by admin | Jul 7, 2017 | Manufacturer News
Although utilities in new residential neighborhoods generally are buried underground for aesthetic reasons, utility poles with suspended wires still are used extensively in commercial, industrial, and rural areas. In these applications, above-ground poles and wires...
by admin | Jul 7, 2017 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News, Offshore News
Recently, Heila Waalwijk, the Netherlands, overhauled a HLM 10-2S crane installed on one of Svitzer IJmuiden’s vessels. Svitzer, with 550 vessels in 35 countries, is one of the world’s largest harbour tug and salvage companies. “The crane had been mounted on one of...
by admin | Jul 6, 2017 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News
A LEADING civil engineering and plant hire firm has placed its largest ever equipment order for JCB machines worth £1 million. The new investment has seen Flimby-based Ashcroft Construction purchase 17 new machines in total, including: a JCB 8008 micro-excavator;...
by admin | Jul 6, 2017 | Equipment Rental News, Manufacturer News
Loughborough-based Danaher & Walsh Plant Hire has completed a £3m investment in new machinery. Orders have been placed with Caterpillar and Volvo which will increase the size of the company’s hire fleet. The investment includes the purchase of 27 new...
by admin | Jul 6, 2017 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News, Manufacturer News
With a fleet of over 18 cranes, which includes mobile tower cranes, city cranes and all terrain cranes ranging from 35 to 300 tonnes, Horizon Reinforcing & Crane Hire has a machine to suit almost any type of rental or contract lift job and when it came time to add...
by admin | Jul 6, 2017 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
Petro-Sea Logistics, a joint venture between Belgium’s Sea-Invest and Ivory Coast’s Petroci, began buying Grove all-terrain cranes in 2016, and that trend continues in 2017 with the addition of a GMK5180-1. The company made the switch from another brand’s all-terrain...
by admin | Jul 6, 2017 | Manufacturer News
Liebherr presents the LRB 16, which is an all-round piling and drilling rig for diverse applications within the deep foundation sector. The machine gets its name from the sledge’s travel distance, which is approximately 16 m. With a longer leader, the piling and...
by admin | Jul 5, 2017 | Workforce News
IRISH BUILDING SITES face more disruption as Unite union crane drivers have voted to escalate strike action. Unite, which claims to represent the vast majority of Irish crane drivers, previously balloted its members on industrial action. The Journal IE repoorts they...
by admin | Jun 29, 2017 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News
Two Kato Group dealers, Kato Works’ dealer HPL Distribution and Kato-HICOM’s dealer Youngman Richardson Co., Ltd., participated in the Fieldays at Hamilton from June 14 to 17, 2017. HPL dealer for Midi Excavators manufactured by Kato Works Japan displayed 8ton –...
by admin | Jun 29, 2017 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
Manitex International said it has added Kansas-based Mynatt Truck & Equipment as a distributor of knuckleboom cranes for the states of Kansas and Missouri. Mynatt Truck & Equipment Co. has been a supplier of truck mounted cranes in the United States since...
