhibit you still have time, but….there are only one or two spots left and they are going fast.
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Londonderry wins United Utilities contract
Londonderry Garage has won a contract to supply specially modified vehicles for the contruction and maintenance of overhead power lines.
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Lift tips in Scotland
An aerial lift tipped over in Scotland on Saturday, resulting in the death of a 28 year old man.
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TC2800 at work in Scotland
The 1,000 tonne Terex Demag TC2800 owned by Port Services of Scotland has finally gone to work in the UK.
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New premises for Goodall
Jim Goodall Rental & Sales of Naples Florida has moved into new premises in Fort Myers close
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ARA compresses convention
The American Rental Association (ARA) has modified the dates of its convention and trade show for next year.
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North American cities set to share tower crane data
New York’s Department of Buildings says it will share information about tower cranes in an effort to track equipment failures, manufacturers’ recalls, accidents and industry trends.
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Blade expands self drive business
Blade Access Specialists based near Leeds, UK has taken delivery of the first of a number of CTE platforms for its self-drive and cross-hire business.
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New Liebherr 60 tonne truck crane
Liebherr has introduced a new 60 tonne truck crane, its largest to date.
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Higher Access adds to fleet
Ramsbottom-based narrow access platform hire specialist Higher Access, has purchased more tracked spider machines.
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Easi UpLifts offers A66 Compact Crane test
Easi UpLifts Group is offering the A66 Compact Crane test at five locations across the UK and Ireland.
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IPAF Past Presidents meet
The second annual meeting of IPAF past presidents was held this week in Jurançon near Pau, France.
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Hiab to supply Finnish Defence Forces
Hiab is to supply hooklifts and loader cranes to the Finnish Defence Forces.
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GGR to launch 1 tonne glass handling robot.
GGR-Unic will launch its all-new EMU 1000 at an Open Day today – Friday, 12th June.
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JLG books army deal
JLG has won a contract from the United States Army to rebuild 500 All Terrain Lifter Army System (ATLAS) telehandlers and 300 other rough terrain forklifts.
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Martin Ainscough bows out of Vanguard.
Martin Ainscough has sold his majority stake in UK machinery removal and installation specialist Ainscough-Vanguard to his son Matthew.
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UpRight opens Middle East operation
UpRight has opened a new operation in the Middle East, appointed a new product support director.
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Tadano unveils robocrane
Tadano has recently unveiled a dual-armed, quadrupedal robotic crane called Rototops.
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Blade moves on up
UK based Blade Access Specialists has taken delivery of a new 45 metre Wumag and moved into new, purpose-built premises.
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Platinum award for ThyssenKrupp Safway
ThyssenKrupp Safway has been awarded Haulotte Group/Biljax first Platinum Customer Award.
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Kielstra invests
Leeuwarden, Holland, based Kielstra Kraanverhuur has taken delivery of a new 220 tonne Tadano Faun ATF220G-5 All Terrain crane.
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Bluelift appoints Bravi
Italian spider lift manufacturer Bluelift has appointed Bravi UK as its distributor for the UK and Ireland, trading as Bluelift UK.
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China boosts CTE sales
The Chinese market is providing a useful boost to Italian manufacturer CTE’s sales in 2009 through its distributor- Handler.
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Client satisfaction key to surviving recession
New research shows business owners and managers are investing in customer service levels to avoid losing valuable business.
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Bouncing back from vandalism
When UK lifting company FSR's premises were vandalised, it feared the worst, but with the support of its suppliers it bounced back stroinger than ever.
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Charges for fatal accident
Charges have leveled against three companies and a director following an investigation into a fatal suspended platform accident in Queensland, Australia last year.
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New 60ft truck mount from Elliot
Elliott Equipment Company has unveiled the V60, a new 60ft/18 metres straight telescopic, ‘material handling’ aerial work platform
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New two man push around
Edmolift and Bravi UK have launched a new two man push around scissor lift.
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Bravi winners announced
Bravi the compact self propelled lift manufacturer has announced the winners from its customer survey.
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Viviani moves up
Michela Viviani of truck mounted and spider lift manufacturer Oil &Steel has been promoted to director.
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Crane rolls
Police in Tasmania, are investigating how a mobile crane rolled down a slope and landed on a house this morning.
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New chairman and investor at Acme
Acme Lift the US re-rent company has appointed Bryan Rich as chairman and after he became a new equity partner.
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Lift production ends in Holbæk
Worldlift Industries owner of Denka Lift and Falck Schmidt has ended production at Denka's historic Holbæk facility.
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Second crane tip
Reports are coming in that a tower section has been dropped at the site of a tower crane accident in Malta just two weeks ago.
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Linamar pays off loans
Linamar, owner of aerial lift and telehandler manufacturer Skyjack, has retired $80 million of its borrowings, five months before its due date.
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Self levelling on the go
Mecaplus will display its remarkable self levelling boom lifts at Vertikal Days, in the meantime you can see them in action on video.
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Scissor alert
With big scissor lift utilisation not quite what it was, many rental companies have units in their yards and are increasingly using them as high level advertising hoardings – Beware.
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Loader crane tips in Glasgow
We have reports and photographs of a loader crane tipped over in Glasgow earlier this week, due to… incorrectly set outriggers.
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GGR Unic open day
UK based GGR Unic is hosting an open day at its Southern depot and training centre next Friday June 12th, open to anyone interested in mini cranes.
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Hiab MEWP demo at Vertikal Days
Hiab dealer Muni-serv will demonstrate the new Hiab MEWP fully EN280 certified work platform for XS loader cranes.
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Q-Plant takes six
Manchester, UK, based rental company, Q-Plant Hire has added six more Kobelco crawler cranes for its fleet.
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Cranes&Access is on line
The latest Cranes&Access is now on line and available to read or download
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Terex completes financing
Terex has announced that it has completed its latest round of financing, raising around $612 million.
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How not to use towers
A couple of men in the UK turned up to carry out some work at height on an NHS ambulance depot, they used scaffold towers but.....
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New trailer for Ooms
Bert Ooms Transport en Logistiek of Holland, has taken delivery of a custom built enclosed semi trailer for new machine deliveries and demonstrations.
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Haulotte to operate Access Rentals as seperate business
Haulotte has confirmed its purchase of UK rental company, Access Rentals as a going concern and will retain it as a seperate entity.
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Tower crane falls in Tokyo
One man has died while another, suffered serious injuries, after a tower crane collapsed in Tokyo today.
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Haulotte acquires Access Rentals
Haulotte has taken over Telford, UK, based Access Rentals following its recent entry into administration.
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How many people can fit in a small scissor?
When Ronaldo's team 'Corinthians' won the Paulista championship in Brazil last month the trophy caught fire causing near panic in a scissor lift that formed part of the celebrations.
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New representation for Gottwald down under
Gottwald has appointed Clark Equipment Australia as its distributor in the Australia and New Zealand region, following the retirement of Graham Raneberg
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Broderson moves into UK
Broderson the Lenexa, Kansas based pick & carry crane specialist, has appointed Cranes UK to distribute its products in the UK and Ireland.
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New CEO at Manitou
Manitou has announced senior management changes, replacing Marcel Claude Braud as CEO.
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New Australian rules
The new Australian Trade Practices Act has come into force and includes an amendment relating to pricing to consumers, which may effect rental companies'
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Access Rentals negotiations
KPMG, the administrators of UK rental company, Access Rentals, is in the closing stages of negotiating a sale of the business as a going concern.
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Death Wish 69
Spotted in St.Neots, Cambridgeshire, UK, yesterday, a man and a riding a forklift to empty rubbish bins into a high sided skip.
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D&G embraces CraneSafe
Australian crane company, D&G Hoist&Crane Hire is adopting the CraneSafe third party certification scheme, after having bought Vertikon’s fleet in April.
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Dual safety awards for All
All Crane Rental (previously known as All Erection) of Columbus, Ohio, has received two safety awards for from the Safety Council of Greater Columbus.
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New access manager for Hirepool
New Zealand based rental company, Hirepool, has appointed Kingi Pikaahu as national manager of the company’s Access division.
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12 Bobcats for Kanoo
The export department of Dubai based Kanoo Machinery, has sold 12 Bobcat telehandlers to Pexi Gulf for re-export.
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Skyjack adds VR dealer
Skyjack has appointed Surfwood Supply as a VR Telehandler dealer in British Columbia, Canada.
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Crane owner was warned
The owner of the tower crane that collapsed in New York last May, killing two men. was reportedly notified that the slew ring weld might be suspect, well before the accident occurred.
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Caledonian adds IPAF training
The Bradford depot of Caledonian Access the UK based powered access service and certification company has become an IPAF training centre.
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Spreading the word
It is amazing how many photos we receive of not only dangerous work at height practices, but of jobs where an aerial lift would save time and money as well as be safer. Here is one taken yesterday.
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Vp edges up
Vp owner of telehandler rental company UK Forks and rental company Hire Station has reported annual results with increases in both revenues and profits.
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LTM11200 for Senn
Senn AG, of Oftringen, Switzerland has ordered a 1,200 tonne Liebherr LTM 11200-9.1 All Terrain crane.
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IPAF accreditation for Hird Doncaster
The Doncaster depot of Peter Hird & Sons, the UK based aerial platform and lifting equipment specialist has been approved as an IPAF training centre and achieved Rental+ accreditation.
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New Sennebogen Multihandler
Sennebogen is to launch the 310 Multihandler next month.
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US base for Pon aerials
David O. Turner has been appointed as CEO of Pon’s global aerial lift and materials handling businesses, and will be based in Houston, Texas.
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Speedy rights issue
Speedy Hire, the UK’s largest equipment rental company has announced a rights issue to raise £100 million.
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Terex seeks new funds
Terex Corp, owner of Terex Cranes and Genie has announced that it is seeking $600 million in new financing and that it has agreed an amendment to its current facility.
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Speedy upbeat in spite of £70 million loss
Speedy Hire, the UK’s largest equipment rental company has issued its preliminary year end results which are relatively upbeat in spite of a loss of £70 million.
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New e-commerce system from HSS
HSS Hire, one of the UK’s largest general rental companies has launched Livehire, an online hire management system for major accounts
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Four new Bronto’s for Easi
Easi Uplifts the Dublin based rental company has taken delivery of four new Bronto truck mounted lifts for the UK.
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Gunco merges with Pon Material Handling
Pon, the Dutch based CAT distributor and owner of Gunco, HDW and Milcon has announced the merger of its aerial lift and fork truck business into Pon Material Handling.
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Snorkel announces recall - updated
Snorkel has issued an urgent warning that some of its 120 and 126ft booms built prior to 2004, may not be fitted with the correct number of boom sensors.
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ERA Rental Awards
The European Rental Association is holding its annual convention in Manchester, UK yesterday and today. Last night it also held its annual awards dinner, the winners were……
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Skyba leaves JLG
Kirsten Skyba, vice president of global marketing at JLG has left the company.
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What a set up
A reader in the UK sent us the photo of a lift at work in Manchester today, being used out of level and with no outrigger mats close to a manhole cover.
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Snorkel launches 13.5m telescopic trailer lift
Snorkel Australia has launched the MHP14AT, a compact 13.5m articulated trailer lift with telescopic top boom.
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Sanghvi up 19%
Sanghvi Movers, India’s largest crane rental company has reported an upbeat first quarter and is forecasting improved demand for new cranes.
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New team member at Working At Height
Surrey and Sheffiled, UK, based access specialist, Working At Height, has added another member to its marketing team.
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Holt Crane opens new Houston facility.
Holt Crane & Equipment has opened its new headquarters in Houston to sell and service Link-Belt brand mobile cranes throughout most of Texas.
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Demag Cranes approves major restructuring.
Industrial, Port and overhead crane manufacturer, Demag Cranes has approved a major restructuring of its operations.
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Australian crane hirer fined
Huntingdale Mobile Cranes or Clayton, Australia, has been fined A$70,000 after being found guilty of failing to carry out simple safety checks, causing a fatality.
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PB goes with Ranger
PB Liftechnik the German based heavy duty/narrow aisle scissor lift manufacturer has appointed Ranger Equipment as its UK/Ireland distributor.
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New records for IronPlanet
IronPlanet the online auction company has reported record first quarter revenues up 26% on 2008.
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New aerial lift company
Chris Pera, former president of Modern Equipment and two colleagues, Rick Raab and Shawn Deegan, have launched the HiReach Group in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.
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Death wish 68
A reader from Italy on his morning commute spotted two men on ladders resting on live power lines – Death Wish hardly does it justice.
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Jekko unveils new mini crane
Italian crane manufacturer, Jekko will unveil an all new tracked mini crane at Vertikal Days next month.
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New IPAF training centre
Horizon Platforms the Yorkshire, UK based aerial lift rental company has been accredited and approved as an IPAF training centre.
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Seven more Lavendon depots accredited
Lavendon UK, the aerial lift and telehandler rental company that comprises Nationwide Platforms, Panther and Skylift, has announced that 7 more depots have achieved accreditation to its TechX standard..
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Yankee Ingenuity
Spotted this week in New England, USA, a telehandler with what looks like an extended pallet being used as a work platform.
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Management changes at Toyota USA
Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A, which also distributes Aichi in the USA, has announced several management changes.
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Liebherr Sunderland scoops Queens’s award
Liebherr Sunderland, the UK based maritime crane manufacturing division of the Liebherr group has won a Queens Award for Enterprise.
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Australian Telehandler Meeting
The EWPA has called a general open meeting of its Telehandler committee to action a number of regulatory and training issues.
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Traklift acquired
Teupen Hungaria which recently launched the Traklift brand has been acquired and its future uncertain.
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Working At Height adds to sales team
David Jefferies, 30, has joined the sales team of UK based access specialist, Working At Height.
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Mentor wins LEEA Accreditation
Training company Mentor has become the first training company to have a 2 day lifting and slinging course accredited by the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association.
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More exhibitors for Vertikal Days
Three more exhibitors have confirmed stands at Vertikal Days the UK lifting event in June, while r2 Access has donated a pink Eazzilift scissor lift to auction for charity.
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Parkinson’s support
UK access specialist Working At Height has selected the Parkinson's Disease Society as its company charity.
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Amici di Adwa Onlus Association
CTE has donated two electric cars to the "Amici di Adwa Onlus" Association in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.
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Facelift expands self drive
UK, based access rental company Facelift has added new products to its self-drive vehicle mounted lift fleet which now totals100 units
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Ramirent CFO to depart
Heli Iisakka, chief financial officer of Finnish based international rental company, Ramirent is leaving the company.
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Tower crane topples in Malta
A tower crane collapsed onto the building it was working on and an apartment block this morning in St Julians, Malta.
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Overload device for harbours
German based electronics company, Tecsis is launching a new overload system designed specifically for harbour lifting equipment applications.
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The platform message
A town hall in the UK will no longer fly a flag on ceremonial days after banning staff from using a ladder, while seemingly unaware of the alternatives.
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New products at Vertikal Days
This years Vertikal Days is just over a month away and will include a large number of new products, including demonstrations of a platform escape device.
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Nifty Traction
Traction Equipment of Stafford, UK, has added more Nifty HR15n narrow aisle articulated boom lifts to its growing powered access fleet.
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Ian James to leave APS
Ian James, general manager of Access Platform Sales (APS), the UK distributor for Hinowa, Omme and UpRight has announced his departure from the company.
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Mitie reports strong result
Mitie, the UK based industrial services company has reported a strong and upbeat annual result, which indicates an improving climate for equipment rental.
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Spot the problems
A reader in the UK has sent in a photo of two men working on a building from an alloy scaffold and staging board set-up which beggars belief.
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First 53m Wumag in Russia
The first Wumag Palfinger 53 metre WT530 in Russia has been delivered by local sales and rental company LTECH
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Tanfield to consolidate shares
Tanfield, owner of UpRight and Snorkel has announced plans to consolidate its shares with a one for five swap and the cancellation of its share premium account.
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David Maddicott 1938-2009
David Maddicott of Devon, UK, based Dainton Crane Hire, sadly passed away last Thursday, following a heart attack.
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Access Rentals update
KPMG has confirmed that it has been appointed as administrator for Access Rentals, the UK rental company.
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Aerial Platforms wins another accreditation
UK based Aerial Platforms has achieved full ‘Building Confidence’ accreditation run by Achilles on behalf of Bovis Lend Lease.
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Pat Fiscelli to retire from LGH
Pat Fiscelli, president of U.S. operations at Lifting Gear Hire, has announced his retirement at the end of this month.
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Myshak buys Foothills
Canadian based Myshak Crane & Rigging of Fort McMurray, Edmonton, Alberta, has purchased Foothills Crane Service of Red Deer, Alberta.
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Lift tips in Grand Cayman
Two men escaped serious injury in the Cayman Islands this weekend after their self propelled telescopic boom lift tipped over.
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Ahern drops 25%
Ahern Rentals, the Las Vegas based access and telehandler rental company has reported total first quarter revenues almost 25% down on last year.
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Increased responsibilities for Schiller
Manitowoc crane has added Latin America to Ingo Schilller’s responsibilities as vice president of sales and marketing for the Americas.
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Skyjack France lifts off at Intermat
Skyjack took the opportunity of the recent Intermat exhibition to promote its latest European operation – Skyjack France
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Bravi UK adds to support team
Bravi UK has appointed Clare Lusardi as a sales and customer service co-ordinator
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Jones buys first new Link Belt
Jones Crawler cranes of Dorset, UK, has become the first company worldwide, to purchase the new 70 tonne Link Belt TCC-750 telescopic crawler crane.
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12,500 attended SED
12,500 visitors attended SED, the UK equipment show this week, most exhibitors were reasonable happy with the results.
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Hewden tips Finning UK into loss
The Finning group, has reported first quarter revenues which show a 29% drop in revenues at its UK Crane, access and telehandler rental company - Hewden which also posted a substantial loss.
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WD Bennetts update
We now have the full details of the administration of WD Bennetts, the UK tower crane rental company.
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IPAF regional meeting
IPAF will hold its first UK regional meeting next Wednesday evening in North West England.
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Morris moves up at JLG
JLG has promoted Tim Morris to the position of senior vice president sales, marketing and customer support and Chris Mellott to head up sales in the Americas.
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Genie establishes European distribution centre
Genie, has announced a restructuring of its European distribution organisation, centralising all logistics and distribution functions in Roosendaal, the Netherlands
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Derek Parker joins SkyPlatforms
Derek Parker has joined Sky Platforms as sales manager.
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New Treasurer for Manitowoc
Manitowoc has appointed Dean J. Nolden, 40, as treasurer in addition to his current position of vice president of finance.
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Access Rentals
UK rental company Access Rentals has applied to restructure the business and is likely to enter administration
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Öberg to leave Rami
Mikael Öberg, senior vice president of Scandinavia for Finnish based international rental company Ramirent has announced his resignation.
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SED day one
For those of you who did not make it to SED yesterday hre is a brief pictorial round-up of the first day.
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Ramirent drops 25%
Finnish based international rental company Ramirent has reported first quarter revenues down almost 25% while profits dipped 96%
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Spider crane aids Polish PM
A Maeda mini crane was recently used to carry out renovation work on office of Poland’s prime minister.
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Lavendon takes HAE training award
Lavendon Access Services has won the Hire Association of Europe’s ‘Excellence in Training’ Award at a ceremony in London this Saturday.
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Correction
In today’s report on the new JLG G10-43A telehandler we mistakenly said it featured rear wheel steer when it has All Wheel Steer.
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Cat launches new TH514 telehandler
Caterpillar has launched the new TH514 telehandler aimed at tough applications.
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SED Opens today
SED 2009 opens its gates this morning with around 200 exhibitors showing a wide range of construction equipment and accessories.
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New telehandler from JLG
JLG has announced a new high boom North American telehandler model, the G10-43A.
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Sharp practices in Belgium
Belgian rental company Heli has written an open letter to Pierre Boels of Boels rental following a bizarre event yesterday morning.
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Oshkosh to sell Geesink Norba
Oshkosh, owner of JLG, has agreed to sell Geesink Norba, its Dutch based refuse truck business.
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Ashtead trading update
Ashtead, owner of A-Plant and Sunbelt has issued a fourth quarter trading statement which indicates a 24% drop in revenues, in line with its forecasts.
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Elavation acquires Safeline
Elavation , the Milton Keynes, UK, based access rental company has acquired the powered access division of Safeline Access Solutions.
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New MD for Iron Planet Australia
Iron Planet, the on line auction company has appointed Chad Groves as managing director of its Australian business.
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Six stars for GT Access
GT Access of Bromsgrove, UK, has purchased six Haulotte Star 10 mast booms.
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Essex crane slips 15%
US crawler crane rental company Essex Crane, has reported first quarter revenues down 15% but managed to maintain profits levels.
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Holland Lift to launch Eco range
Holland Lift has announced the introduction of an economy range of compact electric scissor lifts.
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RSC drops 17%
RSC, one of the largest equipment rental companies in the USA has reported first quarter revenues down 16.8% as well as reporting a pre tax loss.
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How not to use aerial lifts
A German reader sent us the following photograph in which two aerial lifts are captured being stupidly misused.
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FEM warns on EN13000
FEM - Cranes and Lifting product group - has warned crane manufacturers to start modifying their cranes to meet the amended EN13000 which will come into force within the year.
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Overhead trapping accident
A man suffered serious back injuries yesterday when he was crushed between his lift and an overhead beam on a construction site in Suffolk, UK
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World Lift appoints Urban
World Lift Industries, manufacturers of Denka Lift and Falck Schmidt Spider and trailer lifts has formed a new UK partnership with Urban Access.
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Giles Marchand opens new business
Giles Marchand, previously of Manitowoc France has created a new company, Standup, to buy and sell specific used cranes.
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Free safety poster
Facelift Access Hire is offering a free full colour safety poster for those working at height.
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Boom turns in a loss
Australian crane and access company Boom Logistics has reported a third quarter results which show a A$2.1 million loss.
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New MD Liebherr GB
We can now reveal that the new managing director of Liebherr Great Britain will be Richard Everist, previously with HMF (UK).
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Aerial lift user injured
A cable repairman was seriously injured on Tuesday in Pasadena, California, after a thief drove off in the vehicle mounted lift he was using.
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H&E drops 24%
H&E Equipment, the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, based crane, access and earthmoving sales and rental company, has reported first quarter sales down 24%
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Totally crazy
This… our 65th Death Wish feature has to be one of the craziest we have ever seen and apparently resulted in an arrest.
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Cramo slips 15.7%
Finnish based international rental company Cramo, has reported first quarter revenues down 15.7% and a loss of €6 million.
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New cranes delivered
A ship bearing four new container cranes has arrived at Great Yarmouth's new Outer Harbour.
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New sales manager for Effer
Loader crane manufacturer Effer has appointed Domenico Polimeni as its new sales manager.
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High window ledges
Spotted in a northern German town this weekend a man cleaning windows precariously.
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EPW Europe opens
Equipment Parts Wholesale has opened its European business today at its new UK sales and warehouse facility in Greenfield, Flintshire.
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Watch out for stolen trucks
South West Crane Hire had two trucks with loader cranes stolen from its premises in Exeter, UK, last night – They are in full company livery so should be easy to spot.
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Palfinger drops 33%
Palfinger the loader crane and access company has reported first quarter sales down almost 33% on last year, while posting a €4.7 million loss.
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Profts drop 50% at Demag Cranes
Second quarter profits at Demag Cranes have fallen 50% as orders dropped 43%.
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Director change at Speedy
David Galloway is retiring at the end of the month as a non executive director of Speedy Hire, the UK’s largest general rental company.
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Crawler crane drops boom in Orlando
A 200 ton crawler crane dropped its boom on the building it was working on in Orlando, Florida, yesterday after a cable reportedly snapped.
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Skyjack down 60%
Skyjack owner Linamar has reported a 60% fall in first quarter revenues at its industrial division – largely Skyjack.
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Symon passes
David Symon formerly CEO of Peterhead PLC, Cox Plant, Cox Hire Centres and most recently of Nigg Plant has died.
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New location for Bay Crane
New York based Bay Crane Service has opened a new branch office in North Haven Connecticut, to serve the Northeast USA.
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Strong wind wreck tower cranes
Strong winds from a tropical storm caused havoc in Singapore, wrecking at least one tower crane.
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Holidays
Friday May 1 was holiday in most European continental countries while today May 4th is a public holiday in the UK.
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New Link Belt distributor
Atlantic & Southern Equipment has been appointed as Link Belt crane distributor for Central and Eastern Tennessee.
