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UK-based Tanfield Group, owner of UpRight Powered Access, has agreed to buy Snorkel for US$100 million, plus US$25 million of debt. When completed the deal will make Tanfield the owner of two of the oldest and most recognised brand names in the powered access business, and give it the US manufacturing base it has been seeking for the past year. The Snorkel brand will be retained and include . . . more | |||||
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 Desert bloomUK-based architect Barton Willmore has won the international competition to create a “futuristic” botanical garden - the King Abdullah International Gardens (KAIG) - in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. . . . more |
| Sacyr to appeal AMF Eiffage ruling Sacyr says it will appeal against a ruling by the French Autorite des Marches Financiers (AMF) stock market regulator that says it broke market rules in an attempt to take control of Eiffage . . . more |
 Iconic structure for TatarstanNetherlands-based Erick van Egeraat Architects has won the international competition to design a new National Library in the Republic of Tatarstan’s capital, Kazan. The building, which w . . . more |
| US$ 670 million for Argentina's roads The World Bank has approved two loans totalling US$ 670 million to support infrastructure expansion, maintenance and rehabilitation in Argentina. As part of the package another loan for U . . . more |
 Bristol's speedy way completePaving on the Bristol Motor Speedway project in Bristol, Tennessee, US has finished, with the project on schedule for its first race of the season on 25 August, the Nascar Sharpie 500. De . . . more |
| Canal plans through desert The possibility of digging a canal from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea will be considered by 11 companies taking part in a tender for the construction work, Jordan's Ministry of Water and Irrig . . . more |
| Double digit rise at Kobelco Cranes Kobelco Cranes sold about 730 cranes in fiscal 2006 (1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007), up 38% or 200 units, on the 530 units sold in fiscal 2005. Total net sales were Yen 56.407 billion (US . . . more |
| Scholpp orders new gantries Lifting solutions company Scholpp, headquartered in Germany, has ordered three Greiner telescopic gantries worth about Euro1 million (US$1.4million). The TG 160, TG 320 and TG 620 four-le . . . more |
 RJT Crane chooses TadanoNew mobile crane rental business RJT Crane and Plant Hire in Australia has started its fleet with a Tadano GT-550E truck crane. Dealer James Equipment supplied the crane to head up the ne . . . more |
| Port Services invests in mobiles Scotland-based Port Services (Invergordon) Limited has invested more than £3 million (US$6 million) in two mobile cranes. Already delivered is a 250 tonne capacity Terex Demag AC 250-1 te . . . more |
| Speedy outlines Hewden tool plans Speedy Hire will close or merge just 23 of the 188 Hewden Tool Hire depots following its £155 million acquisition of the business announced in the second week of June. The deal is expected t . . . more |
| Coates opens 'due diligence' period Coates Hire is to further investigate a possible sale of the business by starting a process of formal assessment of proposals via a due diligence period of four weeks, starting on 16 July. . . . more |
| RSC CEO says US market 'great' Erik Olsson, RSC Equipment Rental’s president and chief operating officer, said North American remained a very buoyant rental market and that the company had no current plans to move outside . . . more |
| Cramo makes Finnish acquisition Cramo Finland has made a small acquisition, adding three-branch Oskarin Vuokrakone Oy to its Finnish operations. The price was not disclosed. Oskarin began renting in 1981 and has depots . . . more |
 High-reach rentalHeywood, UK-based PGC Demolition has invested UK£ 5 million (€ 7.35 million) in a fleet of 20 high-reach demolition excavators which it will rent-out to other demolition contractors. This is . . . more |
| New European parts centre for JLG JLG is to build a 4000 m2 parts distribution centre near its factory in Maasmechelen, Belgium. The facility will serve all of Europe and is scheduled to be fully operational by January 2008. . . . more |
 Safi name in lights at ParthenonOne access manufacturer is going to get a lot of public exposure over the summer holiday season. Italy’s Safi has the privilege of seeing one of its mast climbers on the façade of the Parthe . . . more |
| CTE supports Genie telehandlers Genie’s Italian distributor, access equipment manufacturer CTE, will distribute telehandlers manufactured at Genie’s Umbertide plant in Italy. The Dolo, Veneto-based company, which has d . . . more |
| LVI on acquisition trail LVI Services Inc has acquired the business of Mazzocchi Wrecking, the largest demolition operation in the New York area. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founders Grace and N . . . more |
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