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Cranes Vs Access – The Custom bike build-off
In a light-hearted change from the usual editorial we highlight the fact that Manitowoc Crane and MEC aerial lifts and telehandlers showed custom bikes at Conexpo. You decide which you prefer in a custom bike build-off
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ALL buys Grove cranes
May 9, 2008
Cleveland-based ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp has added to its fleet with the purchase of Manitowoc's new Grove GMK5225.
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Demag Cranes surges ahead
May 9, 2008
Demag Cranes Group has reported a surge in second quarter earnings.
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Flat first quarter for Skyjack
May 9, 2008
Skyjack has reported flat revenues and falling profits for the first quarter.
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Mini Crane Hire Midlands launched
May 8, 2008
West Midlands based Dewsbury & Proud entered the mini crane rental market with the launch of Mini Crane Hire Midlands.
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Manitowoc to loose Enodis?
May 8, 2008
Food equipment company Enodis has changed its mind on its agreed deal with Manitowoc, and has now accepted a better offer from Illinois Tool Works.
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AFI wins Achilles
May 8, 2008
AFI-Uplift has become the first powered access company in the UK to achieve full ‘BuildingConfidence’ accreditation from Achilles Information.
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Lucky escape
May 8, 2008
A mechanic and a cleaner had a lucky escape in Sydney today, after the boom of a 50-tonne crane landed on the bus they were working in.
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Big offshore Liebherr
May 8, 2008
Liebherr has launched a 1,600 tonne offshore crane the MTC78000 for which it already has four orders.
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Strong first qarter crane sales at Palfinger
May 7, 2008
Palfinger has reported another strong quarter with revenues up by nearly 29% although profits lagged growing just 11%.
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Vp acquires again
May 7, 2008
Vp the UK general rental company that owns UK Forks the telehandler rental company, has acquired Arcotherm and DJ Tool Hire.
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New Faraone PK to launch in UK
May 7, 2008
Faraone and its UK distributor Kermco, will launch a new 7m working height push-around lift at SED and Vertikal Days.
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Finning UK up 12.7%
May 7, 2008
Finning UK, which owns Hewden the crane, access and telehandler rental business, has increased its first quarter revenues by 12.7%.
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Speedy director
May 6, 2008
Speedy Hire, the UK’s largest general rental company has appointed a new non-executive director.
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Maxim bought by private equity firm
May 6, 2008
Maxim Crane Works, one of the world’s largest crane rental companies has been acquired by a private equity company in a merger deal.
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Tutt Bryant acquires
May 6, 2008
Tutt Bryant, the Australian based crane, access and equipment rental company has acquired Caradel hire via its Kingston Industries subsidiary.
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Govan crane boom fails
May 5, 2008
A Large crane at the BAE Govan shipyard in Glasgow, dropped its boom earlier today, causing minor injuries.
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Bigge adds Hoists
May 5, 2008
Bigge, the long established North American crane rental and heavy transport company has added rack and pinion hoists to its product range.
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Bronto up 18%
May 5, 2008
Bronto first quarter revenues increased 18% to $24 million, while the company’s order book jumped 70% to $127 million.
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United slips by 8%
May 5, 2008
United Rentals sees first quarter total revenues dip by almost 8%, but rental revenues and profits were both up
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Crane tip in Canada
May 5, 2008
A mobile crane tipped over sending its boom crashing into the corner of a house in Beaverton, Canada on Saturday as it lifted a tree.
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Crane operator dies in crane collapse
May 2, 2008
A crane operator died this week after a 20 ton load was dropped on his cab after the boom of a crane gave way.
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JLG up almost 15%
May 2, 2008
JLG has reported revenues up almost 15% for the first three months of calendar 2008 - Operating income jumped 133% as international sales doubled
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Everest hit for £22,000
May 1, 2008
Everest, the UK replacement window company has been hit with fines and costs of almost $22,000 after workers were found to be repeatedly exposed to the risk of falling from height.
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Yet another outrigger issue
May 1, 2008
A rough terrain crane tipped over yesterday in Denver, hitting power line, the first reaction reported was that the cause of the accident was not known. The photo tells it all.
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Wilson Access on the move
May 1, 2008
Leeds, UK, based truck mounted platform rental company, Wilson Access has moved to new premises to accommodate its new spider lift activity,
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Fatal trapping for erector
May 1, 2008
A 44 year old tower crane erector was killed yesterday in Parole, Maryland after he was caught in the jib during while dismantling the crane.
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Manitou up 7.4%
April 30, 2008
Manitou the French based telehandler and aerial lift manufacturer has reported sales up by 7.4% in the first quarter of 2008.
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Eagle West Cranes buys three
April 30, 2008
Eagle West Cranes of Canada has purchased three small crane rental companies in Southern Alberta.
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May recruitment
April 30, 2008
If you are looking for people we still have a couple of locations left in the recruitment section of Cranes&Access May issue.
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Sevcon up 12%
April 30, 2008
Sevcon/Tech Ops, the company that supplies electronics to the access and fork truck industries has reported record first half revenues.
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Wisdom ignored
April 30, 2008
Many thanks to one of our readers who sent in this observation of political and ‘corporate culture’.
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Crane tragedy
April 30, 2008
A crane operator tragically killed his 8 year old son in Italy yesterday, after he dropped a load from his crane.
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Liebherr unveils new 150 tonner
April 29, 2008
Liebherr showed its new 6 axle 150 tonne long boom ‘taxi crane’ last week in Zaragoza, Spain.
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Switch costs Corus £200,000
April 29, 2008
Corus UK has been fined £200,000 following the death of an employee resulting from the lack of maintenance and testing of an anti two-block switch
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The rebuilds continue
April 29, 2008
Two months ago we reported on an in depth rebuild challenge for two young apprentices at A.M.P in Taunton, here are a few more photographs charting the progress.
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Bobcat opens company store in UK
April 29, 2008
Bobcat the telehandlers to skid steer manufacturer has opened its first ever company store in the UK.
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Manitowoc crane up 30%
April 29, 2008
The Manitowoc Crane Group has reported a rise of almost 30% in first quarter revenues, with profits up 40% and a record backlog.
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UK to trial alert for tower crane near misses
April 29, 2008
The UK’s Strategic Forum for tower crane safety, has agreed a series of initiatives, including email reporting of near misses.
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Tower crane collapse in Damascus
April 29, 2008
A tower crane collapsed in Damascus, Syria yesterday as it was being dismantled, killing four workers and injuring two others.
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JLG promotes Alton
April 28, 2008
JLG has promoted Rick Alton to vice president and general manager of the JLG Caterpillar Alliance Group.
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Tower Crane best practice at SED and Vertikal Days
April 28, 2008
The UK’s CPA will launch its new Best Practice guide for Maintenance, Inspection and Thorough Examination of Tower Cranes at both SED and Vertikal Days
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Something wrong?
