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Gulf Industry Fair 2008
20 December, 2007
The region's event for industrial and related sectors of the Gulf

Tat Hong buys in Oz, China
20 December, 2007
Australian crane rental firm Tutt Bryant Group, a subsidiary of Tat Hong, has bought the assets of Melbourne-based Bradshaw Ultra Heavy Haulage Ltd. In China, another of the Singapore giant’s subsidiaries, Tat Hong Heavy Equipment (China) Pte Ltd, announced it had completed two more acquisitions.

LGH USA buys Sync Lift
20 December, 2007
Lifting Gear Hire of the USA has bought a Sync Lift hydraulic lifting assist system from European manufacturer Enerpac.

Palfinger North America reorganises
20 December, 2007
The North American distributor of Palfinger lorry loader cranes has reorganised.

KR Wind takes Liebherr LG 1550 lattice truck
19 December, 2007
Danish wind turbine erection company KR Wind, a joint venture between Mammoet, Holland, and Enggaard, Denmark, is taking on a new Liebherr LG 1750 lattice boom mobile crane at the start of 2008. This is the second device of this kind in KR Wind’s fleet of cranes. In November 2007, the company received a Liebherr LG 1550, its fourth.

GTK raises first windmill in the field
19 December, 2007
Manitowoc’s Grove GTK1100 crane has completed its first series of lifts at a job site in Germany. The distinctive crane, with its unique design and transportation abilities, was first shown in iron at the Bauma trade show. Following further tests at Manitowoc’s Wilhelmshaven factory in Germany, the first unit went to work in December for owner Wiesbauer.

Terex finance VP: North American economy 'somewhere past middle of mid-cycle'
19 December, 2007
Terex vice president of finance, treasury and risk management Chuck Snavely has told investors that North America's economy is 'somewhere past the middle of the mid-cycle', where overall growth is above the general trend.

Speedy Hire works with prisoners
18 December, 2007
UK equipment rental firm Speedy Hire has joined forces with HM Prison Service to launch a new rehabilitation scheme that provides vocational plant maintenance training for prisoners.

Long-lost cousins
17 December, 2007
A shared ancestry going back a thousand years has given a boost to Turkish contractors working in Central Asia. Will North reports

Tat Hong takes controlling stake in Shanghai jv
17 December, 2007
Singapore-based crane rental company Tat Hong has acquired a controlling stake in a Chinese tower crane rental joint venture, Jiangsu Zhenghe Tathong Equipment Rental.

Offshore association publishes lifting guide
17 December, 2007
The International Marine Contractors Association has published 'Guidelines for Lifting Operations'. The guide includes sections on personnel, categorising lifts, risk assessments, lift plans, inspection, examination and marking of lifting equipment, maintenance and recordkeeping. An appendix features a job risk assessment form and worked examples of a number of key documents.

JLG launches compact telehandler
17 December, 2007
JLG Industries of the USA has introduced a 2.75 US ton (2.5t) capacity compact telehandler, which can include an optional crane hook.

Comansa's new luffer finds work in Ireland
14 December, 2007
Linden Comansa's first LCL-500 luffing jib tower crane was sold to Ireland dealer Stafford Tower Cranes and was working on a factory expansion of concrete supplier Irish Cement in the suburbs of Dublin, Ireland.

A long reach to take down tower
14 December, 2007
Bovis Lend Lease UK needed to employ police support to help rental firm Ainscough Crane Hire manoeuvre a 500t Liebherr LTM 1500.1.8 into Cambridge city centre. The crane was to be used to dismantle Comedil tower cranes supplied by Select Plant at the Grand Arcade, a £220m (EUR169m) retail development. 

Australia's Tutt Bryant buys Bradshaw Heavy Haulage
14 December, 2007
Tat Hong's Australian crane rental subsdiary Tutt Bryant has bought Melbourne-based Bradshaw Ultra Heavy Haulage.

The two parts of a crane job
13 December, 2007
Those of you who have met me might describe me in many ways - some good, some not so good.

Ship crane on an even keel
13 December, 2007
Using a climbing jack system to erect a 3,400t shipyard crane allowed Bidlift to control the lift with millimetre precision. Will North reports

Kuebler transports telescope transporter
13 December, 2007
On 3 December the first of two antenna transporters for a European Space Agency project left the factory of special transport maker Scheuerle in Pfedelbach, Germany in the care of Kuebler Spedition.

TiL hits 5,000, as MCG tours Asia
12 December, 2007
At a ceremony attended by a swathe of senior Manitowoc directors, and scores of customers and partners, TiL (formerly Tractors India Ltd) sold its 5,000th crane, a Grove-licensed RT630C, to Rajasthan Reliance Industries.

MacGregor's recent crane orders top $100m
12 December, 2007
In October and the beginning of November, MacGregor – part of the Cargotec Corporation – confirmed contracts for 179 cranes with a total value of over US$100 million. The cranes are destined for 43 ships on order in China and Korea, including oil/ore carriers, general cargo ships, bulk carriers and container feeder ships.