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UK hire company, A-Plant, has won a prestigious award from RoSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) for the second year running.
Access International and the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) have confirmed that the third Europlatform access rental conference will take place this year in Milan, Italy, on Tuesday 15 September with the theme, Access Rentals – Ready for the Rebound?
A major new event for the world-wide demolition industry is being launched by D&Ri and the European Demolition Association
In just under two weeks the winners of the first IAPAs (International Awards for Powered Access) will be announced. The event will take place at the dinner which follows the IPAF Summit, this year held in Dublin Ireland on 2 April.
The Specialized Transportation Symposium is a major annual event to help all interested parties meet challenges in the industry. This year it runs from 11 to 13 March at the Hyatt Regency Albuquerque, New Mexico in the US. Terry White previews the event
Attendance at last week’s Rental Show in Atlanta, Georgia, appeared to be as much as 50% down on recent years, reflecting the general economic climate, although exhibitors had anticipated the decline and did not appear to be complaining too much.
The SC&RA Strategic Plan for 2009-2012 approved by the Association's Board of Directors last month included the objective: "Go Green with increased awareness and visibility for environmental issues." We intend to take this objective very seriously
As part of SC&RA's mission of generating new members and a co-operative spirit among American members and their international counterparts, the association completed a successful International Business Forum, 3 to 13 November, in Australia and New Zealand
JLG Industries president Craig Paylor said pulling out of the World of Concrete, The Rental Show and Intermat had been difficult decisions, but the right ones.
Financial advisor gives tips on how to stay on top at annual Construction-U event
Snorkel is really going for it at the ARA's The Rental Show. On the stand there will be TB65J, a new telescopic boom with jib; the XT24AL trailer mounted scissors, launched at Apex (by UpRight) but being shown in North America for the first time; and more machines integrated from the UpRight range.
John Ball, the President of IPAF (the International Powered Access Federation), has met with the Irish Prime Minister - known as the Taoiseach - Brian Cowen to introduce him to IPAF and its aims.
George Burnett, the former chief executive and founder of the Ashtead Group, will be the keynote speaker at the ERA Convention taking place on 26-27 May 2009 at the Midland Hotel in Manchester, UK.
The provisional programme for the European Demolition Association ‘spring' conference, to be held in Nice, France, over 4-6 June, 2009 is now available on the EDA's website
The second European Rental Awards – being organised again by International Rental News (IRN) and the European Rental Association (ERA) – will take place in Manchester on 26 May during the ERA’s 2009 convention. Murray Pollok reports.
Michael Kneeland, president and CEO, of United Rentals will be speaking at the IPAF Summit on the subject "Rental Giants Fight Back".
Bobcat has announced the three prize winners in the ‘What Did Bobcat Do For Me?' 50th anniversary celebratory competition.
As at 18 February five of the world's top crane manufacturers had committed to sponsoring the 2009 ESTA Awards of Excellence event in Paris on 23 April
Time is running out to get your entries in for the IAPA (International Awards for Powered Access). If you have yet to enter, you still have a few days, and dropping a line to Access International's Managing Editor Murray Pollok murray.pollok@khl.com may secure you an extension to the 31 January deadline.
Industry leaders gathered to speak, learn, and think about the future of access rental during the second Europlatform conference, held the day before APEX in Maastricht, The Netherlands. Sponsored by Haulotte Group, Genie and Skyjack, the theme of the day-long event was the trends and issues shaping the future of access rental.