April 28, 2008
One of our readers sent us a photo last week which seemed to show a Harland & Wolff Goliath crane at its Belfast yard experiencing a problem with a lift.
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IPAF at Smopyc
April 28, 2008
IPAF launched the Click-Clack (Clunk-Click in UK) harness campaign in Spain last week at the Smopyc exhibition.
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GAM up 66%
April 28, 2008
Spanish rental company GAM, owner of Vilatel, has reported 2007 revenues up 66% to €307.5 million.
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Skyjack pulls off Volvo telehandler deal
April 26, 2008
Skyjack has agreed the acquisition of Volvo’s material handling equipment business, based in Shippensburg Pennsylvania.
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RSC revenues up 4%
April 26, 2008
RSC one of North America’s largest rental companies has reported first quarter revenues up by almost 4% - rental revenues climbed 7%.
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Communication problem kills three
April 26, 2008
Three men fell to their death from a building under construction in the UAE, after an accident caused by communication problems with the crane operator.
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Sales slip over 28% at Gehl
April 26, 2008
Gehl, the North American telehandler and compact equipment maker has reported a sharp drop in revenues for the first quarter 08.
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AFI Romania
April 25, 2008
A new access company has opened in Bucharest with a familiar name for UK powered access users.
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Hi-Reach passes 2,000
April 25, 2008
Hi-Reach Access of the UK has taken delivery of its 2,000th aerial lift and reported a 56% growth in revenues.
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Manitou UK exceeds £100 million
April 25, 2008
Manitou’s UK distribution subsidiary, Manitou UK exceeded annual revenues of over £100 million in 2007, a new record.
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Outriggers again
April 25, 2008
A Rough Terrain crane tipped over yesterday at the port of Port Angeles, Washington, injuring the operator.
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New sales manager for Zarges
April 25, 2008
Zarges, the alloy scaffold tower and ladder manufacturer has appointed Neil Harper as UK national sales manager.
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New tower crane aid
April 24, 2008
SMIE, the tower crane anti-collision company, has introduced a new crane operator display unit with built in data-logging.
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Cranes block streets
April 24, 2008
Two mobile cranes went over yesterday in the USA causing traffic mayhem, One in Florida where the interstate was blocked and one in Texas.
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Strong first quarter for Terex Crane
April 24, 2008
Terex Cranes has reported first quarter revenue increase of over 26 percent while operating income was up 62 percent.
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Genie up 7%
April 24, 2008
Terex Aerial Work Platforms has reported revenues for the first quarter 2007 up 7% while its backlog climbed almost 4%.
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Manitowoc adds in mid west
April 24, 2008
Manitowoc Crane has appointed a new regional business manager for the mid west and Central USA.
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Access technician wins award
April 24, 2008
Chris Shove of Nationwide Access in the UK, has won the Wrekin Prize awarded by the Institute of Agricultural Engineers.
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A-Plant spends £30 million
April 24, 2008
A-Plant, the UK arm of the Ashtead group has placed orders for new equipment worth over £30 million.
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Huntley adds Hi Viz
April 24, 2008
Huntley Plant of the UK has ordered £1.8 million worth of the new JCB Hi Viz telescopic handlers the first of 100 JCB’s it plans to buy this year.
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Lavendon up 26%
April 23, 2008
The Lavendon Group, the world’ largest specialist aerial lift rental company, has reported first quarter revenues up 26%.
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World's largest crane is christened
April 23, 2008
A “Christening ceremony” was held at the Yantai Raffles Shipyard, China, on Friday for a 20,000 tonne capacity crane named the ‘Taisun’
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NY commissioner quits over crane accident
April 23, 2008
The head of New York’s Building Department has quit after the mayor criticized the number of deaths from crane accidents.
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Telehandler accident costs £20k
April 23, 2008
Rysman Construction of Solihull, UK was hit for almost £20,000 following an accident in which a telehandler tipped over into the road.
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Hertz Buys All Reach
April 22, 2008
Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation has acquired aerial lift rental company, All Reach Equipment of Connecticut.
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Harsco Access up 20%
April 22, 2008
Harsco Access Services, which includes SGB, Hünnebeck and Patent Scaffolding, has reported a 20% increase in first quarter revenues.
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Tanfield to supply Manitou
April 22, 2008
Tanfield has agreed a deal to supply Manitou with certain access products to be marketed under the ManiAccess brand.
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Tanfield access up 700%
April 22, 2008
Tanfield, owner of Snorkel and UpRight has reported preliminary full year access revenues for 2007 of £90 million ($178 m), an increase of over 700%. It has also announced an OEM deal with Manitou
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Terex enters the underbridge access market
April 22, 2008
Terex has acquired Hydra Platforms, the Rock Hill, South Carolina based producer of underbridge inspection machines.
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Slow first quarter for Haulotte
April 22, 2008
Aerial lift and telehandler manufacturer Haulotte has posted a 7% drop in first quarter ‘like for like’ revenues, but raised its full year projections.
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Terex Utilities expands
April 22, 2008
Terex Utilities, the aerial lift and digger derrick manufacturer has announced a $4 million, 3,700 square metre (40,000 sq ft) expansion plan for its Waterdown South Dakota, facility.
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Crane accident leaves one dead, one injured
April 22, 2008
A boom truck/crane tipped onto a car leaving one man dead and his wife seriously injured in Auburn, Wisconsin.
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LiuGong adds cranes
April 22, 2008
Chinese construction equipment manufacturer LuiGong has acquired Bengbu Zhencong Anli and renamed it Anhui LiuGong Crane Co Ltd
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High speed profits at AFI
April 21, 2008
AFI-Uplift as taken first place in the Sunday Times list of Britain’s top100 private companies with the fastest growing profits.
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UK falls from height down
April 21, 2008
Despite an increase in the total number of fatal injuries in the UK, the number of fatal falls from height at work reached a record low in 2006/7
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Watch out for ScotPlant
April 21, 2008
Scotland’s own equipment show opens at the end of this week near Edinburgh.
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Oktopus invests
April 21, 2008
Oktopus the UK distributor for Klaas trailer cranes and Oktopus suction lifting devices has moved to new premises.
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Crane manufacturer cannot deliver then ups price
April 21, 2008
Malaysian port crane manufacturer IMPSA has backed out of a contract and wants to increase the price.
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USA causes Hiab to dip
April 21, 2008
Loader crane company Hiab has reported a 4% decline in first quarter sales, due to a sharp downturn in the United States.
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Private fire platforms
April 21, 2008
The Cornish fire brigade is considering renting, rather than buying its latest aerial lift device in the face of union objections.
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CAT posts strong first quarter
April 21, 2008
Caterpillar, the world’s largest construction equipment producer has posted a strong first quarter with sales up 18% and expects another record year.
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Crane operator electrocuted
April 19, 2008
A crane operator died, while two others were seriously injured on Wednesday night in California.
