WORLDNEWS
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JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2015
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INTERNATIONAL
2015
Intermat 2015
April 20-25, 2015
Paris, France
IAPA awards&
IPAF Summit
March 26, 2015
WashingtonDC, USA
ConExpo Latin America
October 21-24, 2015
Santiago, Chile
M&T Expo
June 9-12, 2015
São Paulo, Brazil
DIARY
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Israel-based
Shai Magen
Forklifts
has expanded its rental
fleet with the purchase of its
first Airo spider, aR17DC. The
company, based inHaifaBay, has
been testing some Airomodels over
previousmonths, including the X
10 EW, X 12 EN, X 14 EW, XS 8 E
restyling and one XL 19RTD. The
RC 17DC, with a 16.5mworking
height, is popular in theMiddle
East, said themanufacturer. The
model has aworking outreach of
6.5m and a capacity of 200 km for
two operators.
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IAPSGroup
has established
a new powered access sales
and service business in France.
Nacelexpert is a fully independent
supplier of powered access
platforms aswell as providing
all associated technical support,
service and preventative
maintenance packages. Themove
follows the group’s sale of its
replacement parts business in
France, IPSSARL, inNovember
2014.
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Nationwide Platforms
has signed a joint exclusive
three-year deal with contractor
Balfour Beatty. The plant rental
deal was also struckwith fellow
UK-basedA-Plant, Speedy Hire
and Vp. Jeremy Fish,managing
director of Nationwide Platforms
said, “Creating such a prestigious
partnership is going to be extremely
beneficial for everyone involved. It
demonstrates that Balfour Beatty
has recognised the specialist
nature of working at height and is
dedicated to providing a safeway of
working on all of its sites.”
INBRIEF
BaumaChina promises
access growth
Visitor numbers forNovember’s
BaumaChina exhibition, in
Shanghai,were up8% to191000
people from the previous 2012
event,despite the on-going
downturn in theChinese
construction equipmentmarket.
Itwas also clear the access
equipment sector is on the rise.
GJJ told
AI
itwill build an
RMB1billion (US$162.6
million) factory inChina to
producemast climbers, a product
that is in its infancy in the country.
Itwill do so in cooperationwith
theChinese government.
Themanufacturer specialises
inhoists butGJJ chairmanWang
HuaLong saidmast climbers
wouldbecome very popular.At
themoment hoists and scaffolding
are usedprimarily onworksites.
Terex shruggedoff concerns
about the slowingChinese
economy at its showpress
conference.KenLousberg,
president ofTerex’sChina
business, said,“It’s the largest
constructionmarket in theworld
andwe expect it to continue tobe
the largest.”
MrLousberghighlighted
several opportunities, including
the aerial platformbusiness,which
it saidwas nearing a tippingpoint,
with the conditