NEWS Mitie management buyout Terex sells Mitie Powered Access will Holland Lift now be known as The Terex has sold Holland Lift. Platform Company. The deal was officially sealed Previously owned by the on January 25, between Terex Mitie Group, which has an and Holland Lift’s new annual turnover of owner, Stoneham Equipment £0.5 billion, The Platform Inc of Chicago. Company is the result of a Holland Lift’s sales direc- management buyout. It is tor, Menno J Koel, told now co-owned by six Cranes & Access that the members of the management change of ownership was team: Grant Woodward, decided as from January 1st. Martin Wright, Lee Perry, “We have been very much Sean Wilde, Sean Vincent involved in the whole process and Andy Gilbert. of the sales and it has come as The Mitie Group was no shock at all” he said. The service based up until three company is to continue oper- years ago, when it ventured ating from Hoorn and there into capital intensive “This is a very exciting opportunity to capitalise in will be no changes in either businesses. Grant Woodward opportunity”, he went on. the future.” staff numbers or management of The Platform Company “The powered access Service will carry on as structure as a result of the explained that it has now industry has huge potential before with the hire and sale sale. PMJ Boogert still pre- decided to return to its roots for growth and this of access platforms and sides over operations as man- and refocus upon service. management buy out gives us training facilities. aging director. “There will be very few changes as far as customers UpRight are concerned”, said Koel, Tower dismantled “but we will be placing a lot launches more emphasis on innovation. This is the way that both new scissor Stoneham and Holland Lift UpRight is to unveil the want to proceed.” enhanced MX19 as an Stoneham is active world- important new addition to wide as a producer of agricul- its range during Hirex tural and construction 2002. equipment. The compact scissor lift Holland Lift’s most recent has a 7.8 metre working launch was in November, Select Tower Cranes with its Q-135D124-T height, 1.95 metre stowed at Canary Wharf height, 5.8 metre maximum uses a 500 tonne crawler scissor lift. It hopes to drive height. Its turning Liebherr LTM1500 to unveil a new model at the radius is 0.025 metres and dismantle its 8N CTL forthcoming Apex show. 400 Luffing crane, the width only 0.75 metres. which has a lifting Already popular as a rental capacity of 8 tonnes Baldwins warns of model, UpRight hopes that at 50 metres and substantial the improved gradeability 18 tonnes and reorganisation and additional features 23.1 metres radius. such as side fork lift pockets and lower profits and ultra reliable battery The London Stock Exchange charger, will make it an reacted unfavourably to news even more popular choice from Baldwins that results for in the future. this financial year will be Also new, but not to be materially lower than presented at Hirex, are the expected. The company also X26 Ultra-N, an 0.82 warned that some cranes metre wide scissor lift with would be sold at a loss as part 10 metres working height, of a restructuring programme. and the AB38 Lite, with a The full text of the low weight boom under 3 statement from Baldwins tonnes, but with a working Industrial Services can be height of 13.5 metres. found at www.Vertikal.net