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Hird goes for Jekko
April 18, 2008
UK based Peter Hird has bought six Jekko spider cranes for its mini crane rental fleet
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Man catapulted from boom lift
April 18, 2008
A man working on street lights was thrown some 40 metres from his aerial work platform today when it was hit by a truck.
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Strong winds blow over crane
April 18, 2008
A crane at the Mitsui shipyard in Ichihara, Japan has been blown over by strong winds
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Nuclear plant worker crushed by crane
April 18, 2008
A Sellafield worker is still in hospital after being crushed by a crane at the plant more than a week ago.
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Man saved from crushing accident
April 18, 2008
A man was rescued in an aerial lift overhead crushing accident on Wednesday after his colleagues lowered the lift from below, saving his life.
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NY crane collapse site approved 'in error'
April 18, 2008
The New York building where seven people were killed in a tower crane collapse last month should never have gone up
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New remote-release crane hook
April 18, 2008
Australian Kennards Lift and Shift has launched Rig-Release, a remote-release crane hook
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Too Heavy
April 18, 2008
A mobile crane tipped over yesterday in Qatar, thankfully no one was injured.
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New York completes tower crane inspection
April 18, 2008
New York City has completed the inspection of all tower cranes in the five boroughs, only 72.5% of them passed the first inspection.
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Crane operator charged
April 18, 2008
A crane operator has been charged with three counts of involuntary manslaughter for accidentally killing two motorists and a co-worker.
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Scaninter ownership change
April 17, 2008
Scaninter Nokia/Scanclimber the Finnish mastclimber manufacturer has been acquired by two venture capital firms.
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Cable break kills offshore worker
April 17, 2008
A man died on Saturday at an offshore drilling rig in Brazil, after a wire rope sling broke dropping a steel basket onto him.
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Liverpool company hit for £117,000
April 17, 2008
MRX Engineering Support Services was fined £100,000 plus almost £17,000 costs following a fatal crane accident.
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Bashed bridge
April 17, 2008
A truck with loader crane struck and damaged a railway bridge in Langley Mill, Derbyshire, yesterday, closing the line for a period.
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New mini crane company in Norfolk
April 16, 2008
Norfolk based rental company SGS has entered the mini crane market with the acquisition of two new Maeda Mini Cranes.
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Work begins dismantling Felixtowe cranes
April 16, 2008
Work has started on removing two quayside cranes
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Doosan Heavy Industries wins $117 million Singapore order
April 16, 2008
South Korean Doosan Heavy Industries has won a $117 million order for rubber tyred gantry cranes in Singapore
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Manitowoc opens Crane care facility
April 16, 2008
Manitowoc officially opened its new Crane Care facility in Shady Grove Pennsylvania on March 31.
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Genie selects plant in China
April 15, 2008
Terex has announced the location of a Chinese production plant for Genie aerial lifts.
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New president for IPAF
April 15, 2008
John Ball managing director of Height for Hire/Easi UpLifts is the new president of IPAF.
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IPAF Summit
April 15, 2008
Vertikal’s UK team will be at the IPAF summit today, if you are there stop and speak to us.
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Eurogate plans €1.1 bn investment
April 15, 2008
Europ's largest container terminal operator Eurogate is planning massive investments to manage the rising number of very large container vessels.
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NZ crane tip
April 15, 2008
A truck crane tipped over in New Zealand yesterday crushing the house it was erecting.
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Tanfield and Ford collaborate
April 15, 2008
Tanfield’s Smith Electric Vehicles division has launched the Smith
Ampere, an electric powered van designed in collaboration with Ford.
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£2 million scaffold deal for SGB
April 15, 2008
SGB UK has won a £2 million order to provide scaffolding to Jacobs engineering at the Lindsay Oil Refinery.
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Fatal Fall
April 15, 2008
A man installing windows on a high rise construction job in New York fell to his death yesterday after his suspension harness gave way.
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HSE urges construction industry to do more
April 14, 2008
Early unvalidated figures from the UK's HSE suggest a 10% fall in industry deaths - but warns against complacency.
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HSE prosecutes RTFL driver
April 14, 2008
A Rough Terrain fork truck driver has been prosecuted by the UK HSE, after causing serious injuries to a colleague.
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Demag Cranes AG better than expected
April 14, 2008
Demag Cranes AG is considering raising its full-year guidance of earnings before interest and tax of €110 million.
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Manitowoc buys big in food
April 14, 2008
The Manitowoc Company has struck a deal to acquire British based food equipment company, Enodis for around $2 billion.
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Fraud charges filed against Milne
April 14, 2008
The SEC has filed fraud charges against John Milne, former president and CFO of United Rentals.
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Crane drops load on car
April 14, 2008
A telescopic truck crane dropped a roof section onto a parked car in Lauderhill, Florida late on Friday.
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Cranes & Access is now on line
April 11, 2008
The latest issue of Cranes & Access is on line and ready to read
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Carlo Bacchiega RIP
April 11, 2008
We have heard the belated news today that Carlo Bacchiega, who set up and managed Instant Srl in Italy, has died.
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Tower crane blacks out Manila
April 11, 2008
A tower crane hit one of the main transmission lines in Manila, Philippines, today cutting power to much of the city.
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Manitou and Russon part company
April 11, 2008
Manitou has announced that it has ended its partnership with Russon Access.
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Narrow Palfinger
April 11, 2008
Palfinger has extended its H-Line option that permits full outreach with vehicle width outrigger jacking up to its 30 metre models.
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Wilbert moves in
April 10, 2008
Tower crane manufacturer Wilbert, has started moving into its new production facility in Waldlaubersheim, Germany.
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They come in threes
April 10, 2008
Three men, all in their 30’s were injured in separate crane accidents in Brisbane Australia today
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Chinese crane maker to expand
April 10, 2008
Chinese container crane maker, Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery, is to issue $286 million of new shares.
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Loxam stays on top
April 10, 2008
Loxam, the French based rental company has posted its basic numbers for 2007, they show revenues up 36 percent with profits 24 percent higher.
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Northern Crane acquires Mullen
April 10, 2008
Northern Crane Services of Edmonton Alberta, Canada has acquired Mullen Crane and Transport of Soda Springs Idaho.
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Crane boom buckles
April 10, 2008
The boom on a 100 ton lattice boom crane buckled and collapsed yesterday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Thankfully no one was injured.
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Bronto appoints Italian dealer
April 9, 2008
Bronto Skylift has appointed F.lli Pichler to handle sales and service of its truck mounted platforms in Italy.
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SGB buys Sovereign
April 9, 2008
SGB has acquired mastclimber and supended platform specialist Sovereign Access Services of Newcastle -UK
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Cramo-Rentakran expands
April 9, 2008
Russian rental company ZAO Cramo Rentakran, has opened a new operation in Ekaterinburg.
