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The large UK powered access service and repair provider, PSR,  has expanded its management team, as it gears up for growth. Ken Cooke joins IAPS Group’s Service Division, PSR (Platform Service & Repair), as production manager. He has responsibility for setting up and running the workshops and product assembly facilities at the Group’s new, larger […]

IAPS Group is expanding into new premises to facilitate the next phase in its rapid growth, and its recent decision to enter the van-mounted boom market. One of the UK’s biggest independent powered access distributors has moved into larger headquarters Telford, Shropshire. The three acre site includes a spacious yard, offices, workshops and a spare […]

LEEA has launched a regional lifting and rigging conference for the Mddle East it will take place at the Shangri-La Hotel on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai, 14-15 December 2015. After the successful staging of the LEEA Lifting & Rigging Conference Asia in June 2015 in Singapore, the announcement that a Dubai event will offer […]

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has been awarded a major port equipment order from long-standing customer Sociedad Portuaria Regional de Buenaventura SA (SPRBun) as they gear up for growth at their operations in Terminal Especializado de Contenedores de Buenaventura S.A. (TECSA) in Buenaventura, Colombia. The order was booked into Cargotec's 2015 second quarter order intake, with […]

As part of a major investment and innovation programme in the company’s access fleet, UK rental company A-Plant has purchased over 200 booms and scissor lifts manufactured by Genie. Valued at almost £4 million, the order comprises diesel articulated booms from 10.3m (34ft) to 24.4m (80ft), Diesel Stick Booms from 13.7m (45ft) to 26m (85ft), […]

Swiss crane service provider Welti Furrer is in the process of upgrading its fleet and has chosen Terex Cranes products: Having placed two Terex Explorer 5800 all terrain cranes into operation in April, the company collected the first of two Terex AC 350/6 cranes from Zweibrücken in May followed by a second unit with the […]

Snorkel aerial work platforms and Xtreme telehandlers will now be sold and serviced by Ahern Deutschland, the new direct sales and service operation in Germany and Austria.  Ahern Deutschland GmbH, is part of the Ahern International division, which also includes Ahern Australia, Ahern Japan and Ahern Canada.  The Ahern International operations are solely focused on […]

A few months ago the Pisa Fire Brigade bought a ZED 19 articulated truck-mounted platform from Italian manufacturer CTE and now the company has supplied the Lucca Fire Brigade in Tuscany, with an industrial telescopic truck-mounted platform B-Lift 187 for rescue purposes. The B-Lift 187 has an18m working height, 12.7m of outreach and a 250kg […]

DSM Dyneema, the inventor and manufacturer of Ultra High Molecular Weight PolyEthylene (UHMWPE) fibre branded as Dyneema, which is used in ropes and cables has appointed a new president. After five years in the post Gerard de Reuver will step down as president of DSM Dyneema on 1 August 2015, he will be succeeded by […]

Columbus McKinnon Engineered Products, Kissing, Germany, has added more options to the BETA SL electric wire rope winch from Pfaff-silberblau. Options include a frequency converter, a pressure roller, and a slack rope switch. Additionally, the BETA SL is being delivered with short lead times. The BETA SL electric wire rope winch is available with a standard-fitted gear-type limit switch […]