November 20, 2007	Vol. 4, Issue 23

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UpRight to Launch U.S.-Built Trailer-Mounted Aerials at ARA

UpRight will launch two new machines at The Rental Show.

November 20, 2007 - UpRight will use The Rental Show as the official platform to show its new range of trailer-mounted aerial lifts, which are being manufactured at the company's facility in Fresno, Calif. New machines UpRight plans to unveil at the annual rental event include the 37-foot UpRight TL37 and 49-foot UpRight TL49K towable aerials.

The TL37 is a light machine with a stable in-line boom and features hydraulic outriggers, a jib, and powered cage rotation as standard equipment. The TL49K has a heavy-duty boom and a wide variety of power options, including bi-energy. Key selling points are the simple repair and maintenance of hydraulic machines, along with high reliability and competitive pricing...Read Full Story

Pettibone to Sponsor Telehandler Skills Challenge at World of Concrete

NACB Holds Annual Professional Development Conference

Potain Crane Assists in Pittsburgh Expansion Project

Manitou Incorporates New Product Development Software

United Rentals Files Lawsuit Against Cerberus

United Rentals and Cerberus Get Ready to Rumble!
By Guy Ramsey

Guy Ramsey

November 20, 2007 - On July 22, Cerberus Capital Management, LP agreed to acquire Greenwich, Conn.-based United Rentals for $34.50 per share in cash. Additionally, the private equity firm also agreed to assume $2.6 billion of United Rentals' debt. In total, the deal was valued at about $7 billion.

Only two months earlier, this same investment group leveraged a deal to take an 80-percent stake in the new Chrysler organization for $7.8 billion...Read Full Story




Polygon Co. Unveils New Website

Arrow Material Handling Develops 'Work Safe' Program

Pettibone Promotes Product Manager

Florida Crane Owners Council Petitions to be a Stand-Alone Organization

Hirschmann North American Headquarters Completed in Seven Months

N.Y. State Department of Labor Suspends 129 Crane Operator's Licenses

Chapel Hill, N.C., November 2007 - Rescue teams worked for two hours to lift a man from a deep trench after the boom truck he was operating tipped over and dumped him into a 14-foot hole. The operator was using the crane to put a large cement manhole into the trench. The crane was hauling a concrete vault as part of an electrical duct bank project, and the weight of the box caused the boom truck to turn over, the operator to slide off the truck, and fall into the hole.

Read the rest of this accident here.




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