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Cramo acquires scaffolder
April 9, 2008
Cramo, the Finnish based rental company has purchased Pohjolan Teline a regional scaffold contractor in Kemi, Finland,
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Select orders Alimak
April 9, 2008
Select Plant Hire, the UK’s largest tower crane owner has ordered €1.8 million worth of Scando hoists
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Tanfield founder to chair BLNE
April 9, 2008
Roy Stanley the chairman of Tanfield, owner of UpRight and Snorkel aerial lifts, is to take over as chairman of Business Link North East.
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Crane tips in Walsall
April 8, 2008
A crane tipped yesterday on a housing development in Walsall, UK, after the ground gave way under one of its outriggers.
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Ainscough confirms Jack deal
April 8, 2008
Ainscough has confirmed the acquisition of James Jack Lifting Services Limited.
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Dealer ship changes in the UK
April 8, 2008
In the UK, Bil-Jax has appointed Promax Access while Dino lift is expected to go to Spider Lift.
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Balfour Beatty to host work at height day
April 8, 2008
Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions is hosting a one day safety meeting to discuss safe working on overhead lines.
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Access Days
April 8, 2008
The fifth Access days event is scheduled this year for May 13th, 14th and 15th at the Deanshanger Country Club.
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Dino expands
April 8, 2008
Dino lift the Finnish based trailer and self propelled boom lift manufacturer has completed its 3,500Sqm extension.
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Blaze affects crane
April 7, 2008
A 45 metre exclusion zone has been put up around a tower crane affected by a blaze in Edinburgh this weekend.
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Ainscough plays a Jack
April 7, 2008
Ainscough, the UK’s largest crane rental company has acquired the James Jack Group.
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United merges Aerial lifts and general rental operations.
April 7, 2008
United rentals has merged its aerial lift and general rental operations management with two new senior appointments.
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JLG appoints VP finance-Americas
April 7, 2008
JLG has appointed Frank Cholewski as vice president – Americas finance.
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Barely a week to the Summit
April 7, 2008
There are still a few tickets left for this Year’s IPAF summit – Are your MEWPs safe? - on April 15th
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JLG forms global sales team
April 5, 2008
JLG promotes Morris, Lawson and Satterly to its ‘global leadership team’
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Another day another acquisition
April 4, 2008
UK rental company Vp has made its second acquisition this week with the purchase of Redding hire of Wellingborough.
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Suspended platform collapse takes three
April 4, 2008
Three construction workers are presumed to have drowned on Wednesday after a suspended work platform fell 30m from the Interstate 430 bridge into the Arkansas River near Little Rock.
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Manitex up 163%
April 4, 2008
Veri-Tek, the owner of US crane and boom truck producer, Manitex has published its full year 2007 results which show a 163% increase in revenues.
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Truck crashes into aerial lift
April 3, 2008
The supervisor at an electrical subcontractor suffered two broken ribs after a truck crashed into his aerial lift minutes after he gave his team a Health & Safety talk.
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Leo for Shell
April 3, 2008
Shell International has taken delivery of a new Teupen Leo 30 spider lift for maintenance of its Dutch facilities.
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Scissor-lift fall at airport
April 3, 2008
Two construction workers at Indianapolis Airport were injured Tuesday morning when the scissor lift they were using tipped over.
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Crane operator certification fraud in New York
April 3, 2008
A New York state employee certified more than 200 unqualified crane operators, according to a report published yesterday
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Norwegian crane merger
April 2, 2008
Norway’s Kynningsrud Kran and Stangeland Kran have agreed to merge their mobile cranes businesses into a new company.
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3,200 tonner for China
April 2, 2008
Terex has announced the sale of one of its 3,200 tonne capacity CC8800-1 Twin crawler cranes to China Nuclear Engineering & Construction.
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Vertikal.Net breaks records
April 2, 2008
March was another record month for Vertikal.Net with over 3.8 million hits
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VP makes another acquisition
April 2, 2008
Vp the owner of UK Forks, has acquired UM holdings owner of U-Mole a trench less equipment rental company,
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Ex Liebherr director hit for a million
April 2, 2008
Ex Liebherr director, Peter Walker has been ordered to repay over a £1 million.
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Crane used in raid
April 2, 2008
Armed robbers in Copenhagen used a mobile crane to smash their way into a money transport depot stealing DK30 million.
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Kestrel joins Panther
April 2, 2008
Panther has taken the first step toward introducing the new Lavendon group branding and Kestrel becomes Panther Bristol.
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Fire Bronto in action
April 1, 2008
A Bronto fire fighting platform was in action to put out a fire at the North Wales Police HQ today.
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Liebherr Nenzing targets South Africa
April 1, 2008
Liebherr Nenzing the Harbour, crawler and offshore crane and reach stacker producer has established an office in South Africa.
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Easi UpLifts moves into Holland
April 1, 2008
Easi UpLifts, the Irish based aerial lift sales and rental company has made its first move into continental Europe.
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Hiab buys in South Africa
April 1, 2008
Loader crane company, Hiab, has acquired a majority stake in Bowman Cranes, its South African distributor.
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Cramo buys Kranab
April 1, 2008
Cramo Sweden has acquired 100% of Kranab the Stockholm based aerial lift rental company.
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LMS sells stake in Energy Cranes
March 31, 2008
LMS Capital has sold its stake in Energy Cranes to an MBO team for £83 million
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Ashtead Technology on the block
March 31, 2008
Ashtead, owner of A-Plant in the UK and Sunbelt in the USA has put its oil and technology division up for sale.
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New York crane climb draws a crowd
March 31, 2008
The first tower crane climb in New York since the fatal accident on March 15th drew large crowds on Saturday and was halted before completion.
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Ahern up 20%
March 31, 2008
Ahern rentals the largest privately owned rental company in the USA has reported full year 2007 revenues up 29% to $342 million.
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Florida Governor supports crane bill
March 28, 2008
Florida state governor Charlie Crist has said today that he supports legislation held up in the state legislature enforcing crane operator certification.
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O’Shea chairs IPAF mast climbing committee
March 28, 2008
Kevin O’Shea of Atlanta based Mastclimbers, is the new chairman of IPAF's Mast Climbing Work Platform Committee.
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Lavendon – Platform Company deal approved
March 28, 2008
The acquisition of The Platform Company by the Lavendon Group was approved at its EGM this morning with 95% in favour.
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No change for Bronto fire fighting lifts
March 28, 2008
Yesterdays news regarding the UK distribution of Bronto’s truck mounted lifts, has no affect on the distribution or support of the company’s fire-fighting lifts.
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JCB agrees sponsorship and technology deal
March 28, 2008
JCB has teamed up with Green motorsport team Drayson-Barwell and Aston Martin Racing for the American Le Mans series.
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Bridge drops crane
March 28, 2008
A Rough Terrain crane fell through the surface of a bridge yesterday afternoon near Detroit closing the M-14 road.
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Bronto to sell direct
March 27, 2008
Bronto has decided to set up a direct sales and support operation in the UK and has recruited Alan Cowper.
