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UK manufacturer Timberwolf has launched a new, lightweight shredder, the SX200, to its catalogue of chippers and shredders.

Haulotte Group has reorganized and streamlined its manufacturing process at its Archbold, OH plant in order to prepare for a planned increase in aerial work platform production. The plant, which also manufactures BilJax scaffold and staging, has improved its raw material storage, machining, welding, fabrication, assembling, paint, test and warehousing logistics over the last year, the company said.

Brazil's Mills Estruturas e Servicos de Engenharia has reported a record turnover for the second quarter of 2012 complemented by a record earnings growth of 73.5%, while planned investment more than doubles.

Ramirent’s growth slowed during the second quarter of the year, with a 4.9% increase in like-for-like sales in the second quarter compared to the 12.4% growth in the first.

New features for sub- 5 tonne tandem compactors.

Compressor manufacturer Sullair Corp is being sold by United Technologies Corp (UTC) to private equity firms Carlyle Group and BC Partners.

Birtley, UK factory celebrates silver anniversary. It has manufactured 59,000 machines over the years, with a total value of € 4.8 billion.

Cramo’s growth rate slowed in the second quarter of the year and it is now expecting flat sales for the year rather than the growth forecast previously.

The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) and the Scaffold & Access Industry Association (SAIA) have reaffirmed their alliance to work together in "every way possible" to promote safety in the use of powered access equipment throughout the US and Canada.

UK rental firm Hewden has expanded its customer training services with the launch of a new online system allowing customers to manage their training administration, including personal development and learning plans.

UK plant and tool hire company GAP Group is to establish more specialist divisions to add to the Lifting and Non-mechanical plant divisions launched in the past three years.

Compact Power Equipment Center (CPEC), which runs compact equipment rental businesses in Home Depot locations, is attaching ‘811’ ground utility reminder stickers to more than 4000 items of rental equipment.

The American Rental Association (ARA) has negotiated cost reductions of up to 70% on courier and shipping orders with UPS.

Lincoln Electric said current chief operating officer (COO) Christopher Mapes will take over as president and chief executive officer (CEO) at the end of the year, replacing CEO and chairman John Stropki Jr who will become executive chairman of the board.

IPS is adding an on-site hydraulic hose replacement service for its customers. The UK based international supplier of replacement parts and after-sales service can bring a fully-equipped hose workshop directly to your site.

Netherlands-based Scafom-rux - which rents, sells and manufacturers scaffolding, shoring and propping products worldwide - has gone live with its new ERP and rental software system from Germany’s Sycor.Rental.

Cooperative rental association System Lift has announced that 2011 was its most financially successful year ever since with more than a €100 million turnover.

With a tight contract timeframe, UK rental company AFI-Uplift was able to supply booms so a luxury cruise liner could dock in the morning, be re-liveried with its new name and be ready to set sail on the evening tide.

There were zero fatalities during the building of the London Olympic venues and the UK's IOSH (Institution of Occupational Safety and Health) has identified the communication techniques that helped to make this possible and which can be used in other construction projects.

The French equipment rental market fell by 1% in the second quarter of the year according to the latest ‘barometer’ member survey by DLR, the French association for construction equipment distributors, rental companies and the material handling sector.