6 Cranes & Access March/April 2002 NEWS Radio 4 SMIE purchases Hek and on Cranes Cranesafe Alimak What is a crane? How do they get up there? How join forces much does an operator earn? The answers to these and many more questions will be aired in a new BBC Radio 4 series of five programmes to be broadcast in March. “The Life of Cranes” will be presented by Dylan Winter at 15.45 each day from Monday March 18 to Friday March 22. Research for the programmes included interviews with such luminaries as the man French company SMIE has Cranesafe’s managing who designed the massive purchased the total share- director Tim Rowley Kroll tower cranes now holding in Cranesafe, the UK “Becoming a wholly owned working on the Three and Ireland agent for its tower subsidiary of SMIE allows us Gorges Dam in China, crane anti-collision and to invest in training and other Bill Green (ex-Grove and zoning systems. facilities, to accommodate the now M-D of Previously “We have been developing growing demand for both Loved Cranes Ltd), and the SMIE range for the past installations and customer our own Tim Whiteman, 12 years”, explained service back up.” Publisher of Cranes & Access Hek and Alimak have inte- and Co-Author of grated their sales operations. The History of Cranes. Intervect AB has The Life of Cranes is a SED predicts announced that it will bring series of 15 minute SED predicts together Alimak AB and The programmes that will be Hek International Group BV broadcast daily on BBC success into a single force within each Radio 4 at 15.45 from country. Its president, Anders March 18 to 22. Nordwall, said “For many years, Alimak and Hek have worked in parallel as competi- tors. Bringing (them) together New CITB under one holding company makes it possible to create new entities to better focus on Chairman meeting existing customer Sir Michael Latham is to demands, market develop- take over as chair of the ment, sales and after-sales Construction Industry support service.” Training Board (CITB) as Four new sales companies from April 1. will be formed in the USA, Sir Michael’s appoint- UK, France and Germany. ment was announced by British and Irish customers Adult Skills minister John will see the UK regional office Healey, who said “This of HEK Manufacturing BV appointment reflects the combine with Intervect UK importance the Government SED (Site Equipment confirmed that they will be under Russell Bates, who con- attaches to top level employ- Demonstration) predicts that there. tinues as president of Alimak ers playing a leading role in its 2002 show (May 14-16) Genie, Facelift, Haulotte Ltd. training matters for the con- will showcase an impressive UK and Versalift are among Alimak is to take full struction industry, sup- array of cranes and access the access companies responsibility for hoists and ported by educationalists, equipment. represented. permanent lifts. Hek will be trade unions and others with Liebherr Great Britain, C&A will of course be at dealing with mast climbing a high level of knowledge of Kobleco, PM Cranes, Terex the show and is an official platforms, transport and work the skills requirements of are just a few of the big crane sponsor of the Cranes & platforms, and hoists up to the industry.” manufacturers who have Access Village. one tonne in capacity.

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New chairman for LEEA The Lifting Equipment encourage Engineers Association others to think (LEEA) has announced that of the safety Paul Fulcher, operations implications of director of LGH Group plc, continual price has taken over as its chairman. cuts and market devaluation”, “Over the next two years as said Fulcher. “I feel that where chairman of the LEEA, I plan lifting is concerned, quality to continue my efforts to and safety must never suffer, improve safety consciousness particularly as a result of cost throughout the industry and to cutting measures.” Kier Plant acquires Taylor Woodrow’s crane hire Kier Plant has bought Taylor presided over by newly Woodrow’s tower crane hire appointed special director business. The £2.4 million deal Ian Gordon. includes 28 modern tower Gordon’s cranes and equipment, appointment increasing Kier’s fleet to 85 and the Taylor tower cranes, most of which are Woodrow deal Liebherrs. are both part The expanded fleet, of the Kier operating from six UK depots Group’s strategy to make with eighteen extra employees significant developments in its from Taylor Woodrow, will be plant hire sector. Tadano to supply Link Belt Tadano Ltd and Link-Belt Faun ATF 100-5, re-chris- Construction Co. have tened as the ATC-3130 by announced an agreement that Link-Belt in reference its 130 Link-Belt will purchase AT US ton capacity. All the cranes mobile cranes from Faun GmbH will be sold under the Link-Belt for sale to American customers. brand name. First production shipment On the same stand, visitors starts in May, although the first to Conexpo will be able to see crane purchased will be on Link-Belt’s new HTT truck display at Conexpo in March. It cranes, with improved off-road is the five-axle 110 tonne Tadano capability.

Konecranes delivers Goliath

Konecranes UK has delivered and installed a new 90 tonne Goliath crane to Nordic Terminal in Immingham. The Intermodel Goliath has a 20 metre span and carries two 60 tonne Konecranes LV open winches on a common trolley frame, designed to lift cas- settes with steel coils up to 90 tonnes.

