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      <description><![CDATA[The owners of UK based rental company HSS have appointed Lazards to review their options. ]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[US based LGH has formed a partnership with the Local 597 Pipefitters Union training facility in Chicago.]]></description>
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      <title>Name that crane</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A reader in the US has sent us a photo of an old crane that perhaps one of you can identify?]]></description>
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      <title>Now Available in French Canadian</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[AEM has issued French Canadian versions of its aerial lift safety manuals for use in Quebec]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[A man received an electric shock today in Pennsylvania, when a crane touched overhead power lines.]]></description>
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      <title>Speedy bounces back to profit</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The UK&#8217;s largest equipment rental company Speedy has published its full year results for 2011/12 ]]></description>
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      <title>Liebherr offers free wind training</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Liebherr is providing free one day training courses in the UK the influence of wind on crane operations.]]></description>
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      <title>Manitou UK marks 40 years</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Manitou chairman Marcel Braud has planted a tree at Manitou UK to celebrate its 40th anniversary. ]]></description>
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      <title>Manitex up 35%</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Boom truck, crane and reach stacker manufacturer Manitex International has reported a strong first quarter.]]></description>
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      <title>Access Alliance meeting</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Access Alliance, held a quarterly meetings prior to the this week's Niftylift product launch.
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      <description><![CDATA[Italian construction equipment manufacturer Cormidi has introduced a new multipurpose KB-X P spider lift/spider crane range ]]></description>
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      <title>Oil&#38;Steel strengthens UK distribution</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Oil & Steel has appointed Manchester-based HSG Systems as its UK distributor. ]]></description>
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      <title>Lucky escape for boom lift operator</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A man thrown from the platform of a boomlift in Norway yesterday escaped with minor injuries. ]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Larry Lockwood, VP finance for Terex AWP, has been appointed chief financial officer - Demag Cranes ]]></description>
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      <title>Teupen confirms Southern Africa distribution</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Teupen has confirmed the appointment of Goscor Hi-Reach as its new dealer for Southern Africa. ]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[French access rental company Joly Location has added 13 and 23 metre Teupen spider lifts to its fleet. ]]></description>
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      <title>CTE celebrates 25 years with Genie</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Genie and its Italian distributor CTE celebrated 25 years  of partnership last week at an event in Mantua. ]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[UK based aerial lift manufacturer Niftylift has unveiled two new articulated booms today.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Tyco Fire says that it is mandating the fitment of SkySiren protection system on all boom lifts from today.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Italian loader crane manufacturer Effer has launched a new business in the UK - Effer UK.]]></description>
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      <title>Jim Banner RIP</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[We have heard the sad news today of the death of a Jim Banner a heavy crane operator in the UK.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Strongco has reported first quarter sales up 11%, while profits have more than doubled.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dutch aerial lift manufacturer Omega Platforms has shipped two track mounted loader cranes to Norway.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The sentences for the 2009 tower crane collapse in Liverpool, UK, have totalled around &#163;400,000.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Barin has supplied a compact ABC 60L under-bridge inspection platform to Hong Kong based New Motion.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Don Ahern has been given an extension to its period of exclusivity to file a plan to exit Chapter 11.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The latest Cranes & Access is now online and available to read or download.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Industrial division of Linamar -mostly Skyjack - saw irevenues rise by 113 percent in the first quarter.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The latest casualty of wind farm roads is a 103 metre aerial lift which rolled in Scotland this week. UPDATED]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Romanian rental company Industrial Access has taken delivery of the first JLG 510AJ boom lift built in Romania.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Spider division of SafeWorks has appointed James Finn as area director of its western region.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[For those of you who are interested in the German speaking market the latest Kran & B&#252;hne magazine is online and available to read or download.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Doosan has appointed Martin Knoetgen as president of Doosan Europe, Africa and the Middle East.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The UK&#8217;s Strategic Forum Plant Safety Group will hold an &#8216;Open Meeting&#8217; at this year&#8217;s Vertikal Days. ]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Aerial lift and telehandler producer JLG has introduced a new product for the American market. ]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[UK access rental company AFI has achieved five star Achilles rating following a recent reassessment.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dutch based rental company Coll&#233; has taken delivery of its 300th Wumag/Palfinger platform.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Loader crane and aerial lift manufacturer Palfinger has reported a record first quarter in terms of revenues]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Finnish based international rental company Ramirent has reported a strong improvement in the first quarter.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[A man was rescued by a boom lift this morning after he fell onto a scaffold in Palmyra, Western Australia, ]]></description>
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