FORMER Grove UK sales director Bill Green has teamed up with European Crane Services managing director Robb Gilbert to sell Effer truck loader cranes.

European Crane Services (ECS), owned by Gilbert, has been the distributor for Effer’s marine cranes for 15 years. Effer UK, co-owned by Gilbert and Green, has now been set up to sell the Italian manufacturer’s truck loader line in the UK and Ireland. It is based in the premises of ECS in Maidstone, Kent.