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Hertz Equipment drops 32%
Hertz Equipment Rental has reported first quarter revenues of $279.5 million a fall of 32% on the same period last year.
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Ainscough’s first big crawler on its way
The first of Ainscough’s big crawler cranes, a Terex Demag CC2500 ordered last August, is now being prepared for its first job in the UK.
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Work this out
A Death Wish photo taken in Germany yesterday, is a puzzle over why the operator is doing what he is.
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Telehandler tips
A Telehandler tipped over yesterday at the Midland Safari Park in the UK injuring the operator.
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New 220 tonne Faun for Horizon
Horizon Reinforcement & Crane Hire of Falkirk, Scotland has taken delivery of a new Tadano Faun ATF220G-5
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JLG drops 69%
Aerial lift and telehandler manufacturer JLG has reported second quarter revenues down 69.4% on last year and has booked a loss of $942 million
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Did you spot the problem?
Yesterday we posted a photograph of an older JLG boom lift which the sender had asked us if we could spot the error.
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Manitowoc crane dips 24%
Manitowoc crane has posted first quarter revenues of $673 million – 24 percent lower than last year while operating income dropped 58 percent.
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Liebherr opens in Antwerp
Liebherr-Werk Nenzing has established a new Mobile Harbour Crane sales and service station in Antwerp, Belgium.
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Intermat numbers
Intermat attracted almost 185,000 visitors last week, just 11.5% down on 2006.
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Tadano confirms Knecht appointment
Tadano has confirmed that Alexander Knecht, will officially join the company tomorrow, succeeding Masaharu Nakanishi as CEO of Tadano Faun.
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Thermoil moves into Europe
Thermoil, the Wisconsin based supplier of Battery protection and refurbishment products.
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Stahl Crane Systems appoints dealer for Norway
Sparrows Offshore has been appointed sole agents for Norway for the sale, service, inspection, repair and refurbishment of Stahl Crane Systems EX explosion protected overhead cranes and hoists.
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Cutting back
A local crane company owner sent us a humorous view of the financial crisis, we can’t resist publishing it.
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Spot the problem
A photo arrived in our email this morning with the simple note asking how many can spot the problem.
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United Rentals down 23%
United Rentals, the world’s largest equipment rental company has reported a 23% fall in first quarter revenues and a loss of $33 million.
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Think you are a crane expert?
If you think have a good general knowledge of the crane industry have a go at the Cranes UK crane quiz, there are just 12 questions and some great prizes.
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WD Bennett enters administration
UK tower crane rental company WD Bennett has been placed into administration
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First Youngman Boss X3 delivered
The first batch of Youngman Boss X3 push around scissor lifts have been delivered today to LTS in London.
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New MD at HEK
Frank Klessens has been appointed as managing director of Alimak Hek, in Holland, taking over from Ernst van Hek who has retired for personal reasons.
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Dutch tip over
A two axle All Terrain crane tipped over yesterday in Tholen Holland, there were no injuries.
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IPAF challenges harness manufacturers
IPAF has called for a radical re-examination of harnesses used by female operators of boom lifts and announced a competition to find the best new design.
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First Octopussy 1400 for UK
The first units of the new Oil & Steel Octopussy 1400 for the UK have been purchased by Jackson Tools, Scotland.
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How’s this for scaffold?
A reader snapped some photos of a scaffold in use in the Ukraine yesterday morning, it leaves much to be desired.
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Where is she now?
During Intermat last week we had a request from Sergio Pontalto, regarding the whereabouts of the 1,200 tonne Gottwald delivered to Grandi Sollevamenti in 1981.
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New dealers for Aldercote
UK based van mounted lift manufacturer, Aldercote has appointed two new dealers
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Union flag or St George
Several of you have pointed out that Elavation ought to have used the English flag of St George rather than the Union Flag on its St Georges boom lift (April 27th)
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Hiab and Kalmar to merge
Cargotec owner of Hiab loader cranes and Kalmar port handling equipment says that it will combine Hiab and Kalmar sales and services networks in Europe, Middle-East and Africa.
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Cargotec stays in the black
Cargotec, owner of Hiab loader cranes and Kalmar port handling equipment has released its first quarter results which show the company was marginally profitable.
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Wolffkran partners with Roots
Tower crane manufacturer Wolffkran has signed a partnership
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Manitou drops 46%
French based telehandler and aerial lift manufacturer Manitou has reported first quarter sales down 46.2%
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Tower crane jib kills two
The luffing jib of a tower crane broke free and crashed down onto a tourist bus in Taipei City, Taiwan, on Friday, killing two and injuring three others.
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St George’s boom
Elavation the Milton Keynes, UK, based aerial lift rental company has painted one of its Nifty boom lifts for St Georges Day last week.
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Monkey Tower receives funding
Essex, UK, based Monkey Tower has secured funding from NatWest to support increased sales under the UK Government’s recently launched Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme.
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Verticon exits Cranes & Hoists
Australian Tower crane and hoist rental company has sold its crane and hoist business to D&G Hoists and Cranes.
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Gedling retires
Gordon Gedling, founder and managing director of Hoist-it, the UK based construction hoist specialist, has retired as MD.
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Trojan appoints Union Power
Trojan batteries has appointed Union Power Systems as its new master distributor/importer for the UK.
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Skyjack appoints Pinnacle
Skyjack has appointed Pinnacle Central of Jacksonville, Florida as VR telehandler dealer for central and northeast Florida and south eastern Georgia.
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Beware
We have received reports of a serious ‘con man’ working in the UK and targeting telehandler and other equipment rental companies.
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Sunny Intermat struggles to attract visitors
Despite clear blue skies, the visitor attendance on Monday and Tuesday at this year’s Intermat were low, however visitor numbers picked up as the week progressed, attracted by the many new products on show. Here is our second show roundup.
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Lavendon up 8%
Lavendon has released a brief trading statement prior to its AGM yesterday, showing an 8% rise in revenues.
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Haulotte drops 61%
Haulotte has announced first quarter revenues down 61% down on the same period last year.
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Palfinger to merge Access brands
Palfinger has merged its two aerial lift brands – Wumag and Bison - into a single company - Palfinger Platforms.
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Haulotte introduces Compact 14
Haulotte has introduced a number of new products at Intermat including a 40ft platform height 1.2m wide electric scissor lift.
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Ladder association complains
The UK’s Ladder Association has issued an open letter objecting to the content of a BBC TV programme in the UK this week.
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Palfinger Nederland expands
Palfinger Nederland has added a new 820 square metre building to its premises in Zoeterwoude, Holland.
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Aerial Platforms gain Rental +
Aerial Platforms the Leigh, Lancashire, UK based rental company has been gained IPAF Rental + certification.
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Terex cranes down 29%
Terex Cranes has first reported quarter revenues down 29% to $461 million, while operating profits slumped 70% to $25.4 million.
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Terex AWP down 65%
Terex AWP, largely Genie, has reported a 65% decline in first quarter revenues to $228.5 million and posted a lost of $41 million.
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Sholz joins Sany
Sascha Scholz, previously with Terex Demag’s engineering team has joined Chinese manufacturer Sany as head of R&D mobile cranes.
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Knecht joins Tadano
We can confirm that Alexander Knecht, until last year managing director and chairman of Terex Demag, has joined the board of Japanese crane manufacturer, Tadano.
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AFI-Uplift expands low level
UK based AFI-Uplift has purchased 55 small electric aerial work platforms.
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Horizon achieves IPAF Rental +
Wakefield, UK, based Horizon Platforms has been awarded the IPAF Rental + accreditation.
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Ernst Van Hek leaves Alimak Hek
Ernst Van Hek, has resigned from mast climber and hoist manufacturer Alimak Hek.
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Fernandez leaves Haulotte
It has been confirmed that Segundo Fernandez and Haulotte have parted company.
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Manitowoc signs with Orbcomm
Manitowoc Crane has announced a partnership with Orbcomm, the global satellite data communications company.
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Outriggers or overload?
A 50 tonne truck crane tipped over on a major project in
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Midwest opens fourth location
St Louis, USA, based Midwest Aerials & Equipment, has opened a new location, its fourth, in Bloomington, Illinois.
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First pictures from Intermat
Here we have a pictorial roundup of some of the new and interesting machines at the Intermat show.
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Intermat opens today
Intermat opens its gates today with a surprisingly well attended show - not everyone followed best practice rules during build up.
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CAT appoints high profile director
Ambassador Susan Schwab, U.S. trade representative from 2006 to 2009, has been appointed as a director of Caterpillar Inc.
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Gehl given more time
Gehl, the US based manufacturer, acquired by Manitou last year, has entered into a forbearance agreement with its lenders in order to avoid Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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JLG telehandlers for Iraq
JLG has received a Foreign Military Sales order from the U.S. Army’s Tank-automotive Armaments Command for 54 JLG G6-23A telehandlers for Iraq.
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JLG wins new military order
JLG has received an order from the United States Army for 214 JLG ATLAS II telehandlers.
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Conexpo Asia to join Bauma China
Messe München the AEM have extended their recent co-operation in India to merge Conexpo Asia 2010 into Bauma China.
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Driver flips crane
A crane operator has failed a breath test after he ‘rolled’ a four axle crane last week after failing to negotiate a fast turn at an intersection in Mudgee, Australia.
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Biggest yet from Comansa
Tower crane manufacturer Linden Comansa has launched its largest standard tower crane to date, the 21 LC 750, one of the most powerful flat-top cranes,
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The latest Cranes&Access is now on line
The latest Cranes&Access magazine has now been published and is on line and available to read or download.
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Truck mounted Hinowa
Italian spider lift and tracked undercarriage manufacturer Hinowa will unveil a new truck mounted lift at Intermat.
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Vertikal Guide to Intermat on line
Vertikal Intermat, the trilingual guide to this years big show is now on line and available to read or download.
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Van Riel takes first GCK
Dutch based crane rental company MJ Van Riel has ordered the first Grove GCK3045 city crane.
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Australian Crane hire wins stand alone terms
The Crane Industry Council of Australia (CICA) has its battle to have a stand alone labour award, setting minimum terms and conditions for crane hire employees.
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Cramo issues €50 million bond
Cramo, the Finnish based international rental company has issued a €50 million hybrid bond.
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Vandals wreck crane
A group of youths in Indiana started a 75 ton lattice boom crawler crane up and reversed it into a ditch wrecking its boom and jib
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Liebherr LTM11200-9.1 tandem lift
Two 1,200 tonne Liebherr LTM 11200-9.1 All Terrain cranes have teamed up for a tandem lift in Germany.
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Valla UK Expands
Valla UK the Pick & carry crane specialist and Valla distributor in the UK, USA & Middle East, has expanded into the rental market with six new cranes and several new appointments.
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Hanging out
A death wish photo from Mexico, our 62nd, shows several men working at height with scant regard for their safety.
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First Gottwald Generation 5 crane for South America
Gottwald Port Technology has received the first order for its Generation 5 Harbour Crane Model 4 from South America.
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Bauma Conexpo tie up
Messe München owner of Bauma and AEM which organises Conexpo, have agreed closer cooperation in organising international construction machinery exhibitions.
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Crane Death Wish
It is not too often that we are sent Death Wish photos of cranes in action but Death Wish 61 sent in by a reader in Arizona is just that..
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Crane topples in Tokyo
A foundation crane tipped over in central Tokyo today injuring six and blocking three lanes of a major street
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Sherlock and Huddart team up
Brian Sherlock and Alan Huddart, previously colleagues at UK rental company Hewden, has launched a new business- Spa Asset Management
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Mammoet recovers fallen crane
The crane that tipped over in Manchester at the end of March has been recovered by two mobile cranes from Mammoet.
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Palfinger appoints Collé
Collé Rental & Sales has been appointed as the Dutch distributor for Palfinger’s aerial lift products from Wumag and Bison.
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Tower crane comes down in Bahrain
Three men were injured on this weekend when a tower crane collapsed during erection at a worksite in Manama, Bahrain.
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Hertz buys in Spain
Hertz Equipment Rental has acquired Rent One, a Spanish power generation company based in Cheste, Valencia.
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Rogue trader shut down
Irons Design & Build, the UK company that disappeared with at least one aerial lift after having rented it has been ‘wound up’
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Haulotte to distribute Holland Lift
Holland Lift has confirmed that Haulotte will distribute its heavy duty scissor lifts in France, Italy and former Yugoslav states.
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More details on new Tadano’s
Tadano Faun has released more details on its latest cranes, the ATF130G-5 All Terrain and 70 tonne HK70 five axle truck crane.
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Manitex takes order for 20 cranes
Boom truck manufacturer Manitex has received an order for 20 of its 17 ton boom trucks from Allied Crane & Machinery.
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CMC/SUP-Elefant enter UK
Italian truck and spider lift manufacturers CMC and SUP- Elefant have appointed Baker Access as its distributor in the UK.
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Kranlyft appoints new marketing manager
Kranlyft, the European master distributor for Maeda cranes has appointed Jackie Haley as marketing manager.
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Outrigger set-up causes tip-over
A boom truck blocked a busy Toronto street on Tuesday after its outriggers sank into soft ground, causing it to topple.
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Last minute opportunities
The Vertikal Intermat and the next Cranes&Access close tomorrow, if you have last minute news or advertising messages now is the time.
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Tanfield takes massive loss
Tanfield has reported full year revenues up 18% on 2007 while profits fell 87% to £146 million. Goodwill and other write downs took the final result negative.
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Death Wish 60
Spotted in March in Bayton road industrial Estate Coventry, UK two men used a 45ft lift to reach the roof and then climbed out of the platform cage.
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Major CPA/HSE launches at Vertikal Days
The UK’s CPA and Health &Safety Executive will launch two major new Best Practice Guides at Vertikal Days on June 24th.
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SGB books $4 million
SGB has scooped $4 million worth of new scaffold rental orders in the UK/Ireland
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First Kobelco SL4500 photos
We have photographs of the first of Kobelco’s all new 400 tonne crawler crane that will debut at Intermat on April 20th
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Crane drops boat
A mobile crane lifting a boat into place tipped over in Portchester, Hampshire, UK yesterday, destroying the boat.
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Stolen truck mounts
If you are in the UK or perhaps near any port from the UK keep eye out for two red and white Loxam truck mounted lifts stolen last night.
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Crawler crane tips in Idaho
A crawler crane went over yesterday on a bridge construction project on Highway 95 in Weiser, Idaho, USA.
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New head for Sunbelt
Ashtead has appointed Joe Phelan, as president and chief executive of Sunbelt Rentals, its US subsidiary, replacing Cliff Miller, who departs after 13 years with the group.
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Big new Wolff
Wolffkran has unveiled its Wolff 1250 B, 1500 tonne/metre luffing tower crane, with up to 60 tonne lift capacity and 80 metre jib.
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Crazy Canadians
This is technically Death Wish 59 spotted by a reader in Montréal Canada.
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Man survives fall
A man survived a 12 metre fall from an aerial lift yesterday after he was catapulted out of the platform in Ipswich. Australia.
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Wacker Neuson up 17%
Wacker Neuson the light equipment and telehandler manufacturer has reported 2008 results with revenues up 17.3% while profits slipped 29%.
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Death Wish 58
Two men were spotted last week in Leeds, UK, working on a glass roof
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Essex up 27%
US crawler crane rental company, Essex Crane, has reported a 27% rise in 2008 rental revenues, but posted a $4.7 million pre-tax loss for the period.
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New general manager Wynne Europe
Wynne Systems, owner of Rentalman rental software, has appointed Kris Brusselmans as general manager, Europe, Middle East and Africa.
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Oshkosh takes goodwill write down
Oshkosh says that it anticipates taking a $1.2 to $1.5 billion non-cash goodwill write-down, mostly related to JLG.
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New records for Vertikal.Net
March was another record month for Vertikal.Net readership exceeding 100,000 visitors for the first time and almost 5 million hits.
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Speedy appoints new director
Speedy Hire, the UK’s largest equipment rental company has appointed James Morley as a non-executive director.
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New Elliot 50 ton boom truck
Omaha-based Elliott Equipment Company has launched a new 50 ton boom truck
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International Access Awards winners
The winners at last nights international access awards included, Skyjack, JLG, A-Plant, Lavendon, Mastclimbers and Riwal.
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Record turnout at IPAF summit
Turnout for the IPAF summit was at record levels today, as delegates listened to a variety of high powered speakers.
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Terex Fantuzzi deal back on
Terex has announced that it is resuscitating its plan to acquire the Fantuzzi port equipment business.
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Death Wish 57
In this death wish, spotted in Liverpool, UK, the operator not only puts himself at risk but also passing pedestrians.
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Raimondi makes a comeback
Italian tower crane manufacturer, Carlo Raimondi, which recently went into administration, has restarted production with the backing of the Ramco Group of Qatar.
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Manitou provides final 2008 numbers
Telehandler and access manufacturer Manitou has issued an updated financial bulletin which says that US affiliate Gehl may file for chapter 11
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New general manager for Haulotte UK
Haulotte UK has appointed Shayne Wright as general manager
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Liebherr tracks out its new LTR 11200
Liebherr has unveiled the prototype of its new 1,200 tonne LTR 11200 telescopic crawler crane
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Kranlyft strengthens sales organisation
Kranlyft - the master distributor for Maeda mini crawler cranes - has made new appoints.
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Speedy agrees loan amendment
Speedy Hire, the UK’s largest general rental company has agreed an amendment to it its loan covenants and issued a trading update.
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New premises for Snorkel Queensland
Aerial lift company, Snorkel Australia, has moved its Queensland operation into new larger premises in Meadowbrook, south of Brisbane.
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Riebsamen breaks ground
German based mini crane and glass handling company, Riebsamen, has broken ground on a new facility extension.
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53 metre Wumag for Debru
Dutch aerial lift rental company has taken delivery of a second 53 metre Wumag WT530 truck mounted aerial work platform .
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New UpRight distributor in Slovakia
UpRight powered access has appointed Alpe Slovakia as the distributor for its full aerial lift product range in Slovakia.
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Onslow joins AFI-Resale
UK based aerial lift rental company AFI-Uplift, has appointed Richard Onslow as account manager for the south at AFI-Resale.
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Street Crane launches new hoist
UK-based Street Crane Company has launched a new 25 tonne hoist.
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Hirers to meet at Vertikal Days
IPAF will hold its rental company open meeting at this years Vertikal Days in June.
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Allan Hemmings moves up at Hird
UK powered access and crane rental company, Peter Hird & Sons has appointed Allan Hemmings as managing director.
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Death Wish 56
Our first death wish from Mexico where a man ignores several significant risks with his ladder to do… we are not quite sure.
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More Maedas for Beyer
German based Beyer Mietservice has added 15 more Maeda spider cranes to its fleet making it one of the largest in Europe.
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Ahern up 12%
Ahern Rentals of Las Vegas has reported 2008 revenues up 12% while profits slumped 69% and 2009 got off to a poor start.
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Dubai clamps down on safety violations
Dubai’s Roads & Transport Authority has fined a contractor Dh 200,000 ($54,000) fine following a crane accident in February 2008.
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Socage to Russia
Socage has delivered six new 35 metre truck mounted lifts to Russia on Kamaz trucks.
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Manitowoc warns on earnings
Manitowoc has issued a warning that first quarter earnings may be 50% below estimates as it sells the Enodis ice business.
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Kennards buys Complete Hire
Kennards Hire of Australia has acquired Complete Hire of Redcliffe near Brisbane, Queensland.
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Brewery oversubscribed
The tour of the Guinness brewery on Dublin on Wednesday evening, prior to the IPAF summit, is currently oversubscribed, there is a waiting list.
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More Skyjacks for Elavation
UK based aerial lift company, Elavation has taken delivery of 20 new Skyjack scissor lifts.
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BHP Billiton take GMK7450
Australian mining company BHP Billiton Iron Ore has taken delivery of a 450 tone Grove GMK7450 All Terrain crane.
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Atlas moves to Terex cranes
Loader crane manufacturer Terex Atlas has been transferred from Terex Construction to Terex Cranes.
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Tower crane company guilty
UK based tower crane rental company WD Bennetts, has been found guilty of health & safety breaches following the death of two men in a 2005 tower crane accident.
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Crane tip causes power outage
A crawler crane toppled over in Grand Rapids, Michigan last night, taking the power out in the local area.
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Tanfield to located SEV plant in Kansas City
Tanfield, owner of UpRight and Snorkel, has announced that its North American venture, Smith Electric Vehicles U.S. Corp, will locate its new assembly plant in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Tower crane collapse
A tower crane collapse onto a block of apartments in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, on Wednesday killing a mother and child and injuring 10 others.
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Skyjack appoints telehandler dealers
Skyjack has appointed two more new North American telehandler dealers, West Coast Equipment to handle its Zoom Boom range and MacAllister for its VR line.
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Queensland warns on telehandler platforms
The Queensland Mines Inspectorate has released a safety alert, warning operators of the risks associated with aerial work platform attachements falling from telehandlers
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First photo of the new Liebherr MK88
We now have photos of Liebherr’s new four axle mobile self erecting tower crane, the MK88, which replaces the MK80.
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Runaway crane fatality
A tractor driver has died after his tractor was hit by a runaway All Terrain crane near Bradford in the UK.
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Death Wish 55
Spotted by a reader in Bangkok, high level welders with no concerns over safe work at height equipment.
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UpRight confirms Intermat
UpRight has announced that it has confirmed its stand at Intermat and plans to show a wide range of its products at the Paris show next month.
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PSE books Intermat
Platform Sales Europe will exhibit at Intermat showing the new MEC models the 3084 Speed Level and 54ft heavy duty scissor.
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Scaffold collapse in Exeter
A length of façade scaffold collapsed on a line of cars this morning in Exeter, UK, no one was injured although considerable damage was done.
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Lavendon agrees UK restructure
Lavendon, the aerial lift rental specialist has agreed a restructuring plan for its UK operations following a period of consultation with its employees.
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Loxam up 15%
Loxam has reported revenues in 2008 of €848 million - 15% up on 2007, while net profits fell 32% to €37.1 million.
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IPAF Summit hits new records
Over 360 tickets have been purchased for these years IPAF Summit, the first to be held outside of the UK. The event will be held in Dublin on April 2nd.
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Death Wish 54 - updated
A man was spotted last week in the Liverpool area of the UK, carrying out a new work at height application – he clearly has special shoes.
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Crane tips in Manchester
A mobile crane tipped over yesterday at a building site in Manchester city centre, no one was injured and the operator escaped unhurt.
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New team member for Vertikal
Clare Engelke has joined the sales team at the Vertikal Press, publishers of Vertikal.Net and Cranes&Access.
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Crane drops load
A crane working on a railway upgrade in Telarah, near Maitland in Australias’s Hunter Valley, dropped 4 lengths of steel on a work crew yesterday, killing one and injuring four others.
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Easi UpLifts to offer truck mounts in UK
International access and lifting company Easi UpLifts, is setting up a new truck mounted aerial lift rental fleet in the UK.
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First Toucan 10E goes to Switzerland
The first production unit of the new JLG Toucan 10E mast boom has been delivered to Stirnimann, the JLG distributor for Switzerland.
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Death Wish 53
This report comes from Osterville on Cape Cod, and shows four different access methods on a single building.
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Martz appointed VP Sumitomo
Chuck Martz, president of Link-Belt, has been appointed as a vice president of Sumitomo Heavy Industries.
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New orders for Konecranes UK
Konecranes UK has secured three power plant orders, two in the Middle East and one in Ireland.
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Titan crane receives award
The restored Titan Crane in Clydebank, Glasgow, has received a Civic Trust Award.
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Europlatform in Milan
IPAF has announced that it is organising the Europlatform conference in September, this years venue will be held in Milan.
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Amquip expands in Southeast
AmQuip Crane Rental has appointed Josh Dressler as its Southeast crane rental specialist, based in Atlanta.
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Crane boom crushes cab
A crane operator was injured in, Cleburne, Texas on Friday when the boom on his RT crane collapsed on top of its cab.
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EWPA urges more professionalism
Australia’s Elevating Work Platform Association has updated its code of conduct and is urging members to take a more professional approach to rental agreements.
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Dates announced for Middle East Cranes
The fourth Middle East Cranes conference will take place in Dubai on February 23 and 24th 2010, following this year’s highly successful event.
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Potain appoints new dealers
Potain has appointed Select Equipment of Richmond Virginia and Allstate Crane Rental of Charleston South Carolina to sell its self erecting tower cranes.
