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KHL Group
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Santiago, Chile
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Beijing Representative Office
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UK/IRELAND/MIDDLE EAST/
NORTH AMERICA
Wil Holloway, Advertisement Manager
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GERMANY/SPAIN/AUSTRIA/SWITZERLAND
Mike Posener, Sales Executive
UK Head Office, address as above.
Tel: +353 86 043 1219
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THE NETHERLANDS/LUXEMBOURG/
SCANDINAVIA
Arthur Schavemaker, Kenter & Co
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FRANCE
Hamilton Pearman,
Greenwich Media Time (GMT)
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ITALY
Fabio Potestà,
Media Point & Communications SRL
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TURKEY
Melih Apa
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JAPAN
Akiyoshi Ojima,
Japan Advertising Communications Inc.
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e-mail:
CHINA
Cathy Yao
Tel: +86 10 6553 7678
e-mail:
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
Wil Holloway,
Advertisement Manager
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NEWS
6
HSS acquires Haulotte’s UK Platforms, Ashtead profit
boost, Riwal 30% fleet investment, Sales hit 50 for
Palfinger JV, Ahern exits Chapter 11, Mills orders
$41m aerial platforms.
INTERVIEW
10
Manitou interim CEO Dominique Bamas
plans to bring the company into a new
era. He talks to
Euan Youdale
about new
markets, the expansion of the access
equipment segment, his own future
and, of course, telehanders.
EUROPLATFORM
13
Anticipation is growing for Europlatform 2013 thanks
to an attention-grabbing set of speakers and a great
location in the heart of Istanbul; be sure to benefit from
a reduced rate by booking early.
TELEHANDLERS
15
Telehandlers are pushing the boundaries when it
comes to operator safety, comfort and control.The
new emission laws have concentrated the minds of
manufacturers too.
Euan Youdale
reports.
access
50
23
This year’s list of the world’s biggest access-equipment
rental companies highlights a degree of uncertainty in
the market, but there is still growth.
AI
reports.
IPAF NEWS
29
MEWP delivery drivers at risk;
Norty Turner to address IPAF Asia Conference; IPAF
appoints auditor and member support representative for
Switzerland.
SCAFFOLDING 32
INTERNATIONAL
A range of news and
site reports from the
world of scaffolding,
plus an interview
with China’s Qingdao
Scaffolding owner
Jack Zhang.
USED EQUIPMENT
37
Jeroen Rijk, senior vice president for sales in Europe at
auction giant Ritchie Bros., has seen some interesting
trends in the used equipment sector. He shares these
experiences with
AI.
INTERVIEW
39
There is plenty for Versalift UK managing director
Steve Couling to sink his teeth into as the new
president of IPAF. He explains all to
Euan Youdale.
VERTIKAL DAYS
42
Vertikal Days is always a good
barometer of the UK market, and
access manufacturers were out in
force during June’s exhibition at
Haydock Park.
AI
was there.
AI 30TH ANNIVERSARY
45
A collection of site reports from
Access International
issues gone by.
ACCESS IN ACTION 2013
46
The Access in Action section of
the magazine, which appeared
throughout the 1990s, has been
reinstated and features a range
of recent projects form across
the world.
5
JULY-AUGUST 2013
access
INTERNATIONAL
Betco was called upon
to supply specialist
scaffolding at the
world’s biggest steam
cracker in Texas, US.
Read the whole story
on page 32.
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