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Fassi on the highroad

Carillion Highway the forward mounted Fassi Maintenance Ltd has taken F80 AXS crane, which is over a new fleet of Volvo fitted with large hydraulic trucks, many of which are clamshell grabs for cleaning equipped with Fassi truck debris from carriageways. It loaders and hydraulic grabs. has a high speed function to Carillion is the first halve the time of clean up company in the UK to use operations. Volvo announces rental network Volvo Construction Equipment Volvo will develop partnerships Rents will be the name of with the larger hire companies. Volvo’s new construction In the USA, Volvo dealers will equipment rental network be given the opportunity to throughout North America open outlets in their territories. and Europe. The company hopes that its Company spokesman Tony independent rental business will Helsham explained the move. encourage entrepreneurial “The Volvo CE rental ownership and offer strong programme will cover all realms support from the manufacturer. of an operating rental business Volvo’s range of model. Programme features will construction equipment include use of the Volvo brand, presently consists of compact financial assistance, a fleet excavators, wheel loaders, purchasing programme for non- skidsteer loaders and Volvo products, an integrated telehandlers. It is also just software programme, business introducing a backhoe line, management and training which will showcase at programmes in all facets of the Conexpo in Las Vegas this business, facility design and month. Volvo has no plans to marketing campaigns.” offer access platforms or Where countries, such as the cranes, but will of course be UK and France, have strong offering the telescopic handler rental networks in operation, range purchased from Upright.

HM Plant sponsors Superbike hope HM Plant is to be the sponsor of Britain’s Ducati Superbike team for 2002-2004. The British round of the Superbike World Championship series, opens at Silverstone on May 26.

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JLG EPL management combines What’s On telehandler buyout VERTIKAL.NET/EN/EVENTS and aerial CONEXPO-CON/AGG The leading US construction show. work March 19-23, 2002 platform Las Vegas, Nevada, USA manufacture Tel: +1 414-298-4133 USA manufacturer JLG CEMAT Industries has announced that Messe für Materialflusstechnik, it will close down its Orrville Automation, Transportsysteme und Logistik facility. April 15-20, 2002 The facility, which had Hannover, Deutschland produced the Gradallo tele- Tel: +49 511 89 0 scopic handler, is to be inte- Fax: +49 511 89 32626 grated into the McConnellsburg site where SC&RA ANNUAL JLG’s aerial work platforms CONFERENCE are made. Conference organised by the Chief executive Bill Lasky Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association. explained that this was a EPL Access Ltd has been Jennings stressed that the April 25-29, 2002 bought out by management business would now see response to the ‘slow eco- Tucson, Arizona, USA team John Jennings, Graeme significant investment and a nomic period’. “Integrating Tel: +1 703 698 0291 Hill and Karl Cerski. ‘re-energised’ service. Hill the production of telehandlers Fax: +1 703 698 0297 EPL is the powered access said “Our customers have with aerial work platforms will hire business of John Laing plc been very patient as we have further leverage out compe- SED and has been established in St sometimes struggled to meet tencies in manufacturing Site Equipment Demonstration. Neots, Cambridgeshire, for 40 their demands over recent excellence” he went on. “ The Featuring the Cranes & Access years. Under its new ownership years. Now we will once combination. will better posi- village held in association with tion JLG for the eventual “Cranes & Access” magazine. it will continue to offer a range more be able to move the May 14-16, 2002 of access solutions, specialising business forward, reacting upturn in the economy.” Near Milton Keynes, UK in vehicle mounted platforms, more quickly to the Ninety JLG jobs are likely Tel: +44 (0)20 8562 4810 and operate out of eight opportunities and changes to be lost in the next eight Fax:+44 (0)20 8652 4804 national depots. in the market.” months.

America still target Gottwald’s 750th harbour mobile for UK makers The Construction Equipment uncertainties are likely to give Association has announced way to an upswing in business. that 65 British companies will UK based manufacturers and be exhibiting at Conexpo, the suppliers continue to have a highest number yet. strong product offering in the Rob Oliver, the CEA’s international marketplace.” chief executive, said “North The British Pavillion and America remains a key market British Company Information for many of our members. Centre will be located in Sooner or later present Conexpo’s South Hall. Offshore Cranes Conference Anyone interested in attending ing. Two regulatory regimes The 7th North Sea Offshore will be in focus; ‘goal setting Cranes Conference must book and ‘prescriptive’. their place by April 3. The conference dinner Aberdeen is to be the host will be a true Scottish affair, city this year, and the discus- with bagpipes and haggis Gottwald is shipping out its 750th harbour mobile crane this month. The 100 sion will encompass offshore and all attendees in highland tonne HMK 300 E is on its way to Salerno Container Terminal in Southern crane design, operation, legis- dress. Please visit Italy to join two others of the same specification. lation, safety issues and train- www.Vertikal.net/en/events

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