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New Grove City crane
The ‘unknown’ three axle ‘City’ All Terrain crane that our readers spotted last August in Germany was in fact a prototype for Grove’s new 45 tonne GCK3045.
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New premises for Terex Mid East
Terex Equipment Middle East, is relocating to a larger facility in the Dubai Investments Park.
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CTE UK relocates
Aerial lift equipment supplier CTE UK has completed the relocation of its operations to larger premises at Enderby near Leicester.
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JLG opens in Singapore
JLG, the aerial lift and telehandler manufacturer has opened a new sales and service facility In Singapore.
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Cranes&Access is now online
The latest issue of Cranes&Access is now online and ready to read or download
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Bob Elcome joins GGR Unic
UK access industry veteran Bob Elcome has joined GGR Unic the Unic and Galizia mini crane distributor.
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More details on Nifty SD120T
As already reported from the ARA/Rental show, Nifty Lift has unveiled a new SD lightweight self propelled boom lift with a 12 metre working height -the SD120T.
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Crane collapse in Kuala Lumpur
A tower crane is reported to have ‘snapped’ on a high rise construction in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia killing a construction worker.
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New district sales rep for Spider
Suspended platform company, Spider has promoted Scott Ryder to district sales representative at its Boston location.
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First AC120 to Scotland
AB2000 the Scottish based crane and earthmoving rental company has taken delivery of the first Terex Demag AC120-1 All Terrain crane to be based in Scotland.
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Terex appoints global telehandler manager
Terex Aerial Work Platforms has appointed David Gillrie as global general manager for its Genie/Terex telehandler product line.
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Penny and Hinowa team up
UK based crane maker, Penny Hydraulics and Italian tracked undercarriage manufacturer Hinowa, have teamed up to produce a small tracked crane.
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Load drops onto traffic
A crane dropped its load from a flyover in the Indian City of Chenai yesterday, killing a man passing underneath.
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Telehandler attachment guide
JLG has published a guide to telehandler attachments and accessories fro its North American product lines.
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AFI go with Leonardo
UK rental company AFI has purchased its first batch of 20 Bravi Leonardo self propelled lifts.
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James Jack drivers falsified Tacho records.
James Jack Lifting services of Scotland, has been found to have falsified tachograph records following an appearance at a disciplinary inquiry, before the Scottish traffic commissioner.
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Merlo unveils new models
Italian telehandler manufacturer Merlo has unveiled two new models at the SIMA agricultural exhibition in Paris, intended for production next year.
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SGB fined for scaffold collapse
SGB UK and a client have been fined for a scaffolding collapse in Birmingham City Centre in 2006.
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JCB criticised for day at the races
The UK’s national press have taken a dig at telehandler manufacturer for its sponsorship and entertaining at Cheltenham races last week, at a time it is cutting jobs and pay.
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Haulotte profits down 64%
Haulotte has released a few more details on its 2008 results, the brief statement confirms revenues down 30% with profits down 64%
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Last chance for March
If you are looking for good people or want to promote your product or service to the Crane, Aerial lift and telehandler community in the March Cranes&Access magazine today is the last chance.
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Ode to a crane
Dianne Padgett is crazy about cranes and in order to help raise funds for Comic Relief wrote and read a poem to a crane operator.
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Plaskitt joins Greenwood
Scarborough, UK based Greenwood Hire has appointed Jon Plaskitt, as southern area sales manager.
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Swift addition to the Link
Swift Access of Stoke, UK has joined the Access Link, the organisation of independently owned access rental companies in the UK and Ireland.
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Grant Woodward leaves Lavendon
Grant Woodward, a previous owner of The Platform Company has ended his day to day involvement with the Lavendon group.
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Skyjack appoints R-Quip
Skyjack has appointed R-Quip Equipment Rental as a distributor for its Zoom Boom telehandler (Carelift) line. .
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Tough start to the year for Rami
Ramirent, the Finnish based international rental company has reversed its previous decision to pay a dividend for 2008, and is implementing further cuts following a poor start to the year.
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Hampstead accident was a mini crane
The crane that fell into an excavation last week crushing a 26 year old man, was a mini crane.
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Swiss Death Wish
A reader has sent us an absolutely classic although almost certainly ‘staged’ death wish from the land where doing things correctly is a way of life.
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New Lavendon sales division
DK Rentals sales operation has been re-launched as Lavendon Sales, based in Belgium and responsible for the group’s used equipment sales efforts.
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Broshuis in good shape
Dutch trailer manufacturer Boshuis has issued a trading statement saying that 2008 was a strong year and that it is in good shape to weather the current economic downturn.
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AJ Access takes SGB booms and scissors
AJ Access has agreed terms to purchase the SGB UK fleet of self propelled scissor and boom lifts.
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Bob Francis on the mend
Bob Francis, founder of UK based Bob Francis Crane Hire, suffered a stroke at the end of February, but is out of hospital and on the mend.
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New York stops WTC cranes
New York City shut down crane operations yesterday at the World Trade Centre site after at least one lifting violation.
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Manitou/Gehl breaches covenants
Telehandler and access manufacturer Manitou is predicting a fall in revenues this year of 40% and is in negotiations with its lenders as Gehl breaches its loan covenants.
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New product manager for Genie
Genie has appointed Jeff Weido as the product manager for its scissor lift line.
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AFI appoints new account manager SW
UK aerial lift rental company AFI has appointed Daryll Pearce as account manager for South West England.
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Oshkosh agrees credit amendment
Oshkosh, owner of JLG has reached an agreement with its lenders for an amendment to its credit agreement.
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New director customer care at Genie
Terex Aerial Work Platforms/Genie has appointed Greg Braukus has been appointed director of global customer care,
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EPW to open in the UK
Aerial lift replacement parts distributor EPW, is to open its first European operation in the UK later this month.
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Death Wish 52
Spotted earlier today in Taunton, UK a gutter walker six metres up
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Release of the Hemel Two
The two aerial lifts stranded on a roundabout in Hemel Hempstead, UK, were liberated in the early hours of this morning.
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Harness saves one while lack of kills another
A suspended platform collapsed today in Sydney dumping its two young occupants. One, wearing a harness escaped injury, the other with no harness died.
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Knowledge saves a life
A crane operator escaped injury yesterday after his crane boom came into contact with high tension power lines thanks to knowing to stay put.
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First photo of Grove GSK
We have the first photograph of Grove’s new 55 tonne trailer mounted GSK55 crane.
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Look out for stolen trailer lift
A Genie TZ34-20 trailer lift has been stolen from a site in Melton Mowbray, UK, please keep an eye out for it.
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New Ruthmanns for Skylift
The Skylift division of Nationwide Platforms’ has taken delivery of the first of two 58 metre Ruthmann truck mounted lifts with TV/Film attachments.
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A weekend of crane accidents
Our email and message service was running overtime this weekend with at least four crane accidents reported.
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Skyjack drops 14%
Skyjack parent, Linamar has published its full year 2008 results which indicates a 14% drop in revenues for the year, 46% in the fourth quarter, while profits dropped 46%.
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Boom lift brings bridge down
A self propelled boom lift travelling on the back of a low loader struck and brought down a footbridge in Maitland, near Newcastle Australia earlier this week.
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Falling crane crushes man
A man was crushed to death by a falling crane at a building site in Hampstead, London today, we have very little detail on the crane or what happened.
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Judgement day
The judging has taken place in the big charity moustache growing competition. Did Jonathan Till of GT Access win?
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Two die in Japan as platform tips
Two men died yesterday when an aerial lift tipped over in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
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Oklahoma House defeats licensing for crane operators
Oklahoma, USA has decided that crane operators do not need to be licensed.
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Final innovations from ARA
We wrap up our on line coverage of the ARA with a couple more new products in the access and lifting sector,
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Summit attracts record numbers from USA.
The IPAF summit in Dublin on April 2nd looks set to attract a record number of North American attendees.
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DeFeo declines $1.7 million bonus
Terex Corporation chief executive Ron DeFeo has declined a $1.17 million annual bonus
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H&E rises 6.5%
H&E Equipment, has reported fully year 2008 revenues up 6.5% while profits slipped 34 percent. The fourth quarter however was less rosy with the company reporting a small loss due to goodwill write downs.
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Spiderlift Company strengthens team
Spiderlift rental specialist, The Spiderlift Company, part of the Ranger Group, has made five new appointments.
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Croydon company fined £66,000 for fatal lifting accident
P Colohan and Company of Croydon was prosecuted after the death of an employee, killed when an excavator bucket fell from a crane.
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Haulotte/Bil Jax enters the alloy tower market
Haulotte-Bil-Jax has decided to go ahead with the launch of an alloy scaffold tower product and launched the effort at this weeks ARA
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Day two ARA
Continuing with our visit to this years ARA, Here is a round up of some of the products and stands we missed yesterday.
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Vertikal breaks all records
Readership of Vertikal.Net broke all records in February, in spite of the fact that it is the shortest month of the year.
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Tower crane falls in Jeddah
A tower crane came crashing down across a road in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Monday, striking two cars and injuring the operator and the driver of one of the cars.
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Kran&Bühne is online
The latest Kran&Bühne magazine is now on line and ready to read or download.
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IPAF publishes US market report
IPAF has published its first US Powered Access Rental Report 2008 in conjunction with the ARA and research consultants IHS Global Insight.
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Lavendon up 34%
Lavendon, Europe’s largest aerial lift rental company, owner of Nationwide Platforms, Panther, DK rentals has reported 2008 revenues up 34% while profits increased 22%.
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SafeWork SA issues tower crane safety alert
SafeWork SA - South Australia's Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) agency - has issued a safety alert for Liebherr 200 HC tower cranes
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Genie announces new Support programme
Aerial lift and telehandler manufacturer- Genie has announced a new “one-stop-shop for customer support services” dubbed Genie 360°
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Slow start at Rental Show
The ARA- Rental show opened to a slow start yesterday, as far as aerial lift and telehandler exhibitors in the Heavy Construction hall were concerned…
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Active Rentals for the high jump
12 Athletes from Kilbarchan AAC were able to compete in the Northern Ireland Junior Indoor Championships thanks to Active Rentals
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EPL adds 10 more truck mounts
EPL Access has recently added 10 more CTE Z-Series vehicle mounted platforms.
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New wheel makes tyre fitting easier
An innovative wheel rim design, developed by GKN Wheels, claims to make tyre-fitting easier.
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HSE targets falls from vehicles - again
The Health and Safety Executive is re-running a campaign that warns about the dangers of falls from vehicles.
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Ashtead holds steady
Ashtead, owner of Sunbelt in the USA and A-Plant in the UK has reported nine month revenues up 8% in Sterling while underlying profits fell 3%, with a more challenging third quarter.
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New Genie 360° telehandlers
Genie has launched two new 360° telehandlers with 16 and 18 metre lift heights and 4,000 kgs lift capacity.
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Another Bowers
Ben Bowers and his wife of UK aerial lift rental company Lifterz, have become parents again.
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IronPlant increases auction sales
Leading online auction company IronPlanet has increased gross auction sales by 43 percent to $337 million.
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Mammoet 1,200 tonner spotted in Cumbria
Mammoet's Dutch operated Liebherr LTM 11200-9.1 was spotted in Cumbria last Tuesday
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Cranes UK to launch at Vertikal Days
UK and Ireland Tadano Faun distributor Cranes UK will be back at Vertikal Days in force this year and hoping to unveil new cranes at the show. Vertikal.Net speaks to MD Joe Lyons.
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Monkey Business
While we do not necessarily agree with the following information, we thought it was a highly amusing and a cheery start to the first Monday of Spring.
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JLG launches three new telehandlers
JLG has launched three new compact telehandlers for the Agricultural market at the SIMA show in Paris.
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United drops 12%
United Rentals has reported full year revenues for 2008, down 12%, while goodwill write offs created a pre tax loss of $813 million.
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O'Brien's upgrades quality system
Cork based crane rental company, Wm. O’Brien Plant Hire has achieved an upgrade to its Occupational Health & Safety Management System.
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The moustachioed ones
UK access man Jonathan Till and his Round table colleagues are on the final straight of the Moustache growing and styling competition.
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Moving a 250 tonner
A 250 tonne All Terrain crane tipped over near Melbourne last week, while moving with boom up and full counterweight installed.
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Irish PM congratulates IPAF
The Irish prime minister – taoiseach, Brian Cowen met with IPAF president John Ball this week, to learn more about the Federation, its objectives and the upcoming summit in Dublin.
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Bronto bucks the trend
Bronto, part of Federal Signal has reported a strong year and a strong fourth quarter, sales for the full year increased 23% while profits climbed over 30%.
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Nifty on ice
Urban Access of the UK has found a whole new meaning to skating on thin ice.
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Terex to close Waverly for a month
Terex Cranes says that it will suspend production at its Waverly plant for four weeks from mid March to Mid April
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HSE to prosecute Harringtons
The UK HSE has announced that it will prosecute PC Harrington Contractors for the fatal lifting accident at Wembley stadium in 2004.
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Counterfeit Demags
Terex Cranes has identified eight lattice boom crawler cranes as counterfeits of its products in the Henan Province of China.
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UK rogue trader
Keep a look out for an UpRight AB62 articulated boom lift that has been stolen and the rogue trader that took it - Irons Design and Build.
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The Link meets
The Access Link, the UK association of independently owned access rental companies has held its quarterly meeting in Telford, with a full turnout.
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Terex agrees covenant ammendment
Terex has agreed an amendment to its credit agreement to ease the fixed charge coverage ratio covenant until the first quarter 2010.
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Forklift platform costs £13k
A UK developer, has been fined £10,000 plus £3,000 in prosecution costs after an electrician fell from a fork mounted work platform.
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Palfinger looking to grow
Palfinger has released its annual report today and says that while revenues were up 14% and profits were down 38% it is optimistic and is raising new funds for expansion.
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Death Wish?
Spotted in the UK a man with a boom lift, all the PPE gear and a big pipe.
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JCB apprentice wins national award
JCB employee Paul Howard has won a competition for engineering apprentices in Wales.
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Jib drops in Oklahoma
The jib of a lattice boom crane dropped from a crane on a site in Oklahoma City yesterday.
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Street Crane expands facilities
Crane and hoist manufacturer Street Crane is expanding its Chapel-en-le-Frith facilities.
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Tower crane comes down in Heidelberg
A tower crane collapsed yesterday in Heidelberg, Southern Germany, narrowly missing a house.
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New Ruthmann for AA
UK truck mounted rental specialist, AA Access, has taken delivery of its latest 22 metre Ruthmann TB220 truck mounted lifts.
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Record revenues at System Lift
German aerial lift franchise network - System Lift has reported record revenues for 2008
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Management changes at Demag Cranes
Demag Cranes AG has appointed Aloysius Rauen as the new chairman of the management board
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Three escape scaffold collapse
Three men working on a façade scaffold had a lucky escape in Melbourne earlier today when it collapsed into the street.
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Terex may exit construction
Terex chief executive Ron Defeo has said that it is reviewing its construction and road building divisions.
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Grove cuts a further 450
The Manitowoc Crane Group says that it will lay-off a further 450 employees at its Shady Grove plant this Friday.
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ALE establishes new business
UK based heavy lift and transport company, Abnormal Load Engineering, has set up a new company - ALE Projects Limited to consolidate its heavy lift and international projects divisions.
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Rapid moves ahead
UK specialist rental company Rapid Platforms has ordered a number of large truck mounted lifts.
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Not a lifting story but…
A photo of some builders in Belfast clearing up at the end of the day might bring a smile to your face
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Pat Cox to address IPAF Summit
Pat Cox the former president of the European Parliament and current affairs presenter will speak at the IPAF summit in Dublin on April 2nd.
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Rescue from 40 floors up
We have been sent a series of photos of a successful rescue from a failed BMU platform in Dubai,
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Fatal lifting accident
A man died at the MTU engine plant in East Grinstead, UK, on Thursday after he was crushed by a 13 tonne engine.
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Week two in the moustache competition
Owner of UK access rental company GT, Jonathan Till is in the second week of a sponsored moustache growing competition for charity.
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Raimondi goes
Italian tower crane manufacturer Raimondi has entered administration as it seeks to restructure.
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Can you identify the crane company?
A reader sent us a photo of a lift carried out in Newark, 50 years ago, can you identify the Mansfield based crane owner?
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Death Wish 51
This one is unusual, in that it can be argued that the job has been properly planned and is based on sound risk assessments. Maybe not a Death Wish at all - see what you think.
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Nine new cranes for Boekestijn
Dutch crane and access rental company, D.Boekestijn has taken delivery of its first Liebherr LTM 1150-6.1, one of nine new Liebherr cranes the company has ordered.
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Energy worker shocked
A man was burnt badly yesterday after he hit overhead power lines with the aerial lift he was using in Queensland, Australia.
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Kneeland to speak at Summit
Michael Kneeland, chief executive of United Rentals will speak at the IPAF Summit in Dublin on April 2nd .
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Falling crane misses nuns
A self erecting tower crane tipped over in Malta earlier this week narrowly missing two nuns and a workman.
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New records at Finning
Finning, owner of UK rental company Hewden, has reported record annual and quarterly revenues for 2008, although a c$151 million goodwill write-off at Hewden sent profits tumbling.
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Achilles for Nationwide
Nationwide Platforms, the UK’s largest powered access rental company, has successfully gained the Achilles Construction Building Confidence Accreditation.
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Ainscough Training relocates
Ainscough Training Services has moved into new purpose built training facilities in Leyland, Lancashire.
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Hokkinen quits Dino
Erkki Hokkinen, managing director of Dinolift Oy, has resigned, effective immediately, chairman Lars-Petter Godenhielm will assume his duties.
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Hewden scoops award
UK crane, telehandler and access rental company, Hewden has won the (BESMA), Sales Team of the Year Award for the second year running.
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Photos of new Liebherr
Liebherr has published the first photos of its new 350 tonne All Terrain crane to be launched at Intermat, the LTM1350-6.1.
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JLG Training goes online
JLG has introduced an online training and training management system for its customers dubbed LMS.
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Death Wish 50
Our latest example, sent from Spain, shows a man working from a loader backhoe bucket, highly inefficient and highly dangerous.
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Sky High appoints Grant Plant
Belgium based aerial lift manufacturer, Sky High, has appointed Grant Plant as its distributor for the UK and Ireland.
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Haulotte down 27%
Haulotte has posted its preliminary full year results for 2008, they show revenues down 26.7% to €451 million, like for like fourth quarter sales were down 78%
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Moustache competition week 1
The first week has passed in the charity moustache growing competition and access man Jonathan Till seems to be holding his own.
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Stuck boom lifts
Two aerial lifts stuck on a roundabout in Hemel Hempstead, UK has caused embarrassment to the local council.
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Telehandler takes out power
A telehandler toppled over in Lima, Ohio yesterday, hitting power linea causing an outage for almost 3,000 homes.
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292 crane order for Hiab
Hiab has received an order for 292 Hiab 222ATF-1 loader cranes from BAE Systems fro delivery to the US Army.
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Locatelli to launch new 50 tonne RT
Italian crane maker, Locatelli, will launch a new 50 tonne Gril 8500TL Rough Terrain crane at Intermat in late April.
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Firefighters make dramatic tower crane rescue
Emergency workers in Abu Dhabi made a daring rescue yesterday to save the operator of a tower crane.
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Victorian cuts at Boom Logistics
Australian crane rental company, Boom Logistics is to significantly reduce its presence in Melbourne, Victoria.
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Death Wish 49
Today’s Death has to be listed as one of the worst in that it shows an almost total absence of any sense or feel of safe work at height.
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First Hinowa 23:12 in UK
The first 23 metre Hinowa 23:12 spider lift to arrive in the UK has gone to work in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Easi demo truck
Height for Hire/Easi UpLifts has commissioned a new purpose built demonstration truck to take a range of industrial lifting equipment to end users.
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Tellock to chair Manitowoc
Manitowoc’s board of directors has elected Glen Tellock as chairman, in addition to his role as chief executive.
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Cranes&Access is now on line
The latest Cranes&Access is now on line and available to download
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Terex appoints Scotia
Terex has appointed Scotia Plant as its distributor for the Scottish borders.
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Vp trading statement
Vp, owner of UK forks the telehandler rental company and Hire Station has issued an interim trading statement that says it is on track to meet its forecasts.
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More innovation
There were a number of new product ideas at this week’s Executive Hire show in the UK, here are just a few of them.
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Light Hire kicks off the Eddie Lift Duo
Light Hire the Exeter, UK based access rental company has become the launch customer for the new Eddie Lift Duo+.
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APS and Youngman tie up
APS the UK Hinowa and Omme lift distributor and Youngman have reached a partnership agreement for the sales and service of the new Youngman Boss X3 push around scissor lift.
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Ramirent up 11%
Finnish based international rental company Ramirent, has released its full year 2008 results, which show revenues up 11% to €703 million while profits dropped 65%.
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Terex Cranes up 29%
Terex crane has posted a 29% increase in revenues to $2.9 billion for the full year 2008, while operating income jumped 56%.
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Terex AWP/Genie down 12%
Terex AWP/Genie has reported full year 2008 revenues down just under 12% to $2.1 billion, while profits declined 46% due to a poor fourth quarter.
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JLG pulls out of Intermat
Aerial lift and telehandler company JLG has pulled out of Intermat, this year’s international equipment exhibition in Paris.
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Cramo up 17%
Finnish based international rental company Cramo has posted full year 2008 results which show revenues up 17% while profits slipped 16%.
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The Power Tower Nano
UK based Power Towers is launching two new models at the Executive Hire Show today, both units use a telescopic mast and offer working heights of 3.8 and 4.5 metres.
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Power Towers signs with Redband
UK based aerial lift manufacturer Power Towers has announced a distribution partnership with Redband UK. .
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UK Generators goes under
UK Generators the leading supplier of hydraulic powered generators for aerial work platforms has been declared insolvent.
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Demag up 4%
Demag Cranes, the German based manufacturer of overhead and harbour cranes,has reported first quarter revenues up 4.1% while profits increased 2%.
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Death Wish 48
Spotted yesterday in Oswestry, Shropshire, UK, a photographer using a fork mounted basket, fitted to a slab type industrial forklift on the public highway.
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Genie manuals move to DVD/Web
Genie has announced that it will in future provide its parts and service manuals on DVD and via the web, in place of printed manuals
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Layher invests in UK
Layher, the German based scaffold manufacturer has relocated to a new 12,000 square metre facility in Scotland.
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Link-Belt adds to product support team
Link Belt has announced a number of appointments to its product support team.
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CTE announces new product brands
CTE the Italian based access equipment manufacturer has announced new product brands for its truck, spider and Bizzocchi fire platforms.
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Tanfield collaborates with Ford
Tanfield, owner of UpRight and Snorkel aerial work platforms and SEV electric vehicles, has announced an electric vehicle development collaboration with Ford Motor Company.
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Cranes and access leaders
Four UK crane and access companies have made it into the UK’s top 100 fastest growing private equity backed businesses.
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Fatal lift accident – no harnesses
One man died and another is critically ill after a boom lift went over in central Boston on Saturday, neither appears to have been wearing a harness.
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Gussella appoints Approved
Italian lifting attachment manufacturer, Gusella, has appointed Approved Hydraulics as its UK distributor.
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Sponsor Tills moustache for a good cause
Jonathan Till, of GT Access is participating in a moustache growing competition aimed at raising money to help fight testicular cancer.
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Death Wish 47
Hard to say how much of a death wish this contribution is, from a work at height angle, but if you think you have snow take a look at this
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Tanfield releases trading statement
Tanfield, owner of UpRight and Snorkel aerial lifts has released a trading statement stating that its 2008 revenues are up on 2007 and that it is breaking even and maintaining its cash position.
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Tanfield to spin off Electric Vehicles in US
Tanfield, owner of UpRight, Snorkel and SEV Electric Vehicles is to spin off its Electric Vehicle business in the USA.
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Youngman unveils new Boss
The Youngman Group, the UK alloy scaffold tower and ladder manufacturer is launching a new generation of its Boss aluminium scaffold tower system next week
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Parmentier returns to DK
DK Rental has appointed Philippe Parmentier to handle used equipment sales.
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Crane operator injured
A crane operator was critically injured yesterday after his cab was badly struck by a falling object in Annapolis Maryland.
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IPS to support Hanix products
IPS the UK based parts and service supplier, has been appointed as national service provider for the Hanix product range in the UK.