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Two new members for Access Link
March 27, 2008
The UK’s Access Link has appointed two new members. Anglia Access of Norwich and Altitude Access of Mansfield.
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Cleaning Coventry Cathedral
March 27, 2008
Universal Aerial Platforms has helped clean Coventry Cathedral's famous “West Screen” with a 29 metre working height Falck Schmidt Falcon FS290
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Straightpoint supplies Pfeifer
March 27, 2008
Straightpoint UK, has signed a long term agreement to supply a number of its products on an OEM basis to Pfeifer Seil.
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Blue Line calls it a day
March 26, 2008
Blue Line Access, the Bronto Skylift dealer for the UK has been placed into administration
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Three cranes fail New York inspection
March 26, 2008
Three of the nine tower cranes re-examined in the wake of the deadly crane collapse in Manhattan ealier this month have failed the inspection and have been shut down.
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Tower crane accident kills two
March 26, 2008
An accident during a tower crane climb in Miami has left two men dead and five others injured.
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Haulotte and Koch part company
March 26, 2008
Chris Koch head of Haulotte USA since early 2006 has left the company.
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Bid for Energy Cranes
March 25, 2008
Close Brothers Private Equity is reported to be close to finalising a deal to acquire Energy Cranes, the offshore crane company.
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Crane tips in Bundoora
March 25, 2008
A 100 tonne All Terrain crane inexplicably tipped over onto a shed near Melbourne injuring a 25 year old man.
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Fatal fall at Dublin Airport
March 25, 2008
A man died late last week after he fell while de-icing a plane at Dublin Airport.
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Ranger changes name
March 25, 2008
Ranger Equipment, the Teupen distributor in the UK has changed its name to The Spiderlift Company to better reflect what it does.
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Energy Cranes International for sale
March 25, 2008
Aberdeen-based Energy Cranes International has been put up for sale by its private-equity owner, LMS Capital, at a price of £100 million.
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New director for Clements
March 25, 2008
Coventry, UK, based Clements Plant & Tool Hire has made Tony Stokes a director of the company.
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BHP introduces dead man check
March 25, 2008
Australian mining company BHP has introduced a quarterly check system for aerial lifts it rents, focusing on control panel protections and dead man switches.
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Cramo buys in Latvia
March 25, 2008
Finnish based rental company Cramo has agreed a deal to buy SIA Tapeks Noma a Latvian rental company.
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Three months to Vertikal Days
March 25, 2008
Vertikal Days the UK/Ireland event for lifting equipment is only three months away. If you have not already reserved your ticket or stand do so today.
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Fatal crane boom accident
March 25, 2008
A man died in Amsterdam, New York on Saturday after the boom of a crane he was working on collapsed on him.
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Crane cuts power
March 25, 2008
Power was cut in Miami yesterday afternoon after a man operating a boom truck hit the overhead power lines.
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Tower crane kills two
March 24, 2008
A tower crane collapse in Ekaterinburg, Russia, on March 14th kills two.
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Arrest in New York crane accident
March 24, 2008
A New York City crane inspector has been arrested on charges of falsifying and inspection report for the crane that collapsed on March 15th killing 7 and injuring 24.
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Pat Schmetzer returns to Trico
March 24, 2008
Trico Lift, the New Jersey based rental company has appointed Pat Schmetzer as vice president of operations while Andrew Volponi moves to logistics.
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Conexpo in pictures
March 20, 2008
Here we take a look at some of the sights of last week's Conexpo show in Las Vegas
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New MD at Worldift
March 20, 2008
Ernest Fuller, MD of Worldlift Industries, the parent of Denka and Falck Schmidt has left the company, a new man has been appointed.
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NYC inspects every crane
March 20, 2008
City officials have started inspecting every tower crane in use in New York City following the recent crane collapse that killed 7..
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Toyota to distribute Aichi in USA
March 20, 2008
Toyota Material Handling USA, is taking over the distribution of Aichi aerial lifts in North America.
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Charges filed for crane collapse
March 20, 2008
Charges have been filed against Port Weller Dry Docks and Seaway Marine and Industrial following the fatal crane collapse last year.
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Fire at Cranes&Equipment Chicago
March 20, 2008
A fire has destroyed the buildings at Cranes and Equipment Specialists of Chicago.
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Sany wins 36 machine order
March 19, 2008
Chinese crane manufacturer Sany wins 36 crawler crane deal.
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Pop-Up wins 'Best Performing Product' Award
March 19, 2008
Pop-Up Products’ innovative scissor lift has been named ‘Best Performing Product’ at the HSS Hire Awards.
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Birchwood wins 'Industrial Product Design' award
March 19, 2008
Birchwood has won the Industrial Product Design award for its 'self erecting tower' Razor Deck.
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Kranenbouw takes over STK Stravers
March 19, 2008
Kranenbouw has taken over STK (Stravers Transmate Kranen) making one of the largest tower crane rental companies in the Netherlands
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Trainer sues NCCCO
March 19, 2008
An operator training centre in California is suing the NCCCO for removing it from its list of approved examiners.
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Firm base and counterweight
March 19, 2008
Loose gravel and lack of counterweight caused a crawler crane to tip over yesterday on a Baltimore Maryland site.
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Wolffkran launch new flat top crane
March 19, 2008
Wolffkran has shown the prototype of its new 6015 Clear, the smallest model in its Clear Line.
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Miami approves new Tower crane rules
March 18, 2008
Commissioners in Miami Dade County, Florida, have approved the ordinance implementing tough new regulations for tower cranes
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IPAF Photo competition
March 18, 2008
IPAF has launched a photographic competition to celebrate its 25th anniversary.
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New York crane update
March 17, 2008
It seems that a dropped anchor caused the collapse of the tower crane in New York this weekend.
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New business development director for Genie
March 17, 2008
Terex Aerial Work Platforms has appointed Janos Persa as director of facilities and business Development for the European region.
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Distribution and Logistics head for Genie Europe
March 17, 2008
Terex/Genie has appointed Howard Wilkinson as director of distribution and logistics for Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
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Conexpo sets new records
March 17, 2008
Conexpo 2008 closed its doors on Saturday afternoon, breaking all of its previous records.
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Falling tower crane kills 7
March 15, 2008
A luffing tower crane has gone over in New York, hitting a residential building killing seven people and injuring at least 24 others.
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Prison break by crane
March 15, 2008
A prisoner at a jail in Baoding City, China, escaped by driving a crane through the compound wall.
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John Fuller on the move
March 14, 2008
John Fuller of Genie UK is to move into a new job handling major accounts, Glynn Goodwin will assume his current position as district manager for the UK and Ireland.
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Saez Telehandlers
March 14, 2008
Here is a first glimpse of the first telehandler from tower crane maker Saez.
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Pierrick Lourdain quits Haulotte
March 14, 2008
Pierrick Lourdain one of Haulotte’s most senior sales and marketing managers has left the company this week.
