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Spain starts work on MEWP operator training standard
Spanish standards institute AENOR has started work on the new standard for training of mobile elevating work platform operators.
IAPA awards judging panel announced
The judging panel for the 2011 International Awards for Powered Access (IAPA) has now been finalised. The five members of the panel are:
Teamwork with Steder and the WWPC
Steder Group in the Netherlands recently took advantage of its membership of the Worldwide Project Consortium WWPC
FIEC welcomes Eurovignette
Compromise agreed on road toll pollution charges within EU.
SC&RA introduces environmental award
Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association has announced it will present an environmental award annually to one member company that has made outstanding contributions to environmental protection
European rental investment levels rebound slowly
European rental companies plan to slowly increase their investment in equipment fleets over the next few years, although not to the same levels as the peaks of 2006 and 2007, according to the results of the recent ERA/IRN RentalTracker survey for the third quarter of 2010.
ERA takes part in European Commission equipment theft meeting
The European Rental Association (ERA) and other European construction bodies held a meeting with the European Commission in early October to discuss the issue of equipment theft.
German sales on the up
German construction equipment orders rose between January and August - recovery set to continue into New Year.
UK’s CEA joins federation
Intention is to turn the BMHF into “proper federation working for the good of the materials handling industry”.
EN 13000 rated capacity limiter questionnaire
As part of the response to controversy surrounding rated capacity limiters in the new EN 13000:2010 European Standard, ESTA and FEM have issued a questionnaire surveying owners' experience with cranes delivered since 1 May 2010
Italy’s lack of incentives
Unacea claims Italian earthmoving machinery industry has benefited little from government incentives
European rental sentiment steady in third quarter
Business confidence in the European rental sector in the third quarter of 2010 showed little dramatic improvement on the previous quarter, although sentiment remains markedly better than at the start of the year.
Last week for European Rental Awards entries!
Companies have until this Friday to submit entries for this year's European Rental Awards.The deadline is Friday 18 February. The winners will be announced on 8 June in Amsterdam during the International Rental Exhibition (IRE) and the European Rental Association annual convention.
More participants in Global Rental Alliance exchange programme
The latest participant in the Global Rental Alliance’s international rental exchange programme has traveled from Australia to Canada for a month-long exchange.
Russian infrastructure modernisation
Transport infrastructure market increased 5% in 2009 despite decrease in overall construction market
No bungee jumping from mobile cranes
A couple of times every year the question of bungee jumping from mobile cranes is raised. Is it allowed or not?
Cruising speed: IRN reports from the European Rental Association's 2010 convention in Prague.
‘New Opportunities’ was the theme for this year’s European Rental Association (ERA) Convention, held on 26-27 May in Prague. Murray Pollok reports from the city’s Corinthian Towers Hotel.
Over 500 attend first ELEVarte show in Spain
The first-ever Spanish ELEVarte show drew more than 500 visitors from Spain and Europe, said the event organisers IPAF and Spanish publication Movicarga.
FIEC backs EU President’s funding aims
Establishment of EU project bonds and further development of Public Private Partnerships welcomed.
IPAF Certified as ISO-Compliant
The International Powered Access Federation passed two audits with no non-conformities found
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