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Debut for Snorkel boom lift

25/05/2012: Snorkel is launching its A62JRT articulated boom lift onto the UK market next month. more »

Cadman adds 70t Liebherr AT

25/05/2012: Cadman Cranes has taken delivery of its first Liebherr, a 70t capacity LTM 1070-4.2 all terrain. more »

Cats feed new waste plant

25/05/2012: Avondale Environmental has taken delivery of three new Caterpillar machines for use at its residual waste processing plant in Polmont, Central Scotland. more »

A-Plant tools up with huge JCB order

24/05/2012: A-Plant has placed a £16m order with JCB for 550 machines, its second recent big order with the manufacturer. more »

One Call’s clean Cats in demand on Crossrail

24/05/2012: Investment in 156 new stage IIIB compliant Cat excavators is helping London-based One Call Plant Hire win work on the Crossrail project. more »

Wash Rack helps Speedy combat hose pipe ban

24/05/2012: Speedy has bought several water-saving Wash Racks for cleaning hire equipment in its depots. more »

Linden Comansa completes 2100 tower crane series

22/05/2012: The new 21 LC 660 tower crane completes the Linden Comansa LC2100 series. more »

Bauma 2013 fully booked already

22/05/2012: With nearly a year to go, all the stand space at the next Bauma trade fair is already fully booked. more »

Balfour Beatty under fire for keeping safety secrets

21/05/2012: Balfour Beatty has come under fire from industry commentators for not sharing details of an internal safety alert that could prevent accidents in other companies. more »

A-Plant shells out on hire fleet upgrades

21/05/2012: Rental company A-Plant has placed orders for new equipment worth more than £24m. more »

Plant manufacturers highlight concerns to minister Prisk

17/05/2012: UK construction equipment manufacturers have met with business minister Mark Prisk to discuss their concerns for the sector. more »

Hire firm fined for unsafe equipment

16/05/2012: A Swindon-based plant hirer has been fined for continuing unsafe working practices and ignoring safety warnings from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). more »

Speedy Hire back in the black

16/05/2012: Speedy Hire has bounced back from a disappointing £27m loss in 2011 with a £3.2m pre-tax profit for the year to March 2012. more »

Dumper truck collision breaks worker’s foot

15/05/2012: A Northants contractor has been fined £10k after a six-tonne dumper truck ran over a worker and broke his foot. more »

Tyco specifies anti-entrapment system on access platforms

15/05/2012: Fire protection contractor Tyco is specifying Nationwide Platforms’ SkySiren anti-entrapment solution for all powered access platforms that it uses. more »