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UK rental company A-Plant has expanded its range of equipment for working at height by investing over £6 million in almost 300 new powered access machines from leading manufacturer, JLG. The A-Plant order is one of the biggest to be won by JLG in the UK this year and the new machines are currently being […]

Skyjack’s 30 for 30 Partners campaign joined forces with rental company AFI Rent to provide support at a charity basketball game in Hamburg, Germany, which took place earlier this year. The ‘AFI Hamburg All-Stars’ – a collection of national celebrities from the worlds of football, comedy, film, reality television and ice-hockey – joined together to […]

London-based crane rental company City Lifting has bought the first Grove GMK6400 crane in the UK. It’s the company’s second Grove all-terrain crane, joining the GMK6300L that was added to its fleet last year. The 6-axle crane will help the company meet increased customer demand for higher capacity cranes. The 400t capacity GMK6400 is currently […]

Terex Material Handling & Port Solutions is celebrating 50 years of business as a producer of North American overhead cranes, hoists, and material handling components.  The present-day Terex Material Handling & Port Solutions segment was founded in 1819 under the name Mechanische Werkstätten Harkort & Co. in Wetter, Germany. The company then established its North […]

Finland, Machinery Oy, the recently appointed Grove distributor, has made its first two sales to Turku-based rental company, Nostokonepalvelu Oy. The GMK3060 all-terrain crane was delivered in July and the GMK4100L will be delivered later this month. As one of the latest Grove cranes to launch into the market, the GMK3060 was shown at the […]

A-Plant has taken delivery of a further 112 new powered access machines joining one of the youngest fleets in the hire industry. This latest tranche of investment has seen A-Plant purchase a range of diesel-powered rough terrain scissor lifts valued at almost £3 million from Skyjack. The order comprises  8, 9.7, 12.1, 13.1 and 15.2m […]

Ahern Deutschland GmbH, the new sales and service operation for Snorkel aerial work platforms and Xtreme Manufacturing telehandlers, will be officially launched at Platformers’ Days 2015. Platformers’ Days takes place on 11 – 12 September in Hohenroda, Germany, Led by Bernhard Kahn, Ahern Deutschland has recently secured an 18,500sqm (200,000sqft) site in Weyerbusch in the […]

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 […]