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Hi-Reach boosts London presence
Hi-Reach Access, one of the UK’s largest aerial lift companies is doubling the fleet at its London Thames Gateway location.
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Kevin Townsend rejoins Kobelco
Kobelco Cranes has appointed appointed Kevin Townsend as UK/Ireland product support manager
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The MEC Speed Level
Californian based aerial lift company, MEC has launched two new model ranges including a series of Speed Levels – virtual copies of the UpRight Speed Level.
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Kone cranes buoyant
Konecranes (UK) has reported full year sales for 2008 up 77% and is upbeat about prospects for 2009.
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Middle East Cranes
The third Middle East Crane Conference will be held later this month in Dubai, the organisers have put together a wide ranging programme for anyone with an interest in cranes and crane safety in the region.
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New York City announces new safety measures
The New York City construction industry is bracing itself for more than 40 new safety measures announced yesterday.
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Side loading destroys crane
The boom of a telescopic crawler crane working in Brisbane, Australia has collapsed virtually destroying the crane.
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Nifty Dubai
Al Laith Scaffolding, the Dubai based access specialist has supplied Dubai Airport with a number of Nifty lifts.
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Crane rigger fatality
A man died yesterday while dismantling a crane on a construction site in the Marylands heights area of St Louis, Missouri.
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Company fined $175,000 for fatal collapse
Port Weller Dry Docks has been fined C$175,000 after pleading guilty to failing to maintain a crane which collapsed in 2007,killing its operator.
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Kamphuis expands
Dutch based rental company Kamphuis is expanding into scissor lifts and adding more boom lifts, following an acquisiton in Germany.
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Aichi appoints in Texas
Aichi has appointed Toyota Lift of South Texas as one of its new dealers.
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New guidance for thorough examinations
IPAF has published guidance notes for second party inspection bodies that carry out periodic thorough examinations of MEWPs.
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New group appointments at Cargotec
Cargotec, owner of Hiab loader cranes and Kalmar reach stackers has created two new management boards and added two new development and technology appointments.
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Fatality at paper mill
A 66 year old crane operator died yesterday after he was struck by his own timber loading crane at a paper mill in Richmond County Georgia.
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We missed the glaring error
In our report this morning on the crane that tipped over in Brighton, Victoria, we missed the fact that not all of its counterweight was installed.
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Hiab down Kalmar up
Cargotec, owner of Hiab loader cranes and Kalmar reach stackers and port cranes has reported a mixed set of results for its full year 2008.
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Store hit by crane
An electrical retailer in Brighton, near Melbourne, Australia, which was closed due to a bad fire has now been hit by a tipping crane.
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Two more switch to Double Coin
Two more UK crane rental companies have switched tyre suppliers to Double Coin tyres which are produced in China.
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Vertikal.Net posts new records
Vertikal.Net achieved new readership records in January in terms of total visitors, pages viewed and bandwidth consumed.
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Harsco appoints VP business transformation
Harsco, owner of SGB and Hünnebeck has appointed Richard Sullivan as vice president of business transformation worldwide.
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Aichi’s new crawler boom ready
Aichi has begun shipping its new 40/45ft crawler mounted telescopic boom lifts that it unveiled at APEX.
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JLG down 40%
JLG has reported a 40% drop in revenues for its first fiscal quarter 2008/2009, to the end of December, compared to the same period last year.
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UK to go ahead with tower crane register
The UK Health & Safety Executive has decided to go ahead with an official register of tower cranes
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Manitowoc could cut 22% of workforce
Manitowoc Crane Group has said that it could cut around 22% of its to workforce in 2009.
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Award for gas sensitive lift
Eurotank Environmental has won the 2008 Health and Safety award at the Association of Petroleum Explosives Administration, for its Pyroban modified Niftylift 90s
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Appeal fails
Two UK rail maintenance companies have failed in their appeal against almost £500,000 of fines for the death of a man while loading an aerial lift.
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Sevcon sales down 33%
Tech Ops/Sevcon, the producer of motor control systems for aerial lifts and forktrucks has seen a 33% drop in first quarter revenues.
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Eazzi appoints R2
Eazzi Lifts the UK based manufacturer of push around scissor lifts has appointed R2 Access as its UK distributor.
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Manitowoc hits new record
Manitowoc crane sales in 2008 were up almost 22% to a new record of $3.9 billion, narrowly missing $4 billion, due to a flat fourth quarter.
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Manitou up 1.4%
Manitou, the French based telehandler and aerial lift manufacturer, has reported final full year revenues for 2008 up by 1.4% to €1.26 billion.
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New push arounds from Bravi UK
Bravi UK has taken on the distribution of a range of push around lifts that it is marketing under the Eddie lift brand.
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Spider appoints industrial rep
The Spider division of SafeWorks, has promoted Steve Cabral to industrial sales representative for its Eastern region.
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The Eagle has landed
Dubai International Airport has purchased an Oil&Steel Eagle S4230 truck platform for its maintenance fleet.
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Niftylift stolen
Keep a look out for a Niftlift HR 12 that was stolen in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire last night
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New sales manager at Isoli
Gabriele Valli is the new sales manager at Italian equipment specialist Isoli Spa having moved from CTE Spa
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Cramo acquires in Stockholm
Cramo has acquired the rental operations of Lidingö Hyrcenter, the Stockholm based rental company.
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Port operator signs $340 million deal
Port operator DW World has signed a $340 million (£243 million) deal with Shanghai-based equipment firm ZPMC.
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JLG adds oil testing
JLG has introduced a North American Fluid Analysis Program for owners of JLG telehandlers and aerial work platforms.
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More Niftys for Gjaltema
Dutch rental company Gjaltema has purchased five more Niftylift trailer mounted boom lifts as part of a fleet expansion.
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New VP fleet management at Cramo
Martin Holmgren, 41, has been appointed as vice president, fleet management, replacing Mats Stenholm in the senior management team.
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Death Wish 46
It has been a while since we ran a Death Wish and this one is a real classic. A new way to work on overhead lines.
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New guidance for tube & coupler scaffolding
The UK’s NASC has launched its Technical Guidance note TG20:08 - A Guide to good Practice for Scaffolding with Tubes and couplers.
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Terex buys refurb centre from United
Terex Aerial Work Platforms/Genie has acquired the assets of a refurbishment facility owned by United Rentals in Modesto, California.
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Bradford’s buys more Terex
UK builder’s merchants, William Bradford & Sons of Yeovil has taken delivery of nine new Terex loader cranes.
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Terex Cranes lays off 150
Terex Cranes lays off about 150 at its Waverly, Iowa, facility
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Rigger fatality
A man helping dismantle a crane near Port Headland, Australia, was killed this morning after being struck by the cranes hook,
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Wayland Hicks resigns
Wayland Hicks, vice chairman of United Rentals, the world’s largest rental company is to resign, leaving the business at the end of February.
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United to take $billion write off
United Rentals, the world’s largest rental company has announced that is planning to take a $1.1 billion non-cash hit in its 2008 accounts
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Telehandler robbery
Armed robbers used a JCB Loadall telehandler to break into a cash handling centre in Beaumont Leys, Leicestershire, UK, on Friday.
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A girl for the Seddons
Jason and Rachel Seddon of Leigh, UK, based rental company Aerial Platforms Ltd, have become the proud parents of a baby girl.
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Increased health and safety law penalties introduced
The Health and Safety Offences Act 2008 came into force last week with increased sentencing powers
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Another push around
UK based ladder and scaffold tower manufacturer Youngman has launched a new push around scissor lift.
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Crane blocks road
Traffic was disrupted yesterday in Dubai when a mobile crane tipped over while lifting a sign which had fallen from an overhead gantry.
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Bluelift ends SkyKing agreement
Italian spider platform manufacturer Bluelift has ended its UK distribution agreement with SkyKing
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Palfinger revenues up 14%
Preliminary results show Palfinger revenues up 14% to €795 million, while earnings declined 31%.
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New telehandlers from Deutz-Fahr
Deutz-Fahr has shown two new JLG built telehandler models at the UK agricultural show –LAMMA.
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Man dies after truck hits platform
An engineer in Gloucester County, Washington, USA died after after he was catapulted from the aerial work platform he was using.
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Skyjack appoints Rexco for VR
Skyjack has appointed Rexco to distribute its VR range of telehandlers in Iowa and Western Illinois.
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Grove lay-offs
The Manitowoc Crane Group laid off 305 production workers and 10 office staff on Friday, following a softening in the small crane market.
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Liebherr breaks ground in Russia
Liebherr has held the official ground breaking ceremony for its new plant in Dzerzhinsk, in Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia.
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Hiab launches new remote control
Hiab has introduced an eight lever remote control
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JLG Europe restructures sales organisation
JLG Europe restructures its sales organisation - Cracknell and Guillaux assume additional responsibilities.
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Crane accident injures two
Two men were injured yesterday at Cleco's Rodemacher plant in after a crawler crane's boom collapsed in Louisiana.
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Lasky takes over at Accuride
Bill Lasky has been appointed as chairman and CEO of commercial vehicle component company - Accuride
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The JCB crane
JCB has launched a new pick and carry mobile tractor type crane in India dubbed the Liftall.
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JLG appoints new VP manufacturing
JLG has appointed Donald F. Roy as senior vice president – manufacturing, responsible for leading JLG operations and lean initiatives.
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Vertikal Down
You may have noticed that Vertikal.Net was down for several hours today, this caused by a catastrophic line failure into the centre where it is hosted.
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Speedy updates half year trading statement
UK rental company, Speedy has issued a statement updating its November forecasts for its second half, as planned, following the holiday shutdown period.
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Amquip hires Prozinski
US crane rental company, Amquip, has recruited Tom Prozinski of Arcomet to head up its Northeast tower crane business.
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7,000th UK Merlo
Merlo UK has delivered its 7,000th telehandler to GT Lifting solutions of Lancing West Sussex.
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New 34ft boom from Haulotte
Haulotte will unveil a new 34ft/10m compact - 1.9 metre wide, 4x4 articulated boom lift at Intermat in April.
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Cargotec revenues up 13%
Cargotec, owner of Hiab, Kalmar and MacGregor has issued preliminary results for 2008 which show a 13% rise in revenues, but a fall in margins.
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Private Equity firm acquires Jassim
UK based Global Private Equity has acquired a controlling interest in Jassim Transport and Stevedoring of Kuwait, which includes crane rental and heavy lifting.
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Kalmar reorganises in South Sweden
Kalmar, the reach stacker manufacturer is to merge to plants in Southern Sweden
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Manitou confirms pull out from Intermat
Manitou has confirmed this morning that it will not be exhibiting at this year’s Intermat exhibition in Paris.
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Dino moves up a notch
Dino lift, the Finnish based aerial lift manufacturer, will unveil a number of new lifts at Intermat and is looking for a French distributor.
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Frank Parker joins Eazzi
Eazzi Access, the UK based producer of push arouns scissor lifts, has appointed Frank Parker as its technical manager
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Max Access in Administration
Max Access, the company that introduced the spider lift to the UK has gone into administration.
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First job for ALE
The 4,300 tonne ALE AL.SK90 crane is currently being set up for its first job,
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OSHA cites Deep South
OSHA has issued three citations, including six serious, one repeat, and one "other-than-serious" violation against Deep South Crane and Rigging
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New IPAF record
IPAF issued a record 81,378 PAL Cards (Powered Access Licences) in 2008.
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Grove to launch trailer crane
Grove has unveiled a slew of innovative new products for release at this year’s Intermat show, in Paris this April.
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Terex Cranes expands in India
T.R. Badarinarayan has joined Terex Cranes to head up a new sales and service centre in Pune India.
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Link Belt completes 548 luffer testing
Link Belt has completed testing of the 500 tonne 548 crawler crane with shipments due to start in the second quarter.
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Link Belt adds support roles
Link Belt cranes has appointed Troy Krumm as field service manager and Frank Snapp as technical product support manager.
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Toll-free service number for JLG
JLG has launched a new toll-free phone in the USA to reach JLG Service Centres.
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New crane association in OZ
Crane companies in Australia’s Northern Territory have launched a new Crane Association (NTCA) in Darwin at the end of 2008.
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Rosén streamlines management team
Within hours of taking over at Ramirent, Magnus Rosén has announced a new streamlined senior management team.
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Rosén on board
Magnus Rosén takes over today as chief executive of international rental company, Ramirent.
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Holden takes over at LEEA
Geoff Holden has taken up the post of chief executive at the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA).
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Skyjack adds another VR dealer
Skyjack has appointed Golden Equipment Company of Albuquerque New Mexico, to distribute its VR telehandler product line.
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PSS Creditors meeting
Several readers have requested that we publicise the PSS creditors meeting this Friday in order to encourage a higher attendance.
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Crane rolls
An 80 tonne mobile crane rolled down a bank yesterday in Scotland after taking the wrong route to a job.
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Allan Access update
Allan Access the UK based vehicle mounted lift distributor and manufacturer went into administration last year. Owner Phil Allan gives his side of what happened.
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Crane tips in Widnes
A 60 tonne mobile ‘city crane’ tipped over while lifting at a plant in Widnes, near Manchester in the UK on Monday.
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Manitowoc beefs up its sales team in Asia
Manitowoc has announced several new additions to its tower crane sales team for the Asia-Pacific region.
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New sales director for Access Rentals
Access Rentals, the UK based powered access rental company has appointed David Lewis as its new sales director,
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Operator crushed by loader crane boom
A man loading waste bins in Evatt, Canberra, Australia died yesterday after he was crushed between boom and chassis.
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Goliath crane citations
OSHA has issued citations against Sarens and Norsar for the fatal Goliath crane collapse near Boston in August.
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New location for AFI Wakefield
UK based powered access rental company AFI-Uplift has relocated its Wakefield depot to larger premises.
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New 1,600 tonne Demag
Terex Cranes has unveiled its new 1,600 tonne capacity Demag
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More on PSS
Dozens of you are still sending us information on PSS the UK crane and access company, part of which is due to go into liquidation this week.
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New Omme spider
Omme Lift has launched a new 27.5 metre working height spider platform
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JCB makes further cuts
JCB makes further cut backs and calls for government action to free up credit and accelerate infrastructure spending.
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Boom traps man
A 41 year old man died near Tulsa yesterday, after being struck and pinned by a boom he was trying to remove from a crane he was working on.
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Cargotec to make further reductions
Cargotec, owner of Hiab says that it has opened negations for temporary lay-offs of around 900 staff at its Raisio and Tampere facilities in Finland.
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Goodwin joins Southern Plant
Glyn Goodwin has joined the Southern Plant division of Ballyvesey Holdings parent of the Montgomery Group of Northern Ireland.
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LGH expands in USA
Lifting Gear Hire of Bridgeview, Illinois, has announced plans to expand its coverage in the Eastern United Sates.
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AJ Access expands fleet
UK based AJ Access has added a number of new Genie booms and scissors to its fleet.
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Maclennan joins Genie
Ronan Maclennan has joined Genie Europe’s aftermarket division from Easi UpLifts.
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Southern Cranes and Access expands
West Sussex-based Southern Cranes and Access continues to expand
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Snorkel to launch new boom
Snorkel is to launch a new 65 ft straight boom platform with jib
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Oil&Steel will unveil new platform at ARA
Oil&Steel will launch a new tracked platform at the ARA/Rental show in Atlanta on March 3rd
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Terex terminates Fantuzzi deal
Terex has told Fantuzzi that it has terminated its plan to acquire the group’s port equipment business, although discussions continue.
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Counterfeit cranes in OZ
Following our report earlier this week regarding counterfeit Tadano truck cranes in the Middle East, we have reports of units arriving in Australia.
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Manitowoc anticipates revenue drop
Manitowoc has updated its 2008 numbers today and provided a preliminary forecast for 2009.
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New president for Perkins
Perkins Engines has appointed Gwenne Henricks as its new president, replacing Hans Haefeli who moves to CAT.
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Record year for Multitel
2008 was a record year for Multitel Pagliero with more than 1,000 platforms manufactured.
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Crane operator dies two weeks after falling into lake
A crane operator has died two weeks after falling into Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans
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HSE to prosecute MK Scaffold collapse
The UK Health and Safety Executive is to prosecute three companies and an individual for the fatal scaffold collapse in Milton Keynes in 2006.
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BilJax to launch new models at ARA
BilJax, now part of the Haulotte Group, will two launch new products at the ARA/Rental show in Atlanta on March 3rd
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First six day auction for Ritchie Bros
Ritchie Bros auctioneers will be holding its first ever, six day unreserved industrial auction in Orlando, Florida next month.
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PSS further warnings
Since we posted a report on the liquidation of UK contract lift and training company PSS we have had numerous calls from readers.
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Storm downs tower crane
A tower crane collapsed at one of South Africa’s new football stadiums on Sunday causing some damage but no injuries.
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Niftylift appoints Saudi Distributor
Niftylift has appointed Saleh & Abdulaziz Abahsain Heavy Equipment as its sole distributor for Saudi Arabia.
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Genie announces Fuller replacement
Genie has officially announced the appointment of Phil Graysmark as divisional sales manager for the UK, Ireland, and Benelux, taking over from John Fuller.
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NYC crane inspector pleads not guilty
The former crane inspector arrested on charges of falsifying an inspection report for the crane that collapsed in New York killing seven and injuring 24 has pleaded not guilty.
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Shipyard orders big Terex
Norwegian shipbuilder and offshore yard Ulstein Verft has ordered a 600 tonne Terex-Demag CC2800-1.
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NAI Cranes acquired
Industrial overhead crane manufacturer NAI Cranes has been acquired by Tonka Bay Equity Partners
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Linden Comansa appoints agent in Qatar
NBKS Services has been appointed sole Linden Comansa tower crane agent in Qatar
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Counterfeit cranes?
We have received a bulletin from the Middle East alerting buyers to beware of counterfeit Tadano truck cranes.
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PSS to be liquidated
PSS (Lifting), the Warrington, UK, based contract lifting and training company has appointed a liquidator to wind up the company.
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New VP European sales for Genie
Terex / Genie has appointed Martin Hauff as vice president of sales for Europe the Middle East, Africa, and Russia.
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SGB to pull out of powered Access in UK
SGB is due to make an announcement later this week that it will be closing its powered access business.
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Tadano buys Mantis
Tadano the Japanese based crane manufacturer has purchased Spandeck Mantis, the US based telescopic crawler crane manufacturer.
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Tower crane erector to be charged with Manslaughter
New York prosecutors will announce manslaughter charges today against the man responsible for climbing the tower crane that collapsed, on March 15th last year, killing seven.
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Easi UpLifts moves on London
Easi UpLifts the Irish headquartered international Access, telehandler and crane rental company is looking to open in London this spring.
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Manitowoc completes the sale of Marine business
The Manitowoc Company has completed the sale of its Marine business to Fincantieri Marine Group Holdings
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Manitou issues warning for fourth quarter
Telehandler and access equipment manufacturer Manitou has issued a warning of a severe fall in order intake.
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Malaysian crane companies cut rates
The Malaysia Mobile Crane Owners Association has announced that it is cutting its official rates by five percent “in an effort to help the construction industry.”
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Here’s to 2009
The team at Vertikal.Net would like to thank you all for your support in 2008 and to wish you a very happy, healthy and prosperous 2009.
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Stop the stealth tax on red Diesel
The CPA, the UK association of equipment rental companies has written an open letter to the government regarding the escalation of the duty on red diesel.
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A tale of two shocks
Swift action saved a man’s life yesterday in Australia after his aerial lift struck power lines, while a man died last week in New York from a similar accident.
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Death Wish 45
Two examples of scary work at height to kick off the new year
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Fatal tower crane collapse in China
At least three people were killed and five injured after a tower crane collapsed in Yongzhou City, Hunan, China.
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Palfinger to merge Spanish distribution
Wumag will close its Spanish sales & service operation this week, distribution of Palfinger-Wumag will move to Mycsa Mulder – the Palfinger dealer.
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TNT takes Americrane
Houston based TNT Crane & Rigging has purchased the assets of Americrane, the Dallas-Fort Worth, crane and rigging company.
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Konecranes Widens Service Offering
Konecranes, the overhead crane manufacturer is introducing a new five stage range of service levels
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The latest Cranes&access is now on line
The latest Cranes&Access is now on line and available for reading or downloading.
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Altec acquires Lift-All
Altec the utility truck, crane and platform company has purchased the Lift-All division of Hydra-Tech.
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Crane operator dumped into lake
A crane operator was thrown into Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans, yesterday after his crane tipped over.
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Lift operator fined £6,000
The operator of a truck mounted lift has been fined £6,000 following an accident in which he and another man were seriously injured.
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Production milestones for CTE
CTE and sister company Bizzocchi have notched up two new milestones in truck mounted aerial lift production.
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First aerial lifts on Renault Maxity
Multitel has supplied the first aerial work platforms mounted on Renault Maxity chassis cabs in the UK.
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Spot the differences
Several of you have asked us to provide the solution to the recent spot the difference competition.
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Cramo takes control of Cramo Rentakran
Cramo the Finnish based international rental company, has purchased Rentakran’s minority shareholding in the Cramo-Rentakran joint venture.
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Three booms on a truck
The Nifty on Tour programme continues but the truck is now carrying two 63ft and one 50ft boom lifts on a single trailer.
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Free guide from HSE
The UK Health & Safety Executive is urging construction industry leaders to take advantage of a free guide that, it says, could bring significant benefits to their business.
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Aerial lift dumps intruders
Two intruders at an industrial site in Melbourne, Australia, were thrown out of a lift they were stealing and are in Hospital.
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Van mounts on Ebay
A number of vehicle mounted lifts from the Market Harborough area are being offered for sale on Ebay.
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Crane collapse in Raleigh
The boom of a mobile lattice crane collapsed yesterday while erecting steel on a site in North Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Growcock to retire at year end
Terry D. Growcock, chairman of the board of Manitowoc has announced his intention to retire at the end of the year.
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Whiteman to head chamber of commerce
Tim Whiteman, managing director of IPAF, has been appointed chairman of the Basel Chapter of the British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce.
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Two thrown from basket -No Harnesses
Two men painting an apartment building in Richmond, New South Wales were thrown from their truck mounted lift after it lost stability.
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Ramirent to implement cost savings
Ramirent, the Finnish based international rental company has issued a bulletin this morning saying that it will cut 600 jobs as it expects revenues to fall in 2009.
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Charity boom
An 86ft boom lift helps raise awareness and funds for autism in Indiana
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Death Wish 44
This one is a real classic it is quite extraordinary what solutions people will find for working at height.
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Hiab scores in Iraq
Hiab has won an order for 95 of its loader cranes and cargo bodies from the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity, for delivery in 2009.
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CTE for OpenView
The OpenView Group of Romford, Essex in the UK has taken delivery of a number of CTE Z19 articulated boom truck mounted lifts.
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Big RT Electrics ready to ship
MEC is preparing to ship the first production units in its new ’91 series’ of electric powered Rough Terrain scissor lifts.
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Manitowoc warns on 18000
Manitowoc Cranes has warned that the number 79A boom tops on 32 units of its Model 18000 crawler cranes must be inspected before further use.
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Christmas Death Wish
Technically Death Wish 43 this one has seasonal touch to it, hopefully this man will be around for the celebrations
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Manitowoc appoints innovation chief
Manitowoc Cranes has appointed Andreas Schwer as senior vice president of global engineering and innovation.
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Finning appoints new CFO
Finning International has appointed David S. Smith as executive vice president and chief financial officer.
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First Liebherr LTM1100-4.2
The first of the new Liebherr 100 tonne LTM1100-4.2’s has been delivered to Dunagép RT of Hungary.
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Warylo takes Poland’s largest crane
Kran Warylo, the Polish based rental company has taken delivery of a 750 tonne Liebherr LG1750, the largest crane in Poland.
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Slip sliding away
A crane travelling down a narrow lane in Wiltshire, UK, slipped off the road and became bogged down on the verge at the weekend.
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Demag up 13%
Demag industrial and port cranes has reported revenues for its full fiscal year up over 13%, while profits jumped 45%.
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Lanken to step down at Kennards
Peter Lancken, chief executive of Australian rental company Kennards says he will step down from the job during 2009.
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New head of Construction at HSE
The UK HSE has appointed Philip White as the new chief inspector of construction.
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Cranes drop Dragline
A large dragline has been badly damaged after its boom was dropped when a crane’s winch failed while lowering it for maintenance at the Curragh mine in Queensland.
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Spot the difference winners
Several of you have asked who won the Facelift Spot the difference competition that ran in Cranes&Access here are the results.
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Changes at Riwal
Riwal the Dutch based international sales and rental company has boosted its equity and strengthed its senior management team..
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Have you had your say?
We are just wrapping up the Cranes&Access 2008 rental rate survey, if you have not yet completed a form you can do one online now.
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Aichi confirms UK distribution
Aichi, the leading Japanese aerial lift manufacturer has confirmed that Ranger Equipment will represent it in the UK and Ireland.
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ERA to Manchester
The European Rental Association will now hold its 2009 annual convention in Manchester, UK. It had originally been scheduled for London.
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How not to erect a Christmas tree
When Swindon (UK) town council tried to put a Christmas tree on its famous Magic Roundabout it ran into difficulty, the choice of crane didn’t help.
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Top 100 for GGR-Unic
GGR-Unic the UK mini crane distributor and rental company has made it into the Virgin Top 100 fastest growing companies.
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Parmentier leaves Genie
Phillippe Parmentier, the used equipment sales manager for Genie Europe has left the company.
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Philadelphia crane laws
The Mayor of Philadelphia, Michael Nutter, signed off on a tough set of crane safety laws yesterday.
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MEC puts Booms on hold
California based aerial lift manufacturer MEC has delayed the production start up for its new booms until late 2009.
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Truck mount accident in Bulgaria
An aging truck mounted lift tipped over in the town of Galabovo, Southern Bulgaria last week killing to men.
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Cargotec completes employee negotiations
Cargotec -Hiab has completed its employee co-operation negotiations in Finland which aim to cut costs and end manufacturing in Salo.
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Amquip buys Powell
AmQuip Crane Rental has announced the acquisition of Powell & Sons Equipment Company, the Atlanta based crane rental and rigging company
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First Barin in Canada
Italian platform manufacturer Barin has delivered its first machine to Canada.
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Interrent adds Genies
Last week Belgian rental company Interrent took delivery of part of its order of 20 Genie aerial lifts.
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Ashtead up 7% and plans to cut £45 million in costs
Ashtead, owner of Sunbelt in the USA and A-Plant in the UK has reported revenues and underlying profits up 7% in its first half. It has also announced its intention to cut $45 million of costs through a restructuring programme
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First rental exchange
The American Rental Association and Hire and Rental Industry Association or Australia have started the first personnel exchange.
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Cranes on TV
If you live in the UK or can receive UK television, watch out for Danger Men on Five which shows the erection of a wind turbine.
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Construction begins on Liebherr plant in Russia
Construction work has started on the new Liebherr plant in Russia, which is now expected build tower cranes along with other Liebherr products.
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Hewden details closures
Hewden, one of the UK’s leading equipment rental companies announced the closure or merger of 22 branches and loss of 213 jobs on Friday.
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Fire department shuns platforms
A fire brigade is considering legal action after paying nearly £1 million for two combined fire engine/Aerial platforms that it says do not work as intended.
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Kran&Bühne is online
The latest Kran&Bühne magazine is online and available to download
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Conexpo Russia 2009 cancelled
The second Conexpo Russia, originally scheduled for 2009 has been cancelled, a May 2010 show is now planned.
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Winter care
IPS, the UK based international parts and service company has launched a ‘Winter Care inspection’ for £69.
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Contractor fined
A South Carolina contractor has been fined for numerous violations, including the removal of boom stops, resulting in a crane accident this summer.
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Socage moves into China
Socage has signed a co-operation agreement with Chinese company Shenyang North Traffic Heavy Industry Group.
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140 year old plant closes
The curtain came down yesterday on almost 140 years of manufacturing, as the final machine rolled of the line at JCB’s Heavy Products plant.
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JLG manuals on line
JLG has placed operator, service and parts manuals for JLG, SkyTrak, and Lull telehandlers online.
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Aspen takes on Grove and Manitowoc
Manitowoc has appointed Aspen Equipment as the Grove mobile and Manitowoc crawler cranes distributor for Iowa, Nebraska
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Riley Wins everywoman award
Gill Riley of GGR – Unic has won the NatWest –Everywoman Athena award
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First job for McNally LTM11200
McNally/Windhoist the Irish based crane rental and wind turbine installation specialist has carried out the first wind job for a Liebherr LTM11200-9.1.
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Access Link meets Bravi
The Access Link, the UK association of independent aerial lift rental companies held its quarterly meeting yesterday at Bravi UK.
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Skyjack warns on SJ8841 inspections
Skyjack has issued a service advisory following a recent incident with a nine year old SJ8841 scissor lift.
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New head of operations for Mantou
Manitou has announced the arrival today of Christian Caleca, 50, who takes up the position of chief operations officer.
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New district rep for Spider
Spider, the North American based suspended platform specialist has appointed Bill Sherer as district sales representative for its Houston, Texas location.
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190 Niftys to Boels
Eurosupply has completed delivery of an order for 190 Niftylifts to Dutch rental company Boels Verhuur.
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OSHA extends comment period
OSHA has extended the comment period for its proposed rule for cranes and derricks in construction, by 45 days.
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UK police appeal to crane driver
Grampian police have appealed for a mobile crane driver to come forward as he may have witnessed a fatal road accident yesterday.
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Lift fatality at SwanHunters
A man has died after being thrown out of a boom lift while demolishing a building at the SwanHunter ship yard in the UK.
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Briggs opens in Atlanta
Briggs Equipment has opened a new Contractor Rental and Aerial lift location in Atlanta Georgia and continues to expand.
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Structural failure
A rare structural failure on a mobile crane over the weekend dumped its counterweight and snapped its chassis.
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Tech Ops flat but stable
Tech Ops, the producer of Sevcon motor control systems for aerial lifts and fork trucks has reported full flat year revenues and lower profits...
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New marketing manager for Eve
Eve Trakway, the temporary roadway supplier, has appointed Lucy Lambertsen as marketing manager.
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Eurolev acquired
Eurolev the French based crane, access and telehandler rental company has been acquired by Thierry Jammes and Ever Capital, a private equity firm.
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Peter Jones goes independent
Peter Jones, head of UK group technical services at Lavendon is leaving to set up his own consultant engineering business.
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Speedy wins £3 million deal
UK tool and equipment hirer Speedy has secured a three year, £3 million contract with Simons Construction.
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Winterlift acquires Yorkshire Crane
Winterlift the Manchester, UK, based crane rental company has acquired Sheffield based Yorkshire Crane Hire.
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JLG Reaches 350km
A JLG boom lift has helped a school in Australia make contact with the International Space Station.
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Alex Lee joins Access Rentals
Access Rentals the Telford, UK, based aerial lift rental company has appointed Alex Lee as managing director.
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National to drop knuckle booms
National Crane has confirmed that it is dropping its articulated crane product line.
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Cranes ditched
Last week saw at least two mobile cranes end up in a ditch in the UK, it is easily done on narrow roads this time of year.
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Multitel MX270 arrives in UK
The first two 27 metre Multitel MX270’s have arrived in the UK for delivery this week,
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Beam drops on boom
A man has died after a crane dropped a concrete beam onto a self propelled boom lift in Woolloongabba, Australia.
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A-Plant takes top award
UK rental company, A-Plant, has won the 3i Growth Strategy of the Year Award at the National Business Awards Finals 2008.
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United appoints new CFO
United Rentals has appointed William B. Plummer as chief financial officer, effective today.
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Ladders cleared for use
Ladders have now been cleared for use to install Christmas decorations in Llandovery, Wales thanks to the help of the Ladder Association.
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Another Hird boy
Bobby Hird has joined the UK based Hird crane and access family, born October 14th he is the son of Phil Hird.
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Underground rental depot
Cramo has signed a €15 million order with LKAB for the supply of cabins, tools and access equipment, complete with an underground depot.
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Check your tower cranes
There is an increasing trend for "Urban Explorers" to try and climb tower cranes at night when the risk of falling is high.
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Big 5-PMV roundup
A few further bits of information from the Big 5 show in Dubai this week in our last report.
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Layher breaks ground on new plant
Layher the German based scaffold company has started construction on a second production facility in southern Germany
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Hiab merges UK operations
Cargotec is merging it's Hiab sales and service operations in the UK.
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Linden Comansa appoints in UAE
Linden Comansa has appointed two new distributors for the Middle East -
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Last chance to win £500
Facelift will draw the winner in its spot the difference competition on Monday, entry is free, forms are on line so have a go.
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First tandem lift for GTK
The first tandem lift between two Grove TTK1100 telescopic tower cranes has been carried out in Germany.
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Galizia delivers compact 12 tonner
Galizia has developed a special compact version of its 12 tonne G120E battery powered crane for the Milan Urban Transport Company
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Sany unveils big cranes
Chinese crane manufacturer Sany, has unveiled a 1,000 tonne crawler crane and a 220 tonne All Terrain at Bauma China.
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Eve Trakway aquires
Eve Trakway the supplier of temporary roadways has acquired Fluid Events Interiors
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Aichi breaks ground in China
Aichi, the Japanese based aerial lift manufacturer broke ground today on its second plant in China.
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Speedy up 22%
Speedy, the UK’s largest general rental company has reported first half revenues up 22% while profits rose 4% and a range of cutbacks have been implemented.
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Failed sling proves fatal
A man died yesterday at the Port of Wilma in Washington State after a set of web slings failed.
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Bernard Hunter adds big Manitou
Bernard Hunter the Edinburgh based crane hire company has added a Manitou MHT 10160L to its fleet.
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Hybrid seeks new Distributors
Hybrid equipment is attending the Big 5 show this week in order to find distributors for markets in the Middle East, and particularly the UAE.
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UpRight unveils RT Scissor range
UpRight has unveiled the first of a new medium duty three model Rough Terrain scissor lift range, the X43RT.
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Hinowa steps up in Middle East
Italian spider lift manufacturer Hinowa has appointed Al Raas General Trading as its distributor for the UAE.
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New Genie regional manager
Genie has appointed Rob Cavaleri as regional sales manager for the Middle East.
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Haulotte to expand into Libya
Haulotte has announced that it is expanding its Middle East operation
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Crane operator sues
The operator of the tower crane involved in the fatal collapse in Bellevue, Seattle in 2006 is suing a local newspaper for defamation.
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Vp up 7%
Vp, owner of Telehandler rental company, UK Forks has reported half year revenues up 7% with profits up 13%, UK Forks was down yet still strong.
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Oil&Steel appoints Al Laith for Mid East
Al Laith Scaffolding of Dubai has been appointed as Middle East Distributor for Oil & Steel, the Italian truck-mounted lift manufacturer.
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New international DM for Linkbelt
Link Belt cranes has appointed Elias Saliba as district manager/district service representative for international sales in Europe and the Middle East
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A-Plant wins cladding business
A-Plant Powered Access of the UK, has been awarded preferred supplier status by All Mass Cladding Systems of Bristol.
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IPAF in China
IPAF’s president and managing director are in China in preparation for a meeting with leading Chinese manufacturers.
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New Mid West DM for Link Belt
Link Belt cranes has appointed Gary Lane as district manager for the upper Midwest region of the USA.
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Instant extends warranty
Instant UpRight has extended the standard warranty on its alloy tower products to 10 years.
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Patrick Mutel to leave Lavendon
Patrick Mutel, previously the managing director of Zooom France is retiring from the Lavendon group.
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Wind tips lift
Poland -A 125ft boom lift blew over in strong winds last week, landing across a road, seriosuly injuring a 10 year old.
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Here we go again
Just when the Fair Guide scam had ended a new one that looks remarkably similar pops up. Beware of the Expo Guide forms.
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Trapletti joins Schuler&Schloemmer
Rico Trapletti previously geschäftsführer of Up Ag one of Switzerland’s largest aerial lift specialists, has joined Schuler&Schloemmer.
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Log loader crane death
A coroner’s court has ruled that the failure of a home made log loading crane that killed its owner was an accident.
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Terex may walk from Fantuzzi deal
Terex has informed Fantuzzi that a material adverse change may have occurred in its port handling business which could prevent it from completing the acquisition.
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Summit calls for more information
Senior managers from North American aerial lift manufacturers and rental companies met on November 11th to discuss the adoption of a standardised operator training programme.
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Terex cleared to buy Fantuzzi
European Union competition regulators have cleared the acquisition of Fantuzzi, port equipment by Terex.
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Boom lands in dock
A man was ejected from a boom lift yesterday as he tried to drive it onto a barge at a New Jersey marina. The operator was not wearing a harness.
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Liebherr hosts crane experts meeting
Liebherr Ehingen has hosted the first meeting of worldwide crane associations targeted at improving crane safety.
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Cargotec appoints new purchasing supremo
Cargotec, owner of Hiab, Kalmar and MacGregor, has appointed Axel Leijonhufvud,47, as senior vice president, product supply.
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Deep South seeks to move legal battle
Deep South Crane and Rigging is seeking to have 39 law suits resulting from the fatal crane accident in July, moved from Jefferson County to Harris county - Houston.
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Industry adjustments
Most aerial lift, telehandler and loader crane manufacturers have announced lay-offs, short time working and plant shut downs to adjust capacity to demand.
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Managers arrested for China hoist accident
Seven managers and safety supervisors, have been arrested in connection with a hoist accident that killed 11 last month.
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Lavendon introduces new safety programme
Lavendon UK is launching a new ‘Safety Starts with You’ initiative across the 55 UK locations of Nationwide Platforms and Panther.
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Kato pulls out of Euro Rigo
Kato has announced that it is “dissolving” it Euro Rigo operation in Italy and downgrades its full year forecasts.
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Cranes&Access on line
The latest Cranes&Access magazine is on line and available to read or download.
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Storti telehandlers by Dieci
Telehandler manufacturer Dieci has agreed to supply Italian agricultural equipment manufacturer Storti on an OEM basis.
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Purple lifts
Duke Aerial Equipment of Nebraska has painted 25 of its booms and scissors purple for a special cause.
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Keep an eye on your back
Even the best crane operators can make mistakes, here is an example from Australia on how important it is to watch your tail.
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New IPAF rep for France
The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has appointed Pascal Deher as its new representative for France.
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Allan left over £650k in debts
Allan Access which was placed into administration in September will be wound up owing creditors over £650,000.
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Runaway crane crushes operator
The operator of a rough terrain crane that ran away on a hill in Colorado, died after he was crushed by the crane.
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JLG to produce in China
JLG broke ground today for a new manufacturing facility in Tianjin, China, that will build lifts for the Asian market.
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HSE releases details on Witney accident
The UK HSE has released some information on what happened with the aerial lift accident in Witney, this summer in which a man, died.
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Palfinger cuts back
Loader crane and aerial lift company, Palfinger, has announced measures to scale back production in the face of falling order intake.
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UpRight Holland adds to its sales team
Peter Hulleman has joined the sales team of UpRight Powered Access Holland Ltd in ‘De Lier’.
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Genie adds online service training
Genie has announced the introduction of an online and interactive service training programme
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Online lifting training
The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) has launched a new online training portal.
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Loader crane accident
A man died this morning after a loader crane dropped its load at an engineering company near New Plymouth, New Zealand.
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Ahern up 20%
Ahern Rentals, the Las Vegas based aerial lift and telehandler rental company, has reported nine month revenues up 20% while profits slipped 28%.
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Defeo and Bamford recognised
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers has added Ron Defeo of Terex and Sir Anthony Bamford of JCB to its AEM ‘Hall of fame’
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Brandon Restructures
Brandon Hire, the UK based rental company, now part of the Wolseley group, has announced that it is cutting 170 jobs in order to reduce costs.
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USA Crane regulations
OSHA has finally published its revised standards for cranes, completed over four years ago by representatives and experts from the crane and construction industries –C-DAC, the standard is now available for comment.
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Six survive boiler scaffold collapse
Six men survived a 50m fall and one died after the boiler scaffold they were erecting collapsed in Escatawpa, Mississippi last week
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Tadano up 7.5%
Tadano has released its half year results to the end of September, revenues increased by 7.5% while profits are up 4%.
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Brødrene Jørgensen celebrates 20 years
Brødrene Jørgensen of Bergen Norway, the Skyjack, Nifty and Faresin distributor, is celebrating exactly 20 years in the access business today.
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Crane operators fined $50,000
Two New York City tower crane operators/erectors have been fined $25,000 each and had their licenses suspended following a fatal accident in September.
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Hewden announces new regional structure
Hewden, one of the UK’s largest equipment rental companies has announced a new regional structure for its general rental business, aimed at being more responsive to its customer base.
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Kobelco up 12%
Kobelco cranes has reported revenues up 12% in the first half of its fiscal year while profits were flat.
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Finning reports buoyant third quarter
Finning International has reported a 5% increase in nine months revenues, while the latest quarter rose 10% with marginally higher profits – Hewden continues to lag.
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JCB makes further cuts
JCB has announced that it is reducing production at its UK plants by 34 per cent and maintaining the reduced output levels into the first quarter of 2009.
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Death Wish 42
Third World comes to Barnsley - when you need to reach the gutters on your warehouse and both your ladder and your fork truck are too short what do you do?
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Lavendon up 36%
Lavendon Europe’s largest aerial lift rental company has issued an interim statement showing revenues up 36% with a “good improvement in margins”.
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MEC up 5% on 2007
Scissor lift manufacturer MEC has announced revenues for the first nine months up 5% up on the same period in 2007.
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Kran & Bühne is on line
If you are a German speaker the latest Kran&Bühne is now on line and available to read or download.
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Iteco appoints Russon Access
Iteco, the Italian based aerial lift manufacturer has appointed Russon Access Platforms as its exclusive distributor for the UK and Ireland.
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Mystery crane accident
We have received some photos of a new 900 tonne crawler crane in which the slew bearing failed, but have few facts.
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Essex confirms revenues
Essex Cranes the North American crawler crane rental company has now released its revenue numbers, following completion of its acquisition by Hyde Park.
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UpRight launches New RT Scissor
UpRight has announced a new 67ft heavy duty RT scissor lift the HX67RT
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Crane carnage in Odense
A massive gantry crane at the Odense shipyard in Denmark ran away in strong winds on Sunday, smashing into two other cranes.
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Crane drops its load on bus
A tower crane operating in Charlotte, North Carolina dropped a load of steel beams yesterday, one of which landed on the roof of a school bus.
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Cramo up 23%
Finnish based international rental company Cramo has reported nine month revenues up by over 23%, while profits climbed 7%.
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Tanfield update
Tanfield, owner of Snorkel and UpRight has appointed a new nominated advisor and broker and taken the opportunity to release a trading update.
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Aldercote for Access Hire Nationwide
Access Hire Nationwide, the UK based van mounted lift rental company has ordered Aldercote lifts on LDV vans.
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Genie appoints articulating boom manager
Genie has appointed David Brotherton as product manager for its articulating boom lift range.
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American Associations call for help
The ARA, AED and AEM are urging the United States Senate and House of Representatives to take action to pass a package to help the equipment industry.
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Crane or scaffold?
A man died yesterday on a construction site in Chelmsford, UK, some reports blame a concrete panel falling from a crane, while others a scaffold accident.
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Link Belt appoints Columbus
Link Belt has appointed Columbus Equipment as its distributor for all of Ohio and selected counties in Kentucky and Indiana.
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Noisy cherry picker
UK based contractor Sir Robert McAlpine was charged £3,800 in fines and costs last week for breaching noise regulations with an aerial lift.
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AC120-1 for M&M
M&M, the Uxbridge, UK, based crane rental company has taken delivery of a new 140 tonne Terex-Demag AC120-1 All Terrain.
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Looking for a person? Looking for a job?
There are only a couple of days left to place a recruitment advert in the next Cranes & Access/Vertikal.net
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Palfinger up 20%
Crane and access manufacturer Palfinger has reported nine month revenues up by more than 20%, while profitability slips.
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H&E up 13%
Baton Rouge based rental company H&E has reported nine month revenues up over 13 percent, while profits slipped 10 percent.
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Stuck in the air
Two BT engineers (UK) were stuck some 15 metres up for over an hour last week after their boom lift broke down.
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Crane accident causes traffic chaos in Dubai
The boom of a crawler crane working on the Dubai Metro collapsed onto the Sheikh Zayed Road causing traffic chaos yesterday.
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Another mystery accident
We have received a quantity of photographs of a Mantis crawler crane that went over but do not know where and when.
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Crane boom pulled over the back
The boom of a crawler crane collapsed at a plant in Kansas after the operator over luffed it – safety switches may have been bypassed?
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Access Awards
The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has announced the first international awards aimed specifically at the access industry.
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Ramirent up 17%
Ramirent, the Finnish based international rental company has posted nine month revenues up almost 17%, while profits dipped 18%.
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Manitou up 7%
Manitou has reported sales of over €1 billion for the nine months to the end of September, almost 7% up on 2007
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IPS to open in Spain
IPS the UK based international parts and service company has officially announced the opening of IPS Espana, a joint venture with Spanish manufacturer Matilsa.
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Spanish renters hold extraordinary meeting
ANAPAT the Spanish aerial lift rental association held an extraordinary general meeting today to discuss the deteriorating market in Spain.
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First Matilsa booms into Germany
The first two German rental companies to buy Matilsa self propelled booms were in Zaragoza today to see their units on the production line.
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JLG offers extended warranties
JLG has launched a series of extended warranties of up to five years for its North American customers.
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Holland Lift opens new facility
The mayor of Hoorn officially opened Holland Lifts new production and service facility yesterday.
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Outrigger accident injures one
A man was seriously injured in Rome Georgia on Tuesday after the ‘bucket truck’ he was working from tipped after an outrigger punched a hole in the grass.
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Skyjack adds VR dealer
Skyjack has appointed Herc-U-Lift of Maple Plain, Minnesota as a dealer for its complete VR telehandler product line.
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Crane tips
A Rough Terrain crane working on a road improvement project in Norwich Connecticut tipped over trapping the operator in his cab and closing the road.
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TTS reports 75% increase
TTS the Norwegian based container handling and marine crane manufacturer has reported a 71% increase in its 9 month revenues and issued a highly positive outlook.
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Joint venture for load testing bags
Structure Flex of the UK and Bash-P of the UAE have agreed a joint venture to manufacture of a substantial fleet of proof testing bags, ranging from 5 to 35 tonnes for use across the Middle East.
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Skyjack revenues slip 7%
Skyjack sales for the first nine months dipped by almost 7% while profits are down 40%, the third quarter was more severe with revenues down 21%.
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Trojan goes for growth
Trojan Battery has announced a number of new engineering appointments as part of its growth strategy.
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Two big Liebherrs for Fagioli
Fagioli, the Italian based heavy transport, and lifting group has ordered two large Liebherr crawler cranes, a 750-tonne LR 1750 and a 1,350-tonner LR 11350.
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Death Wish 41
This report is amazing in that it comes from the same job in which an unmanned boom lift tipped over a couple of weeks ago.
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Award for fireman
The fire-fighter who led the rescue of the tower crane operator whose crane collapsed in Croydon lat year has received a bravery award
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HSS acredited
HSS Hire, one of the UK’s largest general rental companies has been re-awarded with Type B accreditation from the UK Accreditation Service.
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Aerial lift pumpkins
We have recived some excellent photos of Halloween pumpkins with aerial lifts and telehandler carvings.
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JLG profits halved
JLG has reported a 12% fall in revenues and a 56% fall in profits for its fourth quarter to the end of September.
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Kalmar strengthens its hand in Italy
Cargotec, owner of Hiab loader cranes and Kalmar reach-stackers has acquired 80 percent of two CVS service companies in Italy.
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Power-Lift is 5
Power-Lift the German based access equipment distributor celebrated its fifth anniversary this weekend.
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Kalmar lands big reach-stacker order
Kalmar has won a new five year contract to supply its Rough Terrain Container Handler/Reach stackers to the US Army.
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Nationwide Platforms is born
Nationwide Access, the UK’s largest aerial lift rental company and Lavendon sister company, The Platform Company, have officially merged into Nationwide Platforms as of this morning.
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Four new records for Vertikal.Net
Vertikal.Net posted four new records in October, with 4.5 million hits, 91,000 visits, 1.3 million pages viewed and 143GB of bandwidth consumed.
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Death Wish 40
Spotted in West Yorkshire, this is one of the worst we have seen in the UK, not just one ladder but two.
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United announces more closures
United Rentals, the world’s largest rental company which operates the largest aerial lift fleet is planning to close a further 30 locations after revenues fall 11%.
