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The huge Bauma exhibition held in Munich last week attracted around half-a-million visitors, making it the biggest Bauma ever. International visitor levels also grew with numbers increasing by +35% to 160000 for non-German attendees. Visitors from around 190 countries were registered - another new record for the massive show. A total of 3041 exhibitors (2004: 2805) were at the show, +7% mo . . . more | |||||
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 Former construction minister commits suicideBarbara Blida, who was Poland’s construction minister from 1993 to 1996 killed herself on April 25 as police searched her apartment as part of a corruption investigation. Local press reports . . . more |
 Philharmonie de Paris Ateliers Jean Nouvel has won the international competition to design a new orchestra hall in Paris, France. The € 200 million Philharmonie de Paris, which will become the new home for the . . . more |
| Cat ups outlook Caterpillar has raised its outlook for 2007 following a record first quarter. The world’s largest construction equipment manufacturer says its full-year sales will be between US$ 42 billion . . . more |
| Slate fraud to cost € 44 million Alfred McAlpine says the fraud it discovered earlier this year at its slate business will cost it UK£ 30 million (€ 44 million) in cash terms in 2007. The announcement comes following an ind . . . more |
| Komatsu has record year Komatsu’s construction equipment sales grew +21.4% in the year to March 31, for a record total of JPY 1568 billion (US$ 13.3 billion). The segment made an operating profit of JPY 220 billion . . . more |
| ADB loans US$ 7.4 billion in 2006 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved US$ 7.4 billion in loans in 2006, a +28% increase over 2005, according to its Annual Report 2006, which was released ahead of its 40th Annual Meetin . . . more |
 Manitowoc moves at the topGlen Tellock, Manitowoc Company senior vice president and Manitowoc Crane Group president, has been appointed president and CEO of the Manitowoc Company, Inc. Eric Etchart becomes president . . . more |
| Record Q1 for Manitowoc Net sales, order backlog and earnings per share for the Manitowoc Company were all at record levels in the first quarter of 2007. In the crane segment net sales increased 43% to US$ 682.8 . . . more |
| More space for Dawes Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental, Inc. in the US has moved to a new 12 acre facility in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Since 1993 Dawes was in the Chippewa Valley but with rental and sales operations gr . . . more |
 New Kobelco CKE 1100 crawlerKobelco launched its 110 tonne capacity CKE 1100 lattice boom crawler crane at the Bauma exhibition in Germany in the last week of April. It is described by the company as “fitting neatly be . . . more |
| Mega contract for ABB ABB has won a US$ 65 million contract to supply automation and electrical systems for 74 cranes. Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Company (ZPMC) of China will build the cranes. Switzerland . . . more |
| Terex first quarter results Net sales in the Terex Cranes segment for the first quarter of 2007 increased $ 132.1 million to $ 500.8 million from $ 368.7 million in the first quarter of 2006. According to the company t . . . more |
 GE sells US Mod Space businessGE has sold its North American Modular Space portable accommodation rental business to Resun Corp, a Virginia, US based specialist in the modular buildings. The combined business – which . . . more |
 Copco creates global rents divisionAtlas Copco Airpower in Belgium has created a single equipment rental division, Specialty Rental, combining its industrial rental activities in Europe, the US, Canada, Mexico and Australia. . . . more |
| Hire Station buys Cool Customers Vp plc, the equipment rental specialist in North Yorkshire, UK, announced on 18 April that its tool rental business, Hire Station, had bought rental company Cool Customers Limited. The deal . . . more |
| Hochtief to keep Streif Streif Baulogistik confirmed its intent to remain within parent company Hochtief, the German construction company, for at least the next few years. “This organization is good for our strateg . . . more |
| Russian rental company buys Wumags Moscow-based access rental company LTECH is to boost its truck mounted fleet with a significant order of new WUMAG truck mounted platforms up to around 30 m. LTECH, which has three depots . . . more |
| Update your Access Yearbook data Access International’s annual Access Yearbook – the only comprehensive guide to all the powered access equipment available on the market – will be published this summer. Manufacturers ar . . . more |
 Haulotte gives views on rentalAlexandre Saubot, Haulotte group’s chief operating officer, said the company could establish its own access rental businesses to help develop immature markets. Speaking at the Bauma show . . . more |
 Tecchio launches 22 m truck-mountItaly’s Tecchio said a single set of centrally located outriggers - rather than conventionally placed outriggers - will provide greater platform stability on its new 22 m K422DAT model, pict . . . more |
| Lavendon enters van mount sector Lavendon Group has entered the van mounted aerial platform market with the acquisition of Rise Hire Ltd, a company with 300 platforms and fork lift trucks operated from a single depot in Ove . . . more |
| Changes at Aichi USA Aichi USA's president, Mac Fujimoto, left the US subsidiary on 30 April and has been replaced as president by Jun Ishida, an Aichi employee from Japan who has a background in sales. Acces . . . more |
| D&Ri 100 update As can happen with our top lists, as a result of the various methods we source our data from, we have been informed of misreported financial results in the 2007 D&Ri 100 listing, both . . . more |
 FRD adds attachmentsFurukawa Rock Drill has introduced what it calls its ‘Second Generation’ of hydraulic breakers that offer reduced vibration and quieter operation. Two new models make up the first phase of t . . . more |
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