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GTAccess has added the first new 15m Hinowa tracked booms in the UK to its growing hire fleet. The powered access specialist is the first British owner of Hinowa Lightlift 15.70 units, which are replacing some older Hinowa 14m tracked booms. The machines were supplied by APS, the exclusive UK distributor for Hinowa machines. GTAccess […]

Following the agreement to acquire Platform Service & Repair Limited (PSR), Terex AWP has completed the combination of its new and enhanced Genie UK and PSR Service Organisation. The field service team will operate under both brands, with the Genie UK team counting now ten dedicated field service technicians and the PSR team having 20. […]

Almost half of UK businesses (44%) believe that the UK’s infrastructure has improved over the past five years, but only a quarter (27%) think it will pick up in the next five years, and two thirds (64%) suspect it will hamper the country’s international competitiveness in the coming decades, according to the 2016 Infrastructure Survey. […]

Konecranes has received a Notice of Intent to Award Contracts from the Virginia Port Authority in the USA. The Award covers the provision of 86 automated stacking cranes. Deliveries are scheduled in phases for 2018-2020. The value of the contracts will exceed €200 million. This will be the largest deal in the history of Konecranes. […]

According to the CBI (Confederation of British Industry) Industrial Trends Survey the UK’s manufacturing output and orders grew over the last quarter, with export volumes growth the strongest for two and half years. The latest quarterly survey of 459 manufacturers revealed that competitiveness in EU markets rose at the fastest pace since the series began […]

Snorkel UK, the dedicated sales and service provider for Snorkel lifts in the UK and Ireland has appointed Sheffield-based PLP Lift Trucks as an authorised regional dealer. Under the terms of the agreement, PLP Lift Trucks are authorised to sell and service Snorkel lifts in Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Derbyshire, alongside Snorkel UK. PLP Lift […]

Gorbel has launched a new Road Ranger Mobile Anchor unit. This new addition to the Tether Track product family incorporates all the features of the original Ranger Mobile Anchor launched last year, but it is rated for highway towing at speeds up to 65mph. Road Ranger Mobile Anchor provides the necessary anchorage point for working […]

PEER Chain Co. has reorganized its eastern and southeastern sales territories. Tim Douglass, who has been with PEER Chain since June 2015, will take charge of its southeastern sales territory as a regional sales & relationship manager, and Monika Gjonzeneli, who was hired in August 2016, will lead the eastern sales territory as a regional sales […]

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, boosts its business in the Americas region with appointing new members to its leadership team. Erika Barbosa has been appointed vice president, Sales and Services for Latin America. She joins Kalmar from Caterpillar LATAM and has a long and distinguished history in the heavy industry. Erika will be based in Panama, […]

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has signed an agreement with Gulftainer Lebanon SAL to supply six Kalmar T2 terminal tractors and one Kalmar DCF80-45E7 empty container handler. The order was booked in Cargotec's 2016 third quarter order intake and the first delivery will take place in October 2016. The rest of the order will be delivered […]