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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.

Engine manufacturer Honda has taken legal action against two Chinese companies that it claims showed copied Honda products at a gardening equipment show in Cologne in September.

16 CRCC workers to be dismissed and sent home after protests over pay and conditions erupted into vandalism.

Netherlands police authorities are reported to have paid an unannounced visit to the Dordrecht head offices of rental company Riwal

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

A couple of times every year the question of bungee jumping from mobile cranes is raised. Is it allowed or not?

Family of a UK man killed by falling excavator bucket appeals for mandatory ban

High voltage expert Hugh Pratt on the USA's new crane safety standard

HAE (Hire Association Europe) has launched a new free advice hotline +44 (0)121 380 4646 for employment law, health and safety and legal advice.

Access tower manufacturer Turner Access has started legal proceedings against Youngman Group alleging infringement of its intellectual property rights over its BetaGuard Advanced Guardrail System.

Italy's Supreme Court of Cassation has upheld Impregilo's appeal against fines handed down by the Naples Court of Review in connection with an investigation into waste disposal in the Camania region of Italy.

Mobile cranes delivered new in Europe since 1 May have changes to the operator's controls as a result of the 2010 amendment to the EN13000:2004 standard

JCB takes legal action during Bauma to prevent three unnamed Asian manufacturers from showing telehandlers and backhoes it says were copies of its products and infringed its patents.

Former Vinci chairman could face up to five years in jail if found guilty.

Annual report from the Office of Institutional Integrity shows more cases were prosecuted in 2009 and new strategies were launched to prevent wrongdoing.

Federal judge Alvin Hellerstein has criticised the WTC Captive settlement over clean-up operations at the World Trade Centre following the 9/11 attacks in 2001.

Civil damage claims totalling € 108 million have been filed against leading elevator and escalator companies in Austria following the fines already imposed on them by the Austrian Cartel Court in 2007.

Russian rental company LTECH is contesting legal action from Netherlands company Rentpool over non-payment for a large number of aerial platforms.

New laws to improve the safety of tower cranes on construction sites were laid before the UK Parliament on 22 February

As part of an investigation into waste disposal contracts a Naples court has filed a new order against Impregilo and its subsidiaries Fibe and Fisia Italimpianti, reducing the amount seized from the companies by approximately € 500 million.