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Transport concessions and international footprint will help insulate sector in 2012, but outlook remains weak
Market surveillance key if Europe is to remain competitive, though there are concerns it doesn’t work.
Terex Corp and JLG/Oshkosh Corp are working together in China to promote safe working practices and to lobby the Chinese government about the benefits of modern access and mining equipment.
Investment would speed up road, rail, energy grid, pipeline and broadband network projects
Construction Products Association highlights rising prices and weakening domestic demand
The European association for materials handling equipment, FEM (Fédération Européenne de la Manutention), has issued a position paper that states that cranes should not be used for lifting people, except under exceptional circumstances.
IPAF said the formation of a Country Council in Brazil following a meeting Sao Paulo in late May represented a "hugely important step" for the association.
A guide to the safe use of telehandlers in construction has been launched in the UK by the Strategic Forum Plant Safety Group, an industry group charged with providing industry advice on the use of equipment in the UK’s construction sector.
OSHA's Advisory Committee for Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH) met in Washington DC to discuss MCWPs with Kevin O'Shea.
Spanish standards institute AENOR has started work on the new standard for training of mobile elevating work platform operators.
The UK’s main scaffolding body the NASC (National Access & Scaffolding Confederation) said that many of the UK’s public authorities are failing to ensure that scaffolding installations meet national safety standards.
The American Rental Association (ARA) and the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) have welcomed the decision by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to amend proposed regulations on off-road diesel emissions.
KHL Group wins the most prestigious British industry award in 2010, the Queen's Award for Enterprise in the highly competitive International Trade category.
JLG Industries, Inc., an Oshkosh Corp. company, received two orders from the US Army for almost $51 million to produce 311 ATLAS II telehandlers.
JLG's Craig Paylor said he favours a registration and service history system for large equipment to help rental companies and fleet owners keep machines for longer and extract their full economic value.
A new ‘best practice’ guide on training and familiarization for aerial work platforms in the US and been launched following a collabaration between trade associations, manufacturers and rental companies.
The US Department of Labor's OSHA holding public meeting Feb. 10.
John Milne faces 27 months in jail after pleading guilty to false accounting.
The Scaffold Industry Association (SIA) recently assisted in a Cal/OSHA Board Advisory Committee meeting about scaffold plank design requirement on behalf of a request from the California Research and Standards Safety Unit.
Terex has agreed to pay a US$ 8 million fine to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to several cases of accounting fraud between 2000 and 2004.
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