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Easi-Uplifts order three big Falcons
March 14, 2008
Easi-Uplifts the Irish based rental company has ordered three new 42 metre Falck Schmidt track mounted Falcons.
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IPAF highlights dangers and launches photo contest
March 14, 2008
The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) and its North American subsidiary Aerial Work Platform Training (AWPT) demonstrated the dangers of not wearing a harness in a boom type platform.
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Bulldog Erectors orders first Model 31000
March 14, 2008
Steel erection and heavy crane rental company Bulldog Erectors Inc has ordered the first Manitowoc Model 31000.
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Mammoet places record order with Manitowoc
March 13, 2008
Worldwide crane and transport specialist Mammoet has placed a record order worth $90 million (45 million GBP) with Manitowoc.
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Link Belt unveils new models
March 13, 2008
Link Belt has unveiled a number of new models at Conexpo including its largest crawler cranes ever at 500 tonnes
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International sales manager for Link Belt
March 13, 2008
Link Belt cranes has appointed Roy Burger as its international sales manager.
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Tower Crane Safety
March 12, 2008
If you have not signed up yet for the tower crane safety conference at Conexpo tomorrow morning, don’t worry you can do it at the door.
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Filipov hands over
March 12, 2008
Steve Filipov officially handed over leadership of Terex crane to Rick Nicholls at a surprise party yesterday evening.
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Harsco buys into Romanian Access
March 12, 2008
Harsco, owner of SGB and Hünnebeck has acquired Romanian based Baviera S.R.L., a Hünnebeck formwork and scaffolding distributor.
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Martin Davies Joins MEC
March 12, 2008
Martin Davies is back in the Access business having officially joined MEC, the aerial lift and telehandler manufacturer today.
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Manitowoc Announces 2,300 tonne crawler
March 12, 2008
Manitowoc unveiled its design for an innovative 2,300 tonne crawler crane with compact dimensions and full pick and carry capability at Conexpo today.
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Manitowoc buys into China.
March 12, 2008
Manitowoc Crane Group has formed a joint venture in China with TaiAn Dongyue Heavy Machinery the truck-mounted hydraulic cranes manufacturer.
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Cramo to acquire Techniline
March 11, 2008
Cramo has agreed a deal to acquire Techniline in the Czech Republic.
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Conexpo opens today
March 11, 2008
Conexpo 2008 opens its doors today, the show promises to be the best ever in terms of the number of visitors and exhibitors.
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New FD for Speedy
March 10, 2008
UK based Speedy Hire has appointed Justin Read as group financial director
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Skylift short-listed for award
March 10, 2008
Limerick based powered access company, Skylift, has been short listed for an All Ireland Marketing Award.
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Vertikal at Conexpo
March 10, 2008
This year’s Conexpo is attracting a record number of international visitors, the Vertikal team is in Las Vegas to gather the news as it happens.
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Comment on the UK Tower crane guide
March 10, 2008
You have just nine days left to comment on the HSE/CPA draft guide for the Maintenance and thorough examination of tower cranes.
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H&E boosts profits 250%
March 10, 2008
H&E Equipment, (Head&Engquist) has reported revenues up 24.5% in 2007, while pre-tax profits jumped 250%.
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Crane collapse in Sharjah,
March 8, 2008
We have received messages regarding a fatal crane collapse in Sharjah, UAE yesterday
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Crane topples in St Louis
March 8, 2008
An 80 tonne All Terrain crane tipped over as it participated in a multiple crane lift of a bridge beam.
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Tower Crane Safety at Conexpo
March 8, 2008
If you are heading to Conexpo and have any interest in tower cranes don’t miss the free safety seminar.
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Liebherr South American market leader
March 7, 2008
Liebherr handed over a record 15 mobile harbour cranes in South America in 2007.
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Singapore to introduce crane safety measures
March 7, 2008
Singapore is to introduce new measures to raise safety standards of crane operations
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Essex Crane acquired
March 6, 2008
US Crawler crane company, Essex Crane Rental has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Hyde Park Acquisition Corp.
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New Holland telehandler launched
March 6, 2008
New Holland has unveiled its latest telehander at Samoter 2008
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Finning to centralise group support services
March 6, 2008
Finning Group (UK) has announced that it is to centralise the group business support services at Cannock, Staffordshire.
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Palfinger confirms 2007 results
March 6, 2008
Palfinger, the world’s leading loader crane manufacturer has issued its annual report and confirmed its 2007 results.
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Skyjack up 25%
March 6, 2008
Linamar, owner of Skyjack, the Canadian aerial lift and telehandler manufacturer, has published its results for 2007, which indicate a 25% increase in Skyjack revenues
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Skyjack to acquire Ingersoll-Rand telehandlers.
March 6, 2008
Skyjack has is planning to acquire the Ingersoll-Rand telescopic handler and RT fork-truck business from Volvo.
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AFI Scotland launches charity fund raiser
March 6, 2008
The Glasgow depot of UK aerial lift rental company AFI-Uplift, is to give a lift to the Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS).
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Ashtead up 15% at ¾
March 5, 2008
Ashtead owner of rental companies Sunbelt in the USA and A-Plant in the UK has reported nine month revenues up almost 15%.
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Progress report
March 5, 2008
We catch up with the progress our two apprentices are making with the A.M.P - Niftylift rebuild programme.
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Cranes&Access online
March 5, 2008
The latest Cranes&Access is now on line and ready to read or download.
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Dublin worker in crane climb protest
March 5, 2008
A disgruntled construction worker scaled a 52 metre crane yesterday in a protest over the pension rights of builders.
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Vp acquires NSS
March 5, 2008
UK rental company Vp has acquired Northern Site Services and the business and assets of Northern Site Services Test & Calibration
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30% of refurbishment sites dangerous
March 5, 2008
Over 30% of refurbishment sites visited in the February 'blitz' by the HSE in the UK were so dangerous that work was stopped immediately, mostly due to work at height issues.
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Ahern takes on Custom
March 5, 2008
Ahern Rentals and Custom Equipment have agreed a distribution deal for the company’s range of ultra compact electric scissor lifts.
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Gehl down 6%
March 4, 2008
Gehl, the US based telehandler and skid steer loader producer has reported full year 2007 results with revenues down 6%.
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Cable car ride for Unic
March 4, 2008
Work to a power station high in the Swiss Alps meant that a Unic spider crane had to catch a cable car.
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Cranes and Access in Science
March 4, 2008
A crane and two scissor lifts have been used for some unusual scientific experiments at a London school.
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Mateco moves into Bulgaria
March 4, 2008
Mateco Hellas E.P.E of Greece has purchased a number of Holland Lift heavy duty scissor lifts and opened an operation in Bulgaria.
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Lavendon boosts profits
March 4, 2008
The Lavendon Group has reported 2007 revenues up 49% while pre-tax profits increased by 178%.
