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A 907 tonne capacity Manitowoc Model 21000 crawler crane has been bought for Australia's largest ship building project

Ireland’s Height for Hire has ordered a 52 m working height Spider Falcon lift from Worldlift Industries. When delivered next August or September it will be the world’s largest Spider-type platform, offering just a few extra metres height than Teupen’s 50 m Leo.

In Qatar Dutest Qatar WLL, a specialist Crane and Lifting engineering company, operating within the Teyseer Group of companies has been confirmed as a Nifty dealer.

UK rental company, AFI-Uplift is making further investment in powered access machines, to serve both the low-level and high-reach ends of the market.

UK rental company, Platform Hire Ltd has taken delivery of 59 scissors from MEC UK. The units join a number of MEC machines already employed in the Platform Hire fleet.

German crane rental and transport company Wiesbauer has added a pair of new crawler cranes to its fleet

Ramirent has acquired the machinery department of a subsidiary of Lemminkäinen in Finland

The new owners of Cela and Socage chose to announce their plans for the companies at the SAIE exhibition at the end of October.

Speedy Hire has invested £3 million (€3.4 million) in a fleet of nitrogen generation units. The sets eliminate the need to supply nitrogen in low temperature liquid form and thereby cut costs in a wide range of applications such as drilling, mining and power generation.

AFI-Uplift has invested in two massive Holland Lift Megastar scissor lifts with working heights of 33.7 m. At the other end of the height spectrum, the company has added 20 of Youngman Group’s BoSS X3 2.55 m platform height models to its fleet.

Netherlands access tower and suspended platform manufacturer Altrex has agreed exclusive distribution rights in the US and Europe for the new Bisomac 210 hoist manufactured by Japanese rental company Nihon Bisoh.

At the APEX exhibition last year in Maastricht, Nagano Hoogwerkers BV introduced the latest Nagano aerial platforms from Japan. Nagano Hoogwerkers was an offshoot of the Kemp Group and following the introduction the Ihimer range of spiders the company has renamed itself Kemp Hoogwerkers.

Despite the recession UK based rental company Higher Access continues to grow its fleet and business, with eight new machines from CTE.

UK rental company Speedy Hire has ordered 300 of TowerLight’s new VT-1+eco lighting towers. The tower features an automatic switch-on and -off system that the companies claim will reduce tower maintenance costs by a third; cut pollution by 30%; and result in considerable cost savings for contractors.

UK rental company, Access Platforms Aberdeen has signed a £2 million order to buy a range of scissor lifts and booms from Haulotte UK.

UK access equipment dealer, Ranger Equipment, has pulled out of its UK distribution agreement with the Finnish platform manufacturer, Dinolift.

A new Terex Demag AC 500-2 wheeled telescopic mobile crane has increased the heavy lift capacity at the Germany-based Schuch Group

UK-based industrial rentals specialist Northbridge Industrial Services has bought 28 large Sullair compressors from Energyst. Northbridge has also formed an alliance with Sullair as part of its plan to expand the rental and service of compressors in Europe and the Middle East.

Indian crane manufacturer Escorts Construction Equipment Ltd. (ECEL) has agreed with Zoomlion to sell its truck and all terrain cranes in the country

The UK's largest mobile crane rental company, Ainscough Crane Hire, has ordered 20 units of Liebherr's new 150 tonne capacity LTM 1150-6.1 all terrain crane