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EnerMech buys again
Aberdeeen, UK, based EnerMech, has acquired the crane division of Norwegian based Bjørge ASA.
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Hertz to increase rates
Hertz Equipment Rental says that it has increased its short term rental rates in the USA and Europe by 10%.
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New access rental company in Jersey
4 Hire, a new access equipment rental company in the channel island of Jerseyhas purchased a number of Haulotte aerial lifts.
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Bronto expands as margins slip
Bronto boosts revenues by 25% and boosts its order book by 32 percent, while profits fall 8 percent.
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Telehandler Tips
An operator fled a site in Salisbury, North Carolina yesterday after the telehandler he was using tipped over.
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Death Wish 39
A roofer was spotted yesterday in Wolverhampton, UK, using his vehicle and some add-ons to work at height
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JLG gets it together
JLG is launching a new standard series of quick fit attachments for all three of its North American telehandler brands.
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Santi Araya joins Instant UpRight
Instant UpRight, the alloy access tower manufacturer has appointed Santiago (Santi) Araya as its district manager for South America.
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Harsco Access up 16%
Harsco Access services which includes SGB and Hünnebeck and Modern has reported nine month revenues up by over 16% and profits up by over 18%.
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Sennebogen opens new facility
Sennebogen's new production facility in Germany is now open.
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New Haulotte account manager
Haulotte has appointed a new account manager for the South of the UK
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First GMK5170 arrives in NZ
The First Grove GMK5170, the 11th off the production line, has arrived in New Zealand and joining the McLeod Cranes fleet.
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We have the facts
We published a report earlier this week about a boom lift accident in New Zealand. We now have all the details.
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Tower crane operator helps police
A tower crane operator in Bellevue, Seattle used the view from his cab to help police catch an escaped felon.
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11 die in Chinese hoisting accident
11 construction workers have died and 12 injured when a “container” transporting them to the bridge fell after a cable snapped at a site in Southern China.
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Manitowoc crane up 28%
Nine months revenues at Manitowoc crane are up 28%, while operating profits climbed 34%. Third quarter growth is a little slower with revenues up 22% and OI up 24%.
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BMS orders 22 spider cranes
BMS, Denmark’s largest crane and access rental company, has ordered a total of 22 Unic spider cranes.
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Gradall name to go
JLG has announced that it will re-brand Gradall telehandlers as JLG from the end of this year.
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Crane tips in Singapore
A truck crane tipped over at the site of a new indoor sports hall being built at a Singapore school earlier today.
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Sany expands in Germany
Chinese crane and concrete pump manufacturer Sany, will build a new facility in Germany, for local assembly, Research & Development and training.
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Instant UpRight moves into Romania
Instant UpRight, the alloy access tower manufacturer has formed a new partnership agreement with Industrial Access in Romania.
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Toyota -Aichi appoints in Florida
Florida Lift Systems of Tampa, has been appointed as a Toyota-Aichi aerial lift dealer.
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Loxam and HWS go Hitachi
Loxam Access, Holland (previously Spreeuwenberg Hoogwerksystemen) has purchased eight new Hitachi HX99B-2 32ft platform height crawler mounted boom lifts.
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Trojan announces new appointments
Trojan Battery has appointed a new chief operating officer and a vice president for the renewable energy business.
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Manitowoc expands Italian plant
Manitowoc opened a new building at its facility in Niella Tanaro, last week and confirmed the move of more AT crane production to the Italian plant.
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Window cleaners rescued
Two window cleaners had to be rescued in Rotterdam this morning after one of the cables on their suspended platform broke while 10 floors up.
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New emergency controls symbol
Aerial Lift manufacturers have agreed to adopt a new symbol/decal that will signpost the location of emergency descent controls.
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Kier takes new Hitachi
NRC has delivered a new 70 TONNE Hitachi-Sumitomo SCX700 to Kier Plant, its first new crawler crane since its return to the Crawler crane market.
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Mysterious accident
We have received a photograph of a potentially dreadful accident in New Zealand, but have been unable to find further details or a comment.
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New Skybot robotic window washing system
Israeli company Skybot has invented a robotic window washing system that safely cleans high-rise windows cleaned faster and cheaper than human teams.
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Oklahoma looks at crane and lift regulation
After a number of crane and aerial lift accidents this year, Oklahoma is looking to introduce tighter regulation and operator certification.
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Good practice or ?
Last month a reader sent us a series of photographs from Liverpool with the tag good practice?
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Dotts moves to Toyota
Alan Dotts has been appointed manager- aerial work platforms, for Toyota Material Handling the Aichi distributor in the USA.
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Crane tips in NSW
A crane driver was trapped in his cab from four hours on Friday after his crane tipped while handling wind turbines in New South Wales, Australia.
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Harnesses save two.
Two men using a suspended platform in Wisconsin were saved after the platform fell to the ground.
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Konecranes buys in Canada
Konecranes has acquired the business of the Canadian overhead crane company Provincial Services Crane Specialists, of Allanburg, Ontario.
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Another LTM11200-9. delivered
Van Marwijk’s 1,200 tonne Liebherr LTM 11200-9.1 arrived at its base in Zoeterwoude Holland yesterday.
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IPAF calls Executive Summit
IPAF/AWPT, has invited a number of large rental and manufacturing companies in North America to an ‘Executive Summit' on operator training for aerial lifts in Chicago on 11th November.
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Death Wish 38
Here is another case of pallets and forklifts being the access method of choice.
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Haulotte drops 10%
Haulotte has announced its nine month revenues, which indicate a decline of 10% on last year.
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JCB to adopt four day week
JCB employees in the UK have voted to accept a four day - 34 hour week, in order to save jobs.
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Vp buys in Brighton
Vp owner of UK Forks, the telehandler rental company has acquired Power Tool Supplies of Brighton.
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Update on tower crane accident
We now know a little more on what happened with the tower crane collapse in China that killed five children
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Terex cranes up 37%
Revenues at Terex cranes jumped by 37% for the nine months and the quarter as profits leapt by 73 percent – 40% for the quarter.
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Genie sales down 9%
Sales at Terex AWP fell 9% in the third quarter while profits plummeted and further cutbacks are announced. The company also says that volumes could fall 30 to 40% in 2009.
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Death Wish 37
From Spain we see that there are many different types of monkey
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Romanian Access
Industrial Access, Romania’s largest access specialist, exhibited at the recent Bucharest International Technical Fair at the RomExpo exhibition centre.
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Essex Crane reports strong third quarter
Essex Crane the Chicago based crawler crane rental company, that is in the process of being acquired has reported a 42 percent increase in operating income.
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Manitowoc completes Enodis deal Friday
Manitowoc has received the final approval for its acquisition of food equipment company Enodis, its shares will cease to trade on Friday.
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HSE suspends equipment use on Hochtief site
The UK Health and Safety Executive has suspended equipment use on the Glendoe hydro-electric site in Scotland, following a telehandler and roller accident.
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Death Wish 36
When a contractor is building new offices do safety rules still apply?
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Crane collapse kills two
A double tower crane collapse on a construction site in Eastern China has killed two and injured four others.
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Manitou has Gehl
Manitou’s initial offering for Gehl expired yesterday leaving it with control of 89% of all outstanding shares.
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Nifty moves into Bulgaria
Nifty Lift has appointed Destination Bulgaria Ltd, now trading as Lifto Center, as its distributor in Bulgaria.
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Active appoints general manager
Active Rentals the Hamilton, Scotland based powered access specialist has appointed a new general manager.
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New role for Debbie George
Debbie George of Genie has been appointed global brand marketing leader for Terex Aerial Work Platforms.
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Global marketing solutions director for Genie
Terex AWP/Genie has appointed Mike Samora as global director of marketing solutions.
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JCB to cut production by 19%
JCB says that it is planning to cut UK production by 19 percent to adjust to current market levels, this could include over 800 lay-offs.
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Another fatal outrigger accident
A man was killed yesterday after he was hit by a slowly tipping RT crane in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, after the cranes front outriggers sunk into soft ground.
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Boom lift tips in Oklahoma
An 80ft boom lift tipped over backwards in downtown Oklahoma City this morning killing its occupant.
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Hiab announces restructuring plans
As announced last month, Cargotec, parent of Hiab, has implemented a major retrenchment programme that will see the departure of 700 employees.
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Hiab reports flat revenues on falling order intake
Loader crane and load handling company, Hiab, has reported flat revenues for the first nine months, while order intake fell by almost 10 percent.
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Launching crane collapses in Delhi
A launching crane, collapsed yesterday in Delhi, India, dropping a 400 tonne bridge section onto several cars and a bus on the road below, killing two and injuring 17 others.
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Death Wish 35
Today’s Death Wish comes from Germany where an excavator is used for lifting and a bucket as a platform.
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First Nifty 210SD in Denmark
City Lift has took delivery of the first 21 metre Nifty 210SD in Denmark
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Gehl in shareholder lawsuit
Gehl has been sued by a shareholder who claims that the company undervalued its shares for he proposed sale to Manitou.
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A bit of an animal
We have had several requests regarding more information on the Merlo/CAT based Giraf crawler mounted boom lift come crane come telehandler.
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New CEO for Coates
Australia’s Coates Hire, has appointed Leigh Ainsworth as its new chief executive.
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A little more SAIE
Here are a few more glimpses of this weeks SAIE exhibition in Bologna which closes today.
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Skyjack signs with Papé
Skyjack has finalised a new dealer agreement for its VR telehandler line with Papé Material Handling of Eugene, Oregon.
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Crane tips in Peterhead
A 120 tonne All Terrain crane went over this afternoon in Peterhead, count the number of outriggers that are extended.
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HSE will not prosecute in Liverpool tower crane accident
The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced today that it will not prosecute anyone in the Liverpool tower crane accident of January 2007.
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RT Topples in Terrigal
A Rough Terrain crane tipped over today in Terrigal, New South Wales, Australia bringing down power lines, affecting 2000 homes in the area.
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Man stranded in lift
A man was left stranded in a boom lift in Wellingborough, England yesterday after a passer-by made off with the keys.
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Hird Opens in Doncaster
Peter Hird has opened a new depot in Doncaster and promoted Phillip Moss to Director.
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Socage and Altec to forge alliance
After months of discussion, aerial lift manufacturers Socage and Altec are expected to formalise their co-operation agreement shortly.
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Nifty tour extended
The Nifty on Tour demonstration programme that kicked off in Germany earlier this year has been extended and will shortly move to Sweden.
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Two killed in Shanghai crane collapse
Two operators were killed when a tower crane collapsed in Shanghai
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Death Wish 34
A reader in Huddersfield, UK, sent us these photos of someone who clearly has his priorities wrong and needs to learn about modern access equipment.
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Fall from truck costs £5,000
A UK based company was hit for £5,000 yesterday after one of its employees fell off of the truck he was loading.
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Why won’t my boom lift
A scaffold contractor could not understand why the self propelled boom lift he was using to dismantle scaffold would not lift.
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SAIE Show day one
Italy's premier equipment show - SAIE in Bologna - opened today.
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Industry takes action on semi-automatic quick hitches
European manufacturers agree to cease supply of semi-automatic quick hitches into the UK.
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Merlo adds new dealer in Bristol
Merlo UK, has appointed CBL Bristol as its dealer for construction products in Bristol and the surrounding region.
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Manitex appoints Fridley
Manitex, the US based boom-truck/crane manufacturer, has appointed Phil Fridley to its executive team as director of operations.
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Spider appoints
Spider, the suspended platform company, has appointed Jason Atkinson as district sales representative for its Vancouver location.
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Access Link expands
The UK’s Access Link has confirmed the appointment of two new members, Facelift and Huntley Plant.
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Facelift joins Access Link and ..helps repair a church
Facelift, the Hickstead, UK, based access rental company, has joined the Access Link, the group of independent companies combining to provide a national service.
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AFI aids local charities
A charity programme launched by AFI-Uplift in the UK is helping support local charities where the company’s depots are based.
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Lack of harness takes a life
A 27 year old man was catapulted to his death in Germany on Friday after his aerial lift snagged on a cable.
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LTS delivers electrically
UK based aerial lift rental company, London Tower Service, has taken delivery of its first electric delivery truck.
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Titan crane receives award
The restored Clydebank Titan crane in Glasgow, Scotland, has received a top international award for Architecture
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Triple celebration at Kors
Kors the Dutch distributor for Skyjack, Omme and HAB celebrated its 25th anniversary this weekend, unveiled a new product range and broke ground on its new facility,
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Eurosupply to Dakar
Daan van der Poel, owner of Eurosupply, and his wife Caroline are participating in the 2008 Amsterdam - Dakar Challenge.
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The latest Cranes & Access is now on line
The latest Cranes & Access is now on line and ready to download.
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Bellevue tower crane settlement
The contractor responsible for the tower crane that collapsed in Bellevue in 2006 has agreed to pay a $9,200 fine and drop its appeals against safety violations.
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Tower crane collapse kills 5 children
Five children were killed and two injured today in Zibo City, Shandong Province, China, after a tower crane collapsed on a kindergarten.
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Death Wish 33
This one is truly deserving of the death wish tag, we are not sure where it is from but it gives a whole new meaning to working at height.
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Outrigger accident
A crane installing an air handling unit in Dodge City, Kansas, tipped over yesterday after the ground under its outriggers gave way.
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Manitowoc appoints regional managers
Manitowoc has appointed Elias Chakour and Keith Crider as North American regional business managers, responsible for Manitowoc crawler and Grove mobile cranes.
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Load king appointment
Terex Aerial Work Platforms has appointed Tim Maxson as plant director at Terex Load King
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JLG confirms Hatch as VP Engineering
JLG has confirmed that Tim Hatch will take over from Wayne MacDonald as vice president engineering.
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Genie downsizes in Moses Lake
An unconfirmed number of employees are to be laid off at Genies plant in Moses Lake, Washington,
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Tipping loader crane proves fatal
A man using a loader crane to unload steel from another truck was killed in Melbourne yesterday after the crane tipped and crushed him, the outriggers were not set.
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Manitex buys Terex dealer
Manitex, the boom truck and rough terrain forklift manufacturer has acquired Crane and Machinery Inc. and Schaeff Inc, for $3.7 million.
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Logicranes now shipping
Production units of the Logicrane 25.25 telescopic crawler crane built by Crane Business in Holland and unveiled at SED are now shipping.
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Ramirent appoints new Russian manager
Finnish base Ramirent has appointed Grigory Grif, 43, as its country manager, for Russia.
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Kran & Bühne is on line
The latest Kran & Bühne magazine, No 74 is now on line and available to download.
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Snorkel plant shutdown
Tanfield has announced that it will implement a one-week shut-down of its Snorkel production facility in Elwood, Kansas.
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Manitowoc cleared to acquire Enodis
Manitowoc has received US approval to go ahead with the acquisition of food equipment company Enodis.
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Hiab receives major US order
Loader crane manufacturer Hiab, has received an order for 428 loader cranes and 32 Multilift hooklifts from BAE Systems for the US Army.
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Past presidents meet
A number of past presidents of IPAF met in London on Friday only the second time that such a meeting has occurred.
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Death Wish 32
A reader spotted three men in Hull, UK, yesterday who clearly don’t have a clue about safe work at height.
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Higher Platforms joins with Panther
Higher Platforms acquired by Lavendon in September 2007 has merged with Panther under the new Panther/Lavendon branding.
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Liebherr unveils the latest LTM1100-4
Liebherr has unveiled details of its new LTM1100-4.2 100 tonne All Terrain crane with longer boom and higher lift capacities.
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Amquip appoints crawler manager
US based Amquip crane rental has appointed Guy Erwin as its national crawler crane manager.
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Board changes at Palfinger
The supervisory board of loader crane and access equipment manufacturer, Palfinger has appointed a new deputy chairman
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Wimbledon Doubles
A pair of 500 tonne Liebherr LTM1500 cranes have lifted the new roof into position on Wimbledon’s Centre court
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Trojan launches new AWP battery
Trojan Battery has launched its new AC Series line of deep cycle batteries, designed for Aerial Work Platforms.
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Instant-UpRight unveils four new products
Instant-UpRight the alloy tower and non powered access manufacturer has unveiled four new products today.
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Zip-Up Svenska celebrates 30
Zip-Up Svenska the Swedish based access specialist has celebrated 30 years in business this week.
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Corus fined after crane accident
Steel maker Corus has been fined £15,000 after a crane operator was struck by a 1.7 tonne section of steel tubing when it fell from a crane.
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Abba take first UK Genie GTH-5022R
Abba Plant Hire has become the first UK company to purchase the Genie GTH-5022 R 22 metre 360 degree telehandler.
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1,200 tonne burnout
A 1,200 tonne Gottwald AK912 belonging to ALE caught fire earlier this week and could be a total write-off.
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Stuart Cohen Returns to Instant
Stuart ‘Stu’ Cohen has joined Instant-UpRight, the alloy tower producer to head up its North American Sales efforts.
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Accident update
Many of you have been sending us photographs from the outrigger accident in Sydney last week that we reported on. We did in fact update the story with photographs earlier this week.
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Locatelli signs new dealer and agent
Italian crane producer Locatelli Spa has appointed a dealer and an agent in Eastern Europe.
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Buy buy buy
Tanfield non-executive director Colin Billiet has purchased 294,000 shares in the company.
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New Arboriculture MEWP operators guide
The new MEWP operators guide has been published by the Arboricultural Association.
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Alimak Hek renames
Alimak Hek Group AB has announced today that it is renaming two of its product manufacturing companies.
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Tanfield director wades in
Darren Kell CEO and director of Tanfield, owner of UpRight and Snorkel has purchased a further 700,000 shares in the company.
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First Ruthmann T580 arrives in UK
The first of the new 58 metre Ruthmann truck mounted lifts and only the second to be shipped has arrived in the UK.
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Recruitment advertising
We still have a few spaces left in the October issue of Cranes &Access for recruitment adverts and our special rates for recruitment still apply.
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Drop the fighter
We have no details of what happened these photos we have been sent from Saudi Arabia. It seems the crane just was not up to lifting a fighter plane?
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Shady Grove expansion opened
Manitowoc officially opened the new expansions to its Shady Grove, Pennsylvania crane plant at a ceremony for employees yesterday.
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Open forum meeting for manufacturers
IPAF is organising an open forum meeting for all aerial lift manufacturers the day before the SAIE exhibition in Bologna
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Tanfield writes off £75 million
Tanfield, owner of UpRight and Snorkel has taken a £75 million write down of its assets in its first half results.Revenues and profits more than doubled.
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Crane drops boom
A lattice truck crane dropped its boom yesterday on a new school under construction in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA, No one was injured.
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Offshore Spider
A Unic 706 Spider crane has been transported to the Pearl 2 gas platform, some 40 miles offshore from Qatar.
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Outriggers required
A window cleaner was badly injured last week in Tübingen Germany after he managed to extend a spider lift without setting its outriggers. Neu Ulm
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New non-exec for VP
Vp the owner of UK Forks, the UK telehandler rental company has appointed a new non executive director.
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Liebherr delivers 200th LHM400
Liebherr Nenzing has delivered its 200th LHM 400 mobile harbour crane, to Patrick Stevedoring, Australia's largest stevedore.
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AJ Access rebrands
AJ Access Platforms has completed its rebranding with a new logo and image that has been applied throughout the company.
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Death Wish 31
Our latest Death wish photo comes from the Ukraine, where workmen were spotted working on a roof with the most basic of equipment.
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Yet another outrigger accident
A 250 tonne crane working on the first floor of a new building under construction in Castle Hill, north of Sydney.
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Oshkosh more upbeat
Oshkosh has announced that it expects earnings for the fourth quarter will be at or above the higher end of its earlier forecasts, while strong cash flow has improved its debt reduction plans.
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Tower crane drops its load
A luffing jib tower crane working on a building in Waterloo, London dropped its load this morning onto a woman waiting at a bus stop below.
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Access Link meets MEC
Aerial lift and telehandler manufacturer MEC hosted the quarterly meeting of the UK’s Access Link earlier this week.
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50m Bronto for Blade
Blade Access Hire, of Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK, has added a 50m Bronto to its growing fleet.
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Software tracks lifting gear certification
Vestas offshore is using Certex software to track all of its lifting gear on its Whitstable Harbour wind farm.
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JCB Service receives export award
JCB’s parts and service division has been presented with a Queen’s Award for export
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Another outrigger tip
A crane tipped over and crashed onto a house in Calgary, Canada, yesterday after its outriggers sank into soft ground
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Palfinger acquires in USA
Palfinger the Austrian based loader crane and aerial lift manufacturer has acquired Omaha Standard a leading producer of truck bodies and tail lifts.
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Two charged in tower crane erectors death
New York City officials have filed charges against two brothers, who were helping to dismantle a tower crane earlier this month when a co-worker fell to his death.
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Marino joins Barnhart
Marino Crane of Middletown Connecticut has been acquired by Barnhart Crane and Rigging of Memphis Tennessee
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IPS signs joint venture in South Africa
Independent Parts & Service based in Telford, UK, has signed a joint venture in South Africa at the APEX show.
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A new crane tyre for the UK
Davies Crane Hire of Carmarthen, South Wales has become the first significant UK crane company to switch to Double Coin crane tyres after an evaluation period.
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Oshkosh sued
A pension fund has filed a class action lawsuit against Oshkosh, owner of JLG, and its chief executive Robert Bohn for violation of federal securities laws.
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Vertikal Days 2009
All voting is now closed and the dates and location for Vertikal Days 2009 have been fixed. Reserve June 24th/25th in your diaries.
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Scarborough heights
A new access rental and training business, High Reaching solutions, has opened in the English town of Scarborough.
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40 years and going strong
Dordrecht based rental company Riwal celebrated its 40th birthday at the recent APEX show, JLG took the opportunity to present a special birthday present
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Nifty appoints in Czech Republic
Havlíèkùv Brod based Trasek TS, has been appointed as the Niftylift distributor for the Czech Republic.
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And now for something completely different
We received a series of photographs yesterday of an amazing climbing excavator.
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Genie breaks ground in China
Genie executives broke ground at laid the corner stone of its new manufacturing facility in Changzhou, China on Saturday.
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World Lift joins IPAF
World Lift Industries, manufacturers of Falck Schmidt and Denka aerial lifts has applied to join IPAF.
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Death Wish 30
Our first video Death Wish, not taken by a reader but found by a reader browsing the internet, it shows a demolition project where safety is of little concern.
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Wishart leaves Access Rentals
Mike Wishart and Access Rentals, the Telford, UK, based aerial lift rental company that he headed, have parted company.
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Last chance to win an iPhone
IPAF’s photo competition will end on September 30th, but there is still plenty of opportunity to win one of the latest iPhones all you need do is email a decent photo of an aerial lift.
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GGR to open compact crane training centre
UK based GGR-UNIC will open the first CPCS-accredited testing centre for the new A66 operator training category for compact cranes under 10 tonnes.
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OSHA to publish new crane rule
The USA Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced that it will go ahead and publish the draft of the new rule for cranes in construction.
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Manitowoc UK ready to move
Manitowoc UK will move into its new premises this week and be open for business at the new facility on Monday September 29th.
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Manitowoc’s Enodis acquisition approved by EU
Manitowoc has obtained antitrust clearance from the European Commission for the acquisition of food equipment company Enodis clearance in the USA is progressing according to plan.
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Allan Access fails
We can now confirm that Allan Access, the UK based vehicle mounted sales and rental company has gone into administration.
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Cargotec issues profit warning
Cargotec, owner of Hiab has issued a profits warning due to slower sales from loader crane company Hiab.
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Crawler drops boom in Dublin
A man has been injured after the boom of a crawler crane collapsed at the point Depot development in Dublin.
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BLE takes on Potain in Belgium
Manitowoc has appointed BLE, currently the Grove distributor for Belgium, as the dealer for Potain self-erecting cranes in the country..
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Parker takes on additional duties
Brian Parker of AFI-Uplift the UK access rental company, has taken on additional Health & Safety, environmental and quality responsibilities.
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Death Wish 29
At a lower height than some of our examples of inappropriate access equipment but a pallet and fork lift is not the way to go.
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APEX day two
A small taster of products at the APEX show
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Rental man electrocuted
A man working at a nuclear power plant in Monticello, Minnesota, was electrocuted when his aerial lift touched overhead power lines yesterday.
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More new products from APEX
We add a touch more information on the new products at APEX yesterday
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Skyking wins biggest UK Wumag order
Skyking the UK Wumag/Palfinger dealer has signed its largest ever single order worth more than £5 million.