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Platform goes to Lavendon
March 4, 2008
The Lavendon Group has reached an agreement to acquire the Platform Company, the UK’s second largest aerial lift rental company for £79 million.
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Tulsa Winch buys Lantec
March 4, 2008
The Tulsa Winch Group has purchased Canadian based Lantec Winch & Gear.
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New CEO at Finning
March 4, 2008
Finning International, the parent of UK based Hewden has appointed Michael T. Waites as its president and chief executive officer.
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Stolen scissor lift
March 4, 2008
Keep an eye out for another stolen scissor lift in the UK.
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JLG rebrands after sales services
March 3, 2008
JLG has rebranded all of its aftermarket services under a single name - 'Ground Support'.
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Holland Lift buys into Russon
March 3, 2008
Holland lift has purchased a stake in its UK/Ireland distributor Russon Access
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New UK distributor for Mani-access
March 3, 2008
Russell Rowley has set up a new company, R² Access Platforms, to sell Manitou aerial lifts in the UK and Ireland.
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NCH buys Brimco
March 3, 2008
National Crane Hire, the Australian based crane rental company has acquired Adelaide based Brimco.
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London protesters scale crane
March 3, 2008
Two protesters have climbed a tower crane in Parliament Square in London as a protest against the EU treaty.
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First Socage Metz
March 3, 2008
The first truck mounted firefighting lift machine from the Socage-Metx partnership has shipped to Dubai.
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Cranes damaged at Felixstowe
March 1, 2008
Two cranes were badly damaged last night at the Port of Felixstowe in the UK after a ship loaded with new cranes broke free from its moorings.
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Profits up 43% at United
March 1, 2008
United Rentals has reported 2007 pre tax profits up 43% compared to 2006.
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Crane crashes into roof
March 1, 2008
The fully extended boom of a 50 tonne mobile crane crashed into the roof of a house in Kent, UK, yesterday.
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Stolen Pop-Ups
February 29, 2008
A thief has popped off with two Pop-Ups from the back of a Tesco store in Romford, London.
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Cargotec buy back
February 29, 2008
Cargotec, owner of Hiab, Kalmar and MacGregor is to begin buying back its own shares.
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Modulift USA
February 29, 2008
Modulift, manufacturers of the unique modular spreader system, has announced that it will launch a US subsidiary - Modulift Corporation.
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Telehandler fatality in Belfast
February 28, 2008
The N.Ireland HSE is investigating a fatal accident at the 'Bakery' development in south Belfast
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Men rescued from lift by helicopter
February 28, 2008
Two men were rescued from their truck mounted lift when it lost power some 30 or so metres up.
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Man rescued from boom lift
February 28, 2008
A man was rescued from his self propelled boom lift yesterday in Marina Del Rey California after he boomed into overhead power lines.
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Haulotte UK appoints national accounts manager
February 27, 2008
Haulotte has appointed a new national accounts manager for the UK and Ireland.
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Tat Hong builds holding in Yongmao
February 27, 2008
Tat Hong has acquired a further tranche of shares in the Chinese tower crane company Yongmao, taking its holding to 20%
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Hiab acquires Tail lifts
February 27, 2008
Hiab has acquired two new tail lift companies, one in the UK and one in the USA
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Hird adds new business
February 27, 2008
Peter Hird has added a new business to his crane and access group in the Middle East.
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Harsco Access Services moves into Panama
February 27, 2008
Harsco Access Services, owner of SGB, Hünnebeck and Patent scaffold has opened a new operation in Panama.
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Lal joins UpRight
February 26, 2008
Ramish Lal has joined UpRight, the UK based powered access manufacturer as master distributor and key account manager.
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Instant divests Tallescope
February 26, 2008
Instant UpRight, the aluminium tower manufacturer has sold all of the rights for its Tallescope product to AA Products of the UK.
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Fall costs over £46,000
February 26, 2008
Two companies were fined £23,000 each for not providing an employee with safe access equipment after he fell 2.2 metres.
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Case dropped against Bus driver
February 25, 2008
Legal action against the driver of the bus that caused the death of a man catapulted from his boom lift in Manchester has been dropped today.
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Swan Hunter cranes dismantled
February 25, 2008
Two historic cranes at the Swan Hunter shipyard at Wallsend on Tyneside have been carefully dismantled.
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Life's a beach
February 25, 2008
Sany crawler crane helps beached ferry off Blackpool.
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Record revenues for Finning
February 25, 2008
Finning International the parent company of Hewden has reported record full year 2007 revenues, up almost 17%. Profits rose by 26%.
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Last chance Conexpo
February 25, 2008
For those of you exhibiting at Conexpo or wishing to reach those visitors interested in cranes, access or telehandlers, there is still a chance to get into Vertikal Conexpo 2008.
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Tower crane collapse Singapore
February 23, 2008
A 60 metre high tower crane collapsed yesterday at the National University of Singapore, reportedly killing three men.
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Explosion proof EOT
February 23, 2008
German based overhead crane manufacturer, Stahl Crane Systems has completed testing on its first explosion proof crane in the UAE.
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Hewden sales team wins
February 22, 2008
The Hewden south east sales team took the ‘Sales Team of the Year’ - in the under 50 employees category –BESMA awards.
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Harness saves two lives
February 22, 2008
Two construction workers were saved from serious injury by their harnesses and lanyards in a Florida accident earlier this month.
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The three minute manager
February 22, 2008
It is Friday and we thought that you might like to benefit from the Vertikal three minute management course.
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Cramo rises 23%
February 22, 2008
Finish based international rental company Cramo, has reported 2007 revenues up by 23.5% profits increased 34%.
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Teupen acquired
February 21, 2008
A majority stake in truck and spider lift manufacturer Teupen has been acquired by a Hanover based private equity firm.
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Cranes on TV
February 21, 2008
The BBC will air a programme on Friday night Feb 22nd where crane drivers claim they are forced into unsafe crane practices on London sites.
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Certex UK acquired
February 21, 2008
The owner managers of Certex UK have sold the business to Swedish conglomerate Axel Johnson International, which already owns the Certex companies outside of the UK.
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Profits fall at Manitou
February 21, 2008
Manitou has confirmed its full year revenues, up almost 12% and announced profits down by 3%.
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Terex Cranes up 28%
February 21, 2008
Terex cranes has announced its full year 2007 results, with revenues up 28% and profits up by over 66%.
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Genie climbs 12%
February 21, 2008
Terex AWP largely Genie industries, has reported 2007 results with revenues up by almost 12% Profits up 21%.
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Janneniska buys Nofa
February 20, 2008
Janneniska, the Helsinki based truck mounted aerial lift rental company has acquired Stockholm based Nofa.
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Hiab buys in Oz
February 20, 2008
Loader crane company Hiab has signed an agreement to acquire 70 percent of the operations of O’Leary’s Material Handling Services in Perth.