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Manitowoc opens new production halls at Wilhelmshaven
Manitowoc has opened two new production halls at its Wilhelmshaven facility along with a new customer hand-over area.
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New booms and masts from Skyjack and Genie
Both Genie and Skyjack will unveil new boom lifts and self propelled mast type lifts at APEX later today
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Spider lifts
A giant mechanical spider has popped up all over Liverpool with the help of 16 cranes carrying out 300 lifts.
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APEX opens on Wednesday
APEX, the tri-annual access equipment show opens on Wednesday, here is a glance at a couple more products that are on show.
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Over $300,000 in fines in tower crane accident
Over $300,000 in fines are being sought in the fatal New York tower crane accident that killed seven in March.
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Death Wish 28
Today’s Death Wish comes from Oranienburg, north of Berlin in Germany and is one of the worst cases of work at height we have seen so far.
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Unic spreads its European net
Unic Cranes Europe has appointed new distributors in Greece, Turkey and Cyprus for its spider cranes.
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ALE launches 4,300 tonne lifting machine
ALE Heavylift has unveiled its heavy lift crane, designed to lift up to 4,300 tonnes
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Tower crane safety website
The UK’s Strategic Forum for Construction has launched its tower crane website with advice and guidance for contractors and members of the public.
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Arnie Dirckinck-Holmfeld to join PB
Arnie Dirckinck-Holmfeld of Instant UpRight is leaving to join German based powered access company manufacturer PB.
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Costa Rivas joins PSE
Verania Costa Rivas has joined PSE the Dutch based access sales company as part of a move into the Iberian market.
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Death Wish 27
When a scaffold tower is not high enough and you have a fork lift…..
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JPW exits small crane rental
JPW Riggers has sold all of its small lifting equipment in order to focus on its growing wind farm business.
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United settles with SEC
United Rentals, the world’s largest rental company has reached a final settlement with the SEC, closing the long running investigation.
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APEX week coverage
Virtually the entire Vertikal Team will be at Europlatform, APEX and Conexpo Russia next week which may reduce our reporting of other news
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Manitou to distribute CVS Ferrari
Manitou South Africa has signed an agreement to distribute CVS Ferrari container handling equipment in Southern Africa.
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Blow the whistle
UK based NASC is encouraging its members to anonymously ‘whistle blow’ on principle contractors who continue to use non-regulated scaffolding companies.
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Altrad and Belle to merge
Altrad, the Montpelier, France, based scaffold and concrete equipment manufacturer, has agreed to merge with Belle, the UK based producer of compact equipment.
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A tight squeeze
UK based cranes2u.com has added a Maeda MC285 to its new fleet of spider cranes, one of its first jobs was as tight a squeeze as is possible.
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First Liebherr LTM11200 goes to work
The first of the 1,200 tonne LTM11200-9.1 telescopic cranes to be delivered has arrived with Mammoet and went to work in Rotterdam.
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APEX just days away
Apex 2008 the specialist show for access equipment will open its gates in Maastricht next Wednesday to a record number of new products.
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Wayne MacDonald to retire
Wayne MacDonald, senior vice president of engineering at JLG has announced that he will retire at the end of the month.
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Jackie Hanford leaves SED
Jackie Hanford is leaving SED, the UK construction equipment show after 30 years.
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HSE head for 2012 Olympics appointed
The UK Health and Safety Executive has appointed Stephen Williams to the newly created post of director of field operations London and the Olympics.
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Auckland tower crane accident
Several readers from New Zealand have asked why we have not reported on the crane accident that occurred earlier this week.
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Poor outrigger set up costs nearly £40,000
UK Contractor Amec and crane company Leach Structural Steelwork have been hit for almost £40,000 following a crane tip over last year.
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Death Wish 26
A reader spotted this scaffold tower in use in Livingston, Scotland and could not believe his eyes.
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Lack of a harness takes another
A man was catapulted from his truck mounted aerial lift yesterday after it was struck by a large articulated truck as he worked on a traffic lights.
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First 1,200 Tonner in Ireland
The first 1,200 tonne Liebherr LTM11200-9.1 to arrive in the British Isles will enter service shortly with McNally/Windhoist of Ireland.
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Eazzi push around
A new three unit product range will shortly join Pop-Up and Power Tower in the growing push around scissor lift market.
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Maxim Crane fined
Maxim Crane has been fined for the fatal big crawler crane accident at a Kansas power station this May.
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Europlatform 2008
Europlatform, the rental management conference, is being held next Tuesday, 16th September in Maastricht, Holland.
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Death Wish 25
A set of photos from Tamworth in the UK, with two thirds of a work team safe and one third…well you decide.
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The latest Cranes&Access is now on line
The latest Cranes&Access magazine is online and available to read or download and includes the annual Top 30 rental company survey.
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Kranlyft opens new facility
Kranlyft has opened its new headquarters facility in Molnlycke, near Goteborg, Sweden
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UpRight launches HD scissor
UpRight has unveiled a new 80ft platform height heavy duty Dutch style scissor lift which will be on display next week at APEX.
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Alex Lee leaves SGB
Alex Lee general manager of SGB Powered Access in the UK has left the company.
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Manitou Buys Gehl
US based telehandler manufacturer Gehl has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by worldwide market leader producer Manitou.
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Pop-Up king is 50
Paul Gallacher of Pop-Up products and chairman of Pasma, the access tower industry association celebrates his half century today.
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Lavendon raises new credit line
Lavendon has secured a new £180 million banking facility until 2013 the company says that the new debt facility will replace its existing facility that is due to expire in September next year.
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Three new Chinese truck cranes from Manitowoc
Manitowoc will launch three new Dongyue truck cranes from its factory in Tai’an, China, at bauma China 2008 in November.
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Death wish 20 revisted
An eagle eyed reader spotted the fact that we missed something in our death wish 20 report last week,
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Death Wish 24
Sent in from the Leeds area of the UK, in the words of our reader… a man almost working safely.
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Another Winter
Congratulations to Andrew Winter of Manchester, UK, based crane rental company Winterlift, and his wife on the birth of a baby boy.
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Another fatality for the want of a harness
A man was catapulted to his death yesterday in Rana, northern Norway after the boom lift he was working from was hit by an overhead crane, he was not wearing a harness.
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Imai appoints VHS
Imai/Jekko the spider crane manufacturer has appointed VHS as its distributor for the Benelux region.
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John Ball gets a Pal
John Ball, current president of IPAF, has completed his training and qualified for an IPAF Pal card.
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New Kobelco to Q
Q-Plant Hire of Manchester, has taken delivery of the first 110 tonne Kobelco CKE1100 crawler crane in the UK.
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Death Wish 23
Today’s example of poor practice, sent in by one of our youngest contributors, shows a boom lift in use alongside a road.
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Storent buys Nifty
Storent SIA, the recently formed Latvian rental company has ordered 20 Nifty trailer lifts.
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Hertz moves into China
Hertz Equipment Rental is moving into China, opening its first location in Shanghai with aerial lifts, compressors and generators, with plans to add cranes later.
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HSE to prosecute Plymouth City
The UK Health and Safety Executive is prosecuting Plymouth City Council following the death of an employee while using a forklift as a work platform.
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Genie appoints compliance officer
Genie has appointed Luke Webber as senior compliance and applications engineer to provide direct customer product compliance and application support.
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£15,000 fine for lift accident
An accident with a truck mounted lift has cost a York company £15,000 in fines and costs, for poor training and planning.
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When is an accident not an accident?
A crane dropped a large steel tube onto a mans leg at a cement plant in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, breaking his leg. The plant says that its 60 days without an accident still stands.
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Magnus Rosén takes over at Ramirent
Ramirent has appointed Magnus Rosén as its new president and
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New York implements new tower crane rules
New York City council has voted to approve three pieces of legislation to improve construction safety at sites where tower and climber cranes are in use.
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Death Wish 22
Sent in from Romania a bridge maintenance system that us a much less costly solution than a Moog or Barin.
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Tower crane erector falls in New York
A tower crane erector fell 170 metres to his death at a construction site at West 41st Street and 11th Avenue in New York today.
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A.M.P joins Panther
A.M.P Access the Lavendon regional group member in the South West of England, has officially come under the Panther banner this week.
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Terex revises forecasts
Terex has revised its full year and quarterly forecasts trimming its revenue predictions by 2.5% and its profits by 7%.
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Kobelco appoints Continental
Kobelco Cranes has appointed Los Angeles, based Continental Crane as its distributor for California, Oregon and Washington.
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Death Wish 21
Two men start off well, with boom lift and harness, but then go wrong as they climb out.
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Crane starts fire at Kuwait’s largest refinery
A crane operating within a refinery hit and broke a tube yesterday causing an oil leak and fire.
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Métairie takes over at Haulotte France
Patrice Métairie head of Haulotte group customer services has taken over as manager of Haulotte France.
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Death Wish 20
Another one from the UAE and yet another case of mistaking a telehandler fork for a platform.
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Skyjack holds steady
First half revenues at the Industrial Segment of Linamar, which is largely Skyjack, were C$281 million marginally up on the same period in 2007.
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Northern Cranes buys Parkland
Northern Crane Services has acquired Parkland Crane Service of Stony Plain, Alberta.
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Last chance for Top 30
We are finalising the results of our annual Top 30 survey of UK/Ireland crane, telehandler and access rental fleets. If you have not returned or received a form now is the time.
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Ashtead boosts profits 26%
Ashtead, owner of Sunbelt and A-Plant, has reported first quarter revenues up 5% while profits grew by 26%.
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Death Wish 19
A chair is much used form of low level access, but on a seventh floor balcony?
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Private equity firm acquires LCR Lindores
Australian crane rental company LCR Lindores has been acquired by Sydney-based Champ Private Equity.
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DK – Zooom become Lavendon España
Lavendon’s two Spanish companies, DK Rental and Zooom officially become Lavendon Access Services Spain today
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Crane drops the bath
A crane has demolished a new house in Miranda, Sydney , after it toppled over earlier today, while lifting a large whirlpool bath into place.
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Hiab introduces EN280 cranes
Hiab has launched its new MEWP attachment providing a fully EN280 compliant work platform, on four models of its XS range.
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Margins hold up at Manitou
Telehandler and aerial lift manufacturer, Manitou has published the details of its half year results.
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Death Wish 18
When one step ladder is not enough…
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Unsecured boom cuts a wide swathe
New Jersey: The boom of an aerial lift on the back of a truck, came free on Friday and demolished several telegraph poles and street signs before stopping.
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Accident victim dies
The 28 year old man injured in Friday’s construction accident in Witney, Oxfordshire, died over the weekend.
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Distribution snippets from Germany
Here are a few items of distribution news, mostly affecting the German market.
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Cranes and Base Jumping
UK crane rental company NMT has become a specialist in providing cranes for base jumping with over 1,000 jumps to its credit.
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On the road again
Niftylift has set out on a German road show with three of its most popular boom lifts.
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Platformers Days 2008
Platformer Days the German aerial lift show for industry specialists opened today with a number of new products on display.
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Worker critical after platform topples
A man is in a critical condition after an access platform he was using toppled over on a construction site in Witney, Oxfordshire.
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Five crane workers die in Jakarta
Five men working on a broadcast tower in Jakarta, Indonesia, died after falling more than 50 metres, following the failure of a sling.
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Lavendon up 40%
Lavendon, the world’s largest powered access rental company has reported its first half results with revenues up 40% and profits up 43%.
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New Demag for Specialist Hire Group
UK based crane rental company Specialist Hire Group has taken delivery of a new Terex Demag AC200-1.
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Crane tips in Dallas
An All Terrain crane tipped over at a water pumping plant in Dallas yesterday, injuring two.
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Death Wish 17
Here is one almost beyond belief, thanks to a reader from Estonia, a man using a grab to work at height.
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Linamar cuts workforce
Linamar, the Canadian automotive component supplier that owns Skyjack has lain off between 400 and 500 employees.
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Man electrocuted in Doncaster
A man was electrocuted last night when his aerial lift hit power cables yesterday evening at Armthorpe Moto-Parc, near Doncaster, UK.
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Alcan faces $1 million fine for fatal accident
Alcan Australia faces a $1 million fine for failing to maintain its aerial lifts following the death of an employee who was not wearing his harness.
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Death Wish 16
Climbing to the top of a large extension ladder is one thing, but when you are steadying another ladder and you mobile phone rings?
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IPAF teams up with ARA survey
IPAF has teamed up with the American Rental Association (ARA) to gather data on the North American powered access industry.
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Harsco provides access for Forth bridge painting
Harsco, owner of SGB has secured a three-year, $20 million extension to its scaffold contract for the final phase in the repainting of the Forth Rail Bridge in Scotland.
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Power-Lift takes on Oil & Steel for Germany
Oil&Steel, the Italian manufacturer of Spider lifts and truck mounted platforms has appointed Power-Lift as its master distributor for Germany.
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Crane derails train
A light train was derailed today in Calgary Canada when it struck the boom of a mobile crane. Several people have been injured.
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Link-Belt completes plant expansion
Link-Belt has celebrated the completion of its new production facilities in Lexington, Kentucky.
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Cramo adds in Denmark
Finnish based rental company Cramo has acquired the rental equipment owned by MSE A/S of Falster, Denmark and signed a five year supply deal.
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Window cleaner falls 12 floors
A man cleaning windows on the 12th storey of an apartment block fell to his death yesterday after his attachment points gave way.
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Crane tips onto house
A truck crane tipped onto an occupied house in Singapore yesterday fortunately no one was injured. Singapore is also stepping up the penalties for such accidents.
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MEC confirms Crook
MEC has confirmed that Gary Crook will join the company as director of new product development.
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Horizon UK addds JLG
Horizon Platforms, the Wakefield, UK, based powered access rental company has placed a further order with JLG.
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Death Wish 15
The front page of yesterday’s Gulf News business section carried a great picture of state of the art scaffold erection techniques,
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Tower crane falls in Phillipines
Four construction workers were seriously injured after the tower crane they were erecting collapsed on Sunday afternoon near Lapu-Lapu City, Phillipines.
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Outrigger incident in Scotland
A concrete pump tipped over on a job site at The Bridge of Allan in Scotland last week, due to poor outrigger set up.
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Two big cranes for MacGregor
MacGregor the marine crane business owned by Cargotec, has won an order for two 150-tonne offshore cranes from Finnish shipowner Finstaship.
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Death Wish 14
Today’s example comes from a reader in the Baltic states, you have all heard of standing on the roof of a van to reach something, this example goes one further.
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Finning adds rental locations in Canada
Finning Canada has acquired the assets of privately-owned equipment rental company Fort Saskatchewan Rentals from owners Dave and Judy Dickson.
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Boom lift operator electrocuted.
A 26 year old construction worker working from a truck mounted lift was electrocuted last week after he touched a high voltage power line in Oklahoma.
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Death Wish 13
A US based mast climber company was recently called on to audit some platforms in use on a plastering job…..here is what was discovered.
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Manitowoc chopper for rent
Manitowoc has launched an online rental site for dealers and customers interested in renting the ‘chopper’ bike it launched at Conexpo.
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Genie song wins award
The Genie Blue song, written by employee Scott Owyen has been awarded a Silver Communicator Award by the International Academy of the Visual Arts.
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Rob Hime joins MEC
Rob Hime has joined the MEC Aerial Work Platforms sales team covering Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky.
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Grove will appeal to go ahead
The will of Cora Grove, the late widow of John L. Grove, founder of JLG and Grove crane, is headed back into court.
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Crane tips into dock
A small dock crane tipped over at a dry dock facility in Hoboken New Jersey
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Death wish 12
The number of examples of inappropriate and dangerous working at height continue to come in.
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Joystick exchange
Davis Access has expanded its Joystick controller rebuild programme with a range of new options including service exchange.
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Ascendant tackles tree
High winds in the UK over the past week ripped out many a tree, one in Littlehampton needed teetered over a road and required a lift to help deal with it.
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Selection and use of Mewps
The UK’s HSE has published a new guide ‘The selection and management of mobile elevating work platforms’
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Gatwick Group takes nine more Hiabs
The Gatwick Group of the UK has purchased nine more Hiab loader cranes, taking its fleet to 16 units – All Hiab.
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New Cranimation crane manager released
Cranimax the lift planning software company has released the latest Version - V3 – of its Crane Manager Cranimation system.
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Oshkosh makes cutbacks
Oshkosh, the parent company of JLG, has laid off around 10 percent of its worldwide work force - in order to reduce costs and realign its operations with slower markets.
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Tower crane topples in Spain
A tower crane turned over near Barcelona, Spain yesterday demolishing a house and injuring the operator and another.
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Insurer warns on work at Height
UK based insurer Norwich Union has warned builders and other trades about the risks of working at height and issued a Simply Safe guide to working at height.
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Power-Lift to UpRight
Power-Lift the German distributor for UpRight Powered access is changing its name to UpRight Powered Access Deutschland.
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Modulift expands US distribution
Modulift has announced a new, exclusive distributor for the West Coast of America.
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Cranes, Platforms and telehandlers to the rescue
A couple had a lucky escape this weekend after their light aircraft caught up on power lines in Germany. A range of lifting equipment came to their rescue.
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Death Wish 11
Another day another picture of someone who does not have a clue, this one knowingly used unsafe equipment.
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Lavendon rolls-out UK techincal standard
Lavendon UK has introduced a standard of technical excellence -‘TechX’ - Panther's Luton location is the first to achieve the status.
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New director for Harsco
Harsco, owner of SGB and Hünnebeck has appointed Henry W. Knueppel, has a non executive director.
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Industry veteran survives fatal crash
Access Industry veteran Frank Scarborough and his family survived a fatal bus accident in Mexico last week.
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Death Wish 10
Using an alloy scaffold tower is a safe way of working…. If you use the correct parts
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Vp issues upbeat trading statement
Vp owner of UK Forks one of the leading telehandler rental companies has issued an upbeat first quarter trading statement.
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Biggest Lampson moves in
Lampson has completed the erection of one of its LTL2600 Transilift cranes, replacing at the Black Thunder mine in Wyoming, following the collapse of an LTL1100 at the end of May.
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Tanfield cuts lower than planned
After a full review Tanfield, owner of Snorkel and UpRight says that it will lay-off fewer employees than it had planned.
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Genie to build new parts building
Aerial lift manufacturer Genie is building a 17,600 square metre parts and logistics warehouse in North Bend Washington.
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Profits slip at Boom as revenues rise
Australian crane and access company Boom Logistics has reported full year revenues up 17%, while profits slipped 43%.
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New head at Hird training
Hull based cranes and access company Peter Hird has announced a new management team for its training division.
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Selwood makes it two
Southampton, UK, based Selwood Plant has acquired Proplant of Cardiff, its second acquisition in the last two months – the company purchased Glo Hire in July.
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Tower crane cowboy
In spite of all the recent uproar about tower crane safety around the world we have been sent a video of what we think is highly dangerous operation on a Dublin site.
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Jekko for EYG
EYG the Hull based glazing contractor is using Jekko spider cranes/glass manipulators for placing large glazing panels.
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Ahern up 25%
Las Vegas based Ahern Rentals has reported first half revenues up 25 percent to $192 million but profits slipped 30% due to higher costs.
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Rami up 19% as profits slip
Ramirent the Finnish based international rental company has reported revenues up almost 19% while profits slipped 9%.
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15 Nifty for Romania
Romania’s largest aerial lift rental company Industrial Access has ordered15 Niftylift booms for its growing rental fleet.
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Revenues slip at Manitex as backlog jumps
US based boom truck and crane manufacturer Manitex has reported first half revenues down 5% while profits climbed 7% and backlog 16%.
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Goliath crane accident
A man has died at the Fore River shipyard in Quincy, near Boston, when the leg of a Goliath crane was dropped as it was being dismantled.
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Ruthmann to unveil new models at APEX
German platform manufacturerRuthmann will show two new truck platforms at APEX 2008.
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Tat Hong up 39%
Singapore based crane sales and rental company Tat Hong has announced a 39% increase in first quarter revenues with profits up 60%
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Runaway crane ploughs into house
A runaway crane smashed into the front of a house in Matlock in Derbyshire, (UK) earlier today after its brakes failed on a steep hill into the town.
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Bobcat improves telescopic handler range
Bobcat has added new features to all twelve telehandler models
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Brogan Group launches Xena Platforms exclusively in Ireland
Specialist scaffolding and mastclimber contractor the Brogan Group has signed a partnership agreement with Xena Systems, the Irish supplier of loading platforms and crane loading systems.
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Second crane fatality on I-80 Iowa
A banks man has died after being crushed by a cranes counterweight on a bridge job on I-80 near Atlantic Iowa, the second fatality in eight weeks.
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Crane boom collapses
The boom of a crawler crane came crashing down on a barge on a bridge contract in New Bern, North Carolina on Monday. One man was injured but not seriously.
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Crane delays satellite launch
The launch of the MEASAT 3A satellite has been pushed back indefinitely after it was struck by a crane on Saturday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
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Finning up 3%
Finning the CAT distributor and owner of Hewden in the UK, has reported first half revenues of just under c$3 billion but Hewden continues to drag.
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Hull takes over as VP sales -Manitowoc/Grove North America
David Hull has now officially taken over as vice president of sales for Manitowoc and Grove cranes in North America following the retirement of Bob Hixon.
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Kran & Bühne is online
The latest edition of Kran & Bühne is now on line and available to read or download.
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New legislation for NY crane inspectors
New legislation sends message of 'zero tolerance' to New York crane inspectors.
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New Terex Cranes facility officially open
Terex Cranes opened its new, puropose-built UK facility in Long Crendon, near Thame last Friday in style.
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Cramo rises 25.5%
Finnish based rental company, Cramo, has reported first half revenues up over 25% - profits grew by 15%.
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CPA mobile crane meeting dates
The UK’s CPA has announced that it will hold its annual mobile crane interest group open meeting on September 23rd.
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Terex acquires Fantuzzi
Terex has acquired Fantuzzi Industries the Italian headquartered port crane, straddle carrier and reach-stacker manufacturer.
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Ainscough to enter crawler crane market
The UK’s leading crane rental company - Ainscough Crane Hire – is set to enter the crawler crane rental market
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Kalmar acquires Argentinean distributor
Kalmar the reach-stacker and port services division of Cargotec, has acquired Equipos y Servicios para Terminales y Puertos, its distributor in Argentina.
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Essex Crane up 24%
Essex Crane, the US based crawler crane rental company has announced its first half results which show revenues of $37.4 million, an increase of almost 24%.
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Hertz Equipment up 3.5%
Hertz Equipment the general rental company has reported first half revenues up by 3.5% while profits fall 10%. It also announced that it has closed 22 locations and laid off 400 staff. .
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Gentilini to take over in Waverly
Marco Gentilini, currently general manager of Terex Bendini is to take over from Doug Friesen as vice president and general manager of Terex Cranes North America.
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Siegl celebrates 45 years
Josef Siegl the German aerial lift and telehandler distributor based in Karlsfeld near Munich, has celebrated its 45th anniversary.
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Profits slip at Tadano
Japanese crane producer Tadano has reported a slip in net income for its first fiscal quarter.
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H&E rises 20%
H&E – formerly Head & Engquist, the Baton Rouge Louisiana based sales and rental company has reported first half sales up almost 20% while profits slipped 9%.
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Crane drops scissor
A 30 tonne truck crane tipped over in Manawatu New Zealand yesterday while lifting a scissor lift – Outriggers cribbing suspected.
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Crane goes over in Charlotte
A boom truck delivering materials to a high rise development has tipped over in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina today. No one was hurt.
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Tat Hong says no reason for share price drop
Tat Hong the Singapore based crane sales and rental company has issued a statement saying that there is no reason why its share price should have fallen so sharply
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Port of Hamburg takes another Liebherr crane
A second Liebherr mobile harbour crane is now operational in the Port of Hamburg.
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Articulated boom saves man stuck in mud
A man was rescued from mud by three men using an articulated self propelled platform
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Three port cranes collapse in Vietnam
Three cranes at Cua Ong Port in Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam have collapsed.
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Kalmar shows multi-purpose Altec machine
Kalmar - the Altec distributor in the UK and Ireland - has been demonstrating a multi-purpose insulated device
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Fall from height costs £94,000
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
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Crane damages boats at marina
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.
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Palfinger up 24%
Loader crane and aerial lift manufacturer, Palfinger, has announced first half revenues up by more than 24%.