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Manitowoc appoints Asia Pacific head
February 20, 2008
Manitowoc cranes has appointed a new executive vice president of for the Asia Pacific region.
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March Recruitment
February 20, 2008
We will shortly be closing the recruitment section for Cranes&Access, if you are looking for staff or for a job contact us now.
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Crane electrocutes
February 19, 2008
A man died yesterday in Pennsylvania when the crane he was working next to touched overhead power lines.
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Hewden staff nominated
February 19, 2008
UK equipment rental company Hewden has been nominated for two categories at the British Excellence in Sales and Marketing Awards
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Cranes and access in the charts
February 18, 2008
AFI, the UK based access rental company, Ainscough and the Specialist Hire Group have all made the Top 100 list of private equity funded companies with the fastest growing profits.
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Positive Speedy
February 18, 2008
Speedy Hire the UK’s largest general rental company has issued a positive third quarter trading statement
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Trading remains bouyant at Vp
February 18, 2008
Vp (Vibroplant) the owner of UK Forks and Hire Station has issued an interim trading statement
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JLG wins Navy order
February 18, 2008
JLG has won a $25 million telehandler deal wit the U.S.Navy for 197 MMV units.
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Peter Hird celebrates 25
February 18, 2008
Peter Hird and Sons the UK based Crane and access company celebrated 25 years in business this weekend.
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King plays an Ace
February 15, 2008
UK based King Lifting has concluded the deal to acquire ACE Crane and Engineering of Gravesend, Kent.
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New product support manager for Manitowoc UK.
February 15, 2008
Manitowoc UK has appointed a new product/customer support manager
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More from ARA
February 15, 2008
Here is a little more coverage and a few more photos from the ARA-Rental show, which is over for another year.
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Early delivery of JLG 680S
February 15, 2008
A number of the new JLG 680S boom lifts with 4m platforms are in stock.
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Emerson and Juwel join forces
February 14, 2008
Ready-made concrete building manufacturer Juwel is partnering with Emerson Crane Hire to deliver its range of modular buildings.
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Collapsed crane dismantled
February 14, 2008
The collapsed Forest Hill, South London crane will be dismantled and taken to the HSE's Buxton laboratory.
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Hiab Opens Advanced Crane Testing Centre
February 14, 2008
Hiab has opened a state-of-the-art crane-testing centre at its loader crane production facility in Hudiksvall, Sweden.
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Lean on me!
February 14, 2008
Two telehandlers ended up in an unusual position as one toppled into the other in Craigavon, Northern Ireland.
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Lloyd Spalding calls it a day at Skyjack
February 14, 2008
Lloyd Spalding said goodbye to the access industry at this years ARA/Rental show as he moves in to retirement.
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Dobbs joins HAE Board
February 13, 2008
Graham Dobbs, of Nottingham based software supplier inspHire has joined the board of the Hire Association Europe.
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Bellshill fatality - Updated
February 13, 2008
We now have more information on the 24 year old steel fixing labourer who died whilst using a Genie platform on a site at Eurocentral in Motherwell.
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New products at ARA
February 13, 2008
Here are a few more details of the new Bil Jax PT 10 and Skyjack products at the ARA.
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Faresin unveils new options
February 12, 2008
Italian telehandler manufacturer Faresin upgrades models
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New Saudi-Turkey crane manufacturing collaboration
February 12, 2008
A SR100 million (£13.6 million) crane manufacturing facility as part of a Saudi-Turkey collaboration is being set up near Haraaj in south Jeddah.
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Rami Europe’s largest?
February 12, 2008
Finland’s Ramirent has announced its full year 2007 results with revenues up by over 27% to €634 million, pre tax profits rise nearly 43% possibly making it Europe’s largest rental company.
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An advance glimpse of the ARA
February 12, 2008
The Rental Show opens today in Las Vegas, and we bring you the first pictures of the New SkyJack 66ft boom and some other new products on display.
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Modulift recruits
February 12, 2008
Modulift the modular spreader producer has appointed a new marketing specialist.
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Finning UK appoints head of Safety&Health
February 12, 2008
Finning UK, parent of Hewden, has appointed a new head of Safety, Health, Environment and Quality.
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2 Cousins training
February 12, 2008
Oxford, UK based 2 Cousins Access has opened a new IPAF training centre in Oxford.
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Fit for a King
February 11, 2008
King Lifting takes its first Maeda Mini Cranes
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Firms fined over fall death
February 11, 2008
A manager and three firms have been fined almost £350,000 after the death of a trainee scaffolder in 2004.
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Crane jib falls and kills man
February 11, 2008
An man died and two others sustained serious injuries in a worksite accident in Mameer, Bahrain yesterday.
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Escorts launches IHI crawler cranes in India
February 11, 2008
Escorts Construction Equipment has signed up with IHI Construction Machinery to distribute its entire hydraulic crawler crane range to the Indian market.
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New Spider man
February 11, 2008
Spider, the suspended platform division of SafeWorks has hired a new district sales rep for its Atlanta office
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The Rental Show opens Tuesday
February 11, 2008
The Rental show, this year in Las Vegas, opens at 10:00 am on Tuesday
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Crane fatality at Port of Houston
February 10, 2008
A man died on Saturday after a crane dropped its load on him at the port of Houston
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Zarges takes Skyworks
February 8, 2008
Franco-German aluminium access company Zarges Tubesca, has purchased Skyworks the Dutch access sales and rental company.
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Facelift adds more Haulottes
February 8, 2008
UK based Facelift has taken delivery of 15 Haulotte H25TPX 76ft boom lifts.
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Manitou UK adds to sales team
February 8, 2008
Manitou UK has appointed Andrew Dixon as Eastern region area sales manager.
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Fork Rent acquires Swift Plant
February 8, 2008
Fork Rent, the UK based telehandler rental company has acquired the operational assets of Swift Plant Hire from David Wilson Homes.
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Cat to fit tracking and management systems
February 8, 2008
Caterpillar is to fit equipment tracking and management systems as standard in Europe
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New Aichi Booms
February 8, 2008
Aichi unveiled its two new boom lifts the 40 and 46ft the SP12C and SP14CJ telescopic boom lifts yesterday.
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New TC2800-1 for Port Services
February 8, 2008
Port Services has invested £4 million in a 1,000 tonne Terex Demag TC2800-1 lattice truck crane for its new Aberdeen division.
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Aichi unveils new lifts
February 8, 2008
Vertikal.Net had the chance to check out Aichi’s new ‘global’ scissor and boom lifts yesterday.
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Aichi decides against overseas production
February 8, 2008
At a meeting yesterday to unveil its new Booms and Scissor lifts, we had the chance to conduct a brief interview with Aichi president- S.Takeuchi.
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Instant appoints new managers
February 7, 2008
Instant UpRight the aluminium tower specialist has made three new senior appointments to its management team.
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Morgen Est invests in Sennebogen cranes
February 7, 2008
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