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IPS refurbs for AFI
Independent Parts and Service of the UK has been contracted by rental company, AFI-Uplift to refurbish some of its older lifts.
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Terex to open new UK facility
Terex Cranes will officially open its new UK facility in Long Crendon with a ceremony later this week.
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Boom tips in New York
A self propelled articulated boom lift tipped over in New York yesterday killing the two men in the platform.
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RT tips into creek
A rough terrain crane tipped over yesterday morning on a bridge over the Snake Creek canal in northeast Miami, Florida.
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Death Wish 9
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!
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Bil-Jax launches the Spanner
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.
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Access apprentice scoops top award
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.
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Ritchie Bros opens new site
Industrial equipment auctioneers Ritchie Bros has opened a brand new site in France.
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Profit warning from Rami
Ramirent, the Finnish based international rental company, has issued a profit warning and announced a change in directors.
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Manitowoc warns on 16000
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.
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Manitowoc – Enodis deal moves ahead
Shareholders of food equipment company Enodis have approved its acquisition by Manitowoc.
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New sales team at Genie Germany
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.
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Another outrigger tip
A large RT crane tipped over at the side of Shady Grove road near Gaithersburg, Maryland yesterday.
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Manitowoc exits shipbuilding
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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Vertikal.Net in Turkey
If you are reading this in Turkey, we would appreciate your help.
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Steven Chalk 1991 – 2008
Steven Chalk of Orion Access Services, eldest son of Paul Chalk, passed away on Thursday last week aged 17.
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Nationwide Platforms
Lavendon has announced the name and management positions for Nationwide Access and The Platform Company after they merge later this year.
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HSE writes to all UK crane companies
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.
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RSC - rentals up 6%
RSC one of North Americas largest rental companies has reported first half rental revenues up by over 6%.
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Revenues and profits down at United Rentals
United Rentals, the world’s largest equipment rental company has reported an 11% fall in first half revenues – profits slide 19%.
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10 more Multitels for Mateco
Pagliero is shipping 10 of its 16 metre Multitel LT161D, 3.5 tonne truck mounted boom lifts to Mateco in Germany, taking its fleet to 24.
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Liebherr Ehingen up 18.4%
Liebherr has published its final numbers for 2007, which show an 18.45 increase in mobile crane revenues and over 28% for tower cranes.
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New director for A-Plant powered Access
Steve King has been promoted to sales director of powered access at A-Plant, which is also investing a further £10 million in new equipment.
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Vertikal sets new records
Vertikal. Net broke most of its readership records again in July with over 4 million hits and over 90,000 visitors.
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JLG up 7.5%
Oshkosh has reported its results for the nine months to June 30th, which show JLG’s revenues for the period increased 7.5%. While in the third quarter they are up 5.3% to $920 million.
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The latest access mini
Take a look at the latest powered access micro mini the details of which arrived in our offices today.
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Old cranes never die
A very special Grove TM1400E was recently spotted in the UAE, in good working order, some 28 years after it was built.
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Death Wish 8
A Dutch reader just back from Dubai has sent in a series of photos he took on Saturday around the UAE!
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Tadano up 3%
Japanese crane and access manufacturer Tadano, has reported first quarter revenues up 3% while profits increased by almost 7%
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Kier honours tower crane team
The UK’s Kier Group has presented awards to members of a tower crane team that successfully dismantled a fire damaged tower crane.
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A 90m demolition rig
Dutch based Rusch Kraantechniek has built a record breaking demolition rig with a 90 metre boom, the worlds highest.
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Under bridge Sprinter makes it three
Queensland, Australia, based access rental company, Lincon has taken delivery of its third Barin Under-bridge inspection platform.
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Crane hits platform in fatal accident - Updated
A workman died yesterday in Texas, when the boom lift he was working from was struck by a falling crane, tipping it over.
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Pennine expands in Scotland
Pennine, now part of Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering, has moved its regional office to larger premises in Stirling.
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JLG adds UK telehandler dealers
JLG has appointed new telehandler dealers in South Wales and North West England.
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53m platform helps with ripped-off steeple
Last Thursday night thieves stripping lead from St Johns Church in Birkby, near Huddersfield, UK, pulled the top off the 50 metre (150ft) steeple, creating an access problem.
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New chairman for URI
United Rentals, the world's largest equipment rental company, has appointed Jenne K. Britell, 66, as its new chairman.
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Sevcon takes a hit
Sevcon the supplier of motor control and other electronics to the aerial lift and fork truck industries, has reported a third quarter loss after closing its UK manufacturing operation.
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Big pink boom lifts
Mid Country Machinery, a Fort Dodge, Iowa, based aerial lift rental company has taken delivery of two special big pink boom lifts.
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Tower crane accident takes lady operator
A female tower crane operator died in an accident in Kominternovsky district of Voronezh, a town in South West Russia late last month after her crane tipped.
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£200k for suspended platform accident
Apollo Cradles and Bradway Construction have been hit with fines and costs totaling over £200,000 today.
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How not to look after your rope
A keen eyed reader spotted a crane in Malta with rope storage that brings to mind our death wish series.
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Gehl down 23%
North American telehandler and skid steer manufacturer, Gehl, has reported first half sales down 23% while profits fell by over 70%.
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Strong first half for Manitowoc.
Manitowoc’s crane group has reported first half revenues up 315 while operating income climbed 40% and backlog by 70%.
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Soft ground catches crawler
A crawler crane set up for foundation work tipped over in Bellevue, Washington yesterday due to soft ground.
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Burdens buys 200th Palfinger
Burdens, the UK based supplier of civil engineering and building materials has taken delivery of its 200th Palfinger crane.
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Harsco wins new business
Harsco parent of SGB and Hünnebeck has secured three new contracts valued at around $7 million on large infrastructure projects in Europe and the Middle East.
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Boom catapults rigger
A man was injured in Vancouver on Friday after he tried to free up a boom lift that had become trapped as a crane lifted it from a barge.
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Bronto up 30%
Bronto has reported first half revenues up by over 30% to almost €67 million. Operating income climbed by over 19 percent to 6.3 million
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Death Wish 7
After a short lull, another example of a recent work at height job with the wrong equipment
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Tough second quarter for Haulotte
Haulotte the French aerial lift and telehandler manufacturer has announced a 12 percent fall in sales to €259 million. Operational profits slumped 40%.
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Haulotte acquires Bil-Jax
Haulotte, the leading European manufacturer of aerial lifts has acquired Bil-Jax, the US based trailer lift and scaffold producer.
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New director for Manitowoc
Manitowoc has appointed Cynthia M. Egnotovich, a segment president with aerospace company Goodrich, to its board of directors.
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Elavation adds to fleet
Elavation, the Milton Keynes, UK, based powered access rental and training company has moved to the next stage of its growth plans with a 45 unit order for Niftylift booms.
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First JLG telehandler to IOM
JLG has supplied the first of its new Powershift telehandlers, a 13 metre, 4,000kg capacity Model 4013 PS, to the Isle of Man.
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Derbyshire to use aerial lift sun shade
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is planning to use a large “cherry picker” to hold up a 6m square panel to shade the wicket in a game next week.
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Crane catches observer
A 79 year old man was killed when a crane he was watching tipped over onto his car in Oklahoma City yesterday.
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Manitou up 8%
French based telehandler and aerial lift manufacturer Manitou has reported an increase in first half revenues of over 8%.
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Crane operator plea bargains for freedom
A crane driver in California has managed to avoid a prison sentence for three felony counts of involuntary manslaughter through a plea bargain.
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AFI Glasgow donates
The Glasgow depot of AFI-Uplift has given a lift to the Children’s Hospice Association Scotland by raising a £1,000 donation.
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Tindale wins export award
Richard Tindale, sales and marketing director for UpRight powered access has won an export award from One North East.
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Terex Cranes up 38%
Terex Cranes has reported a 38 percent jump in its first six months revenues to $1.44 billion, while profits leapt 93%.
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Genie up 6%
First half revenues at Terex AWP - largely Genie aerial lifts and telehandlers were up by 6% on 2007 while the order book dropped over 40%.
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Crane hits boom lifts
A lattice crane boom crashed down onto a self propelled boom lift in north Normal, Illinois, yesterday killing the man in the platform.
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Boom truck goes over in Vail
The boom of a boom-truck type crane came crashing down across a road in the ski resort of Vail, Colorado yesterday.
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Crane fatality in MK
A man was crushed while helping to dismantle an old boatyard crane at a canal marina in Bletchley, near Milton Keynes in the UK.
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Fassi for Hallett Silbermann
Hertfordshire, UK, based haulage company Hallett Silbermann has purchased three new cranes from Fassi UK, including a 63 tonne flagship.
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Crane tip blocks commuters
Commuters in Surrey, British Columbia, faced long delays yesterday after a crane dropped its boom across both sides of a highway.
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New Palfinger cranes
Palfinger will unveil several new loaders cranes at the IAA Commercial Vehicles Show in Hanover, Germany in September.
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Another crane topples in Houston area
A 150 ton mobile crane has toppled while taking down a sign in Kingwood, Houston, USA.
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NY crane inspector quits job
A New York City crane inspector has resigned a month after he was suspended for neglect of duty.
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Protestors climb crane
Several protestors scales a crane on the site of a proposed incinerator in Newhaven, East Sussex.
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Mediaco acquires Sogecofa
Mediaco, France's leading crane and access rental company has acquired Group Sogecofa the third largest.
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Terex Italia celebrates 40th anniversary
Terex Italia celebrated its 40th anniversary with a two day ‘open house’ in Bologna.
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Wolffkran Arabia on the move
Wolffkran Arabia has opened its second location with a new branch in Abu Dhabi.
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Modulift moves into Iberia
Modulift, the spreader beam and lifting equipment manufacturer has appointed a new distributor for Spain and Portugal.
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Taken for a ride
A man using a truck mounted aerial lift, was surprised this weekend when the vehicle suddenly drove off down the road in Bakersfield California.
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Crane fire closes road
A section of the busy A1 Motorway near Seaton Burn in the UK is closed today after an All Terrain crane caught fire.
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The world’s largest wire rope
Bridon International has produced the world’s largest wire rope and entered the Guinness Book of Records.
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New management team at Moba
Moba creates a new executive board of directors and gains a new president.
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Houston fatalities named
The four men who died when a 2,500 ton VersaCrane TC-36000 collapsed at a Houston refinery yesterday, have been named.
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2,500 tonner in fatal accident
A 2,500 ton VersaCrane TC3600 lattice crane has collapsed at a refinery in Houston Texas, killing four and injuring six others, three seriously.
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Forklift pulls scissor over
A passing forklift hit and extension cord and pulled over a scissor lift at the MGM Mirage casino construction site in Las Vegas.
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Speedy appoints Gott
Speedy Hire, the UK’s largest rental company, has appointed Paul Gott as sales and marketing director for its engineering division, which includes Speedy Lifting.
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Haulotte recruits down under
Haulotte has added two new recruits to its sales team in Australia.
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Boom tips near Seattle
A self propelled boom lift tipped over near Seattle, USA, yesterday after it was driven over a “soft spot”, two men suffered injuries.
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EPL the Apprentice hires
EPL Access had a surprise visit from Simon Smith a participant in BBC tv's The Apprentice, looking to rent four van mounted platforms.
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New Giraffa from Leader
Italian crane and access specialist Leader, has launched the new Giraffa 210, 21 metre telescopic truck mounted work platform.
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Bob Litchev moves at Manitex
Bob Litchev, president of Manitex crane has moved to president of the material handling business while Scott Rolston takes over the cranes.
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Flat start for Hiab
Hiab, the loader crane company has reported first half revenues similar to last year while profits slipped by 11 percent.
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CTE finalises new Z21
CTE has completed development and testing on its new 21 metre Z21 truck mounted lift.
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Crane tip costs £17,000
Cheshire Crane hire was hit for almost £17,000 at Wirral Magistrates court, in the UK, yesterday for a tip over relating to poor outrigger set up.
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Boom buckles
The fully extended boom of a 40 ton boom truck came crashing down in Washington Township, Indiana yesterday.
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Conexpo Asia 2009 details
Conexpo Asia 2009 dates and location have been announced.
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Wolffkran opens new production facility
Wolffkran has opened its new production facility in Luckau.
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Harneses saves - lack of kills one
A man died in New York yesterday after a truck struck the boom lift he was using, catapulting him 17 metres to his death, He was not wearing a harness his colleague, who was, survived.
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Wolseley trading statement
Wolseley, the global builders merchants and owner of UK based rental company Brandon Hire, has issued its trading statement.
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Terex to buy back more shares
Terex board of directors has authorised a $500 million increase in its share repurchase programme.
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Golfing scissors
A UK based company, Hy-Acc Services has designed and manufactured a specialist buggy mounted scissor lift for filming on the European Golf Tour.
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Death Wish 6
Your photos continue to come in of people putting themselves at risk through inappropriate or non existent access equipment.
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All moved in
Spanish aerial lift manufacturer Matilsa has now completed the move into its new 4,500 square metre production plant in Zaragoza
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JLG announces lay-offs
Aerial lift producer JLG has announced that it is planning to layoff some of its workforce in August and September.
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Seven die as port crane collapses
Sven people were killed today after a large container crane collapsed during its erection at the port of Cai Lan in Vietnam.
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AFI adds UpRight booms
AFI, the UK’s second largest aerial lift rental company has purchased 10 UpRight SB85J boom lifts.
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Gazprom Kran up 72%
Gazprom-Kran, the Russian mobile crane producer boosted its unit production by 72% in the first half of 2008.
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JCB to shed 500 jobs
JCB announced that it intends to shed 500 manufacturing jobs in the UK.
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Ausa introduces platform
Ausa the Spanish based equipment manufacturer has launched a multi purpose vehicle that includes a 15 metre aerial work platform.
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Capital Access
Stories are circulating in the UK concerning Capital Access, the Hemel Hempstead and Stoke based powered access rental company.
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Travel with care - updated
A man was rescued by bystanders yesterday in Selby, Yorkshire, after a pedestrian controlled aerial lift fell on him as he moved it.
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New York gag
The owner of the tower crane that collapsed in May is refusing to hand over crane inspection reports without an all encompassing gag order.
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Speedy reports strong start
Speedy Hire, the UK’s largest equipment rental company has reported a strong start to its new financial year with first quarter revenues up over 36%
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Two trees tip two cranes
Two cranes tipped while lifting trees in the USA yesterday, at least one due to outriggers sinking on soft ground.
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Death Wish 5
Another day another crazy man with inappropriate access equipment, this time from Germany.
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New used equipment exporter
A new business - Universal Access Group has set up in California to export used aerial lifts and telehandlers.
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Riwal Confirms Croatia move
Dutch rental company Riwal, has confirmed that its operation in Croatia is now up and running.
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Manitowoc's new UK facility
Manitowoc has confirmed details of its new UK distribution facility, located in Gawcott near Buckingham.
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Death wish 4
Yet another photograph snapped last week of people in the UK not using proper access equipment
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Omme receives export award
Danish aerial lift manufacturer Omme Lift has received the King Frederik IX’s prize for exports.
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United Rentals narrows forecasts
United Rentals, the world’s largest aerial lift operator, has reduced the upside estimates for its full year revenues.
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Runaway crane costs $75,000
Canadian crane company AW Leil Cranes has been hit for $75,000 in fines and costs after one of its cranes ran away two years ago.
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Tanfield to cut workforce
Tanfield, the UK based aerial lift manufacturer has launched a consultation process with the aim to cut around 100 jobs at its UK plant.
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A million service miles
Steve Gallacher of ZF off highway has clocked up over a million miles
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High pruning specialists
Spanish company Mecaplús builds a range of fully self propelled platforms purely for pruning trees and is looking to expand overseas.
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IPAF moves into Barbados
The first IPAF training course that meets the new Barbados Safety and Health at Work Act has been completed by Rapid Platforms.
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€1.2 million penalty for using a forklift as a platform
A building worker has been awarded €1.2 million following a fall from a make-shift platform on a forklift.
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Know what your employees do during meal breaks...
Coachbuilders fined £7,000 after 16-year-old apprentice dies falling through a fragile roof during a lunchtime kick-about.
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Another example of poor access
Our publication earlier this week of the misuse of a step ladder in Wales nas generated more examples.
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Genie lays-off 120
Aerial lift manufacturer Genie has laid-off 120 full-time employees and a number of temporary workers at its Redmond and Moses lake plants.
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Vp buys UCS
Vp owner of UK Forks the telehandler rental company has acquired UCS Plant a tool and telehandler rental company based near Lincoln, UK.
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Spierings launches Crawler crane
Spierings the Dutch producer of mobile self erecting tower cranes has launched its new SK2400-R crawler mounted model.
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Modulift to expand in EU
Modulift, the UK and US based Spreader Beam design engineers and suppliers is expanding its business with an eye on Germany, Italy and Scandinavia.
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Ralf Kruse 1962-2008
Ralf Kruse, former MD of German new and used crane company CCK passed away last night after a short illness.
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Palfinger appoints new CFO
Palfinger AG has appointed a new chief financial officer.
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Cranes, Access and Telehandler auction
The annual Hewden used equipment auction takes place this weekend in the UK, Hertfordshire County Showground
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Ladder training push
The chairman of the Ladder Association has spoken out over the need for more training after school caretaker wins ladder fall case.
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Bridge bashing injures six
A loader crane struck a foot bridge in southern Spain this week pulling it down onto the car behind injuring six people, two of them seriously.
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Another example
Following yesterdays example of those not aware of modern access equipment in the UK we have another.
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Another Tanfield director buys in
Darren Kell, CEO of Tanfield, owner of UpRight and Snorkel has purchased a million additional shares in the business.
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Genie parts on line
Genie has launched a new online parts ordering system for North America.
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Genie appoints global services manager
Terex AWP has appointed Siva Balakrishnan to a new position of vice president and general manager of global services.
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Global sales VP for Genie
Terex AWP has appointed Joe George to the new position of vice president of global sales and customer service.
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Where is the justice?
A Genie 45 boom lift appeared, that had been stolen in 2005, appeared on ebay two weeks ago. The police appeared disinterested.
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In God we trust
You realise how far the access market still has to go when you see how people still use/Misuse step ladders.
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Thieves still active in Moscow
Thieves in Moscow continue to steal heavy machinery including cranes from local construction sites.
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New 5,000 tonne crane
COOEC and GustoMSC will jointly construct a 5,000-tonne crane that will be fitted onboard a newbuild heavy lift vessel for Seaway Heavy Lifting.
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World launch at Oil&Steel’s International Open Day
Oil&Steel launches the new Snake 2010 Compact at its 4th International Open Day
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$20,000 fine for crane fall
The Australian Canopy Crane Research Facility has been fined A$20,000 for a fatal fall the man was not wearing a harness.
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Lucky to be alive
A crane drive is lucky to be alive today after slewing into power lines yesterday.
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Another outrigger incident
A mobile crane went over in Sechelt British Columbia on Friday landing on a housing complex.
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A series of unfortunate events felled Liverpool tower crane
The inquest into the death of Zbigniew Swirzynsk in the Liverpool tower crane accident was told that a freak gust of wind started a chain reaction that brought down the crane
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UpRight Holland formed
Omega Platforms the Dutch based niche scissor lift manufacturer has established a new venture - UpRight Holland.
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Facelift expands scissor fleet
Facelift the Hickstead, UK, based access specialist has purchased its first Haulotte Compact 12DX rough terrain scissor lifts.
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Roy Stanley buys in
Roy Stanley chairman of Tanfield, owner of UpRight and Snorkel has purchased over 8 million shares in the company today.
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Sherlock leaves Hewden
Doug Sprout has taken over as chief executive of Hewden following the departure of Brian Sherlock on Friday.
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A new City crane range?
One of our eagle eyed readers spotted a new three axle city type All Terrain crane on the road in Germany but built much further afield.
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New 17 metre Telehandler from Genie
Genie has redesigned its top of the line 17 metre fixed frame telehandler for the rental industry - the GTH4017 SX
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Linamar acquires Welsh manufacturing facility
Linamar, owner of Skyjack the Canadian aerial work platform manufacturer has acquired its first UK production facility.
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Australians take awards
Two of Manitowoc’s Australian dealers have scooped these years Top Asia-Pacific dealer awards for Grove and Potain sales.
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New Potain dealers for North America
Manitowoc has appointed three new Potain self erecting tower crane dealers in North America.
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Grand Prix winner
Sundays F1 fantastic victory by Lewis Hamilton at Silverstone was witnessed by Nick Cullen who won tickets from Access Parts and Repairs.
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Buy-In at EVE
LDC has taken a minority stake in Eve Trakway, the supplier of temporary roadways used by cranes and large aerial lifts to cross soft ground.
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Tanfield takes a drubbing
A report in this weekends Telegraph reflects city anger over Tanfields share price collpase.
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Zorn moves to Holland
Dutch rental company Workx has hired Tom Zorn, previously with US rental company RSC, as its CEO.
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Operator escapes from falling crane
An operator managed to jump clear as his crawler crane tipped over sideways last week on the north pier of Kilkeel harbour in Northern Ireland.
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Bus directors jailed
Two directors of the bus company involved in the Manchester crash that sparked off the Clunk Click campaign have been jailed.
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Pick & Carry crane hits pedestrian
A 26-year old man is in critical condition after an accident at the Foothills Industrial Park in Calgary, Canada.
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Tanfield secures additional funding
Tanfield’s Snorkel International subsidiary has agreed a five year revolving credit facility of up to $35 million with JP Morgan Chase Bank secured over Snorkel's assets.
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Boom crushes crane operator
A crawler crane operator was crushed yesterday near Houston,Texas when the boom of his crane dropped on him.
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Taking a break
A female crane operator in Ohio has won the right to a discrimination case after being told she had to deal with toilet breaks like the men did.
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Vigil for crane victim
The Battersea crane action group is planning a vigil outside the Liverpool coroners court next Tuesday, prior to the inquest into Zbigniew Swirzynski’s death when a tower crane collapsed.
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Axle failure sends crane off road
The failure of a front stub axle on a truck crane sent it careering into the opposite lane of US 24 near Bloomington Illinois.
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Out of Africa
Access Rental companies in South Africa have on or two different issues to deal with, take a look at these photos.
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Harsco moves int India.
Harsco, parent of SGB and Hünnebeck, has won a large contract to supply Cuploc scaffolding in India.
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Aeral lift accident victim dies
A rail worker has died three weeks after falling from an aerial lift onto tracks in Margaretting in Essex.
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Alexander Knecht quits Terex
Alexander Knecht has left the Terex Demag and will be replaced by Doug Friesen of Terex Cranes Waverly.
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Funeral of platform boss
The funeral of Keith Hunwick, managing director of ES Access Platforms took place yesterday.
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High Level opens in Bristol
High Level Platforms the Poole and Southampton, UK, based aerial lift rental company has opened a new branch in Bristol.
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1,000th MMV telehandler for JLG
JLG has produced and shipped its 1,000th Millennia Military Vehicle (MMV) telescopic handler.
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Cranes in flames
There seem to have been a flurry lately of All-Terrain cranes catching fire causing massive amounts of damage.
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Garafolo joins Power Climber
Power Climber, the suspended platform producer, has appointed Dennis Garafolo as national sales manager in the USA.
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Battersea group angry at rejection of crane register
The Battersea Crane Disaster Action Group has reacted angrily to Government claims that a central register of cranes is unnecessary.
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Link-Belt appoints Texas dealer
Link-Belt has appointed Holt Crane & Equipment as distributor in Texas, USA.
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Edmolift enters push around access market
Scissor lift table specialist Edmolift has launched its first access platform.
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Another record for Vertikal.Net
Vertikal.Net broke records in June with over 87,000 visitors and over 3.6 million hits and a million pages viewed.
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Stolen Genie S65
A Genie S65 4X4, Serial No S6006-12821, belonging to AJ Access has been stolen from Neath, West Glamorgan, UK. -Update -Successfully recovered.
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Before you think of a holiday
The next issue of Cranes & Access will be mailed in early September, it will include our annual TOP 30 UK/Ireland rental company guide. please make sure we receive any updates to your data.
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Manitou announces new models
Manitou will launch a new 60ft articulated rough terrain boom lift, Bi-Energy versions of its 45/50ft electric booms and two new mast booms at APEX in September.
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Space conscious crane company
A new crane company has been established in the UK, Cranes 4 Work, which is targeting pedestrian controlled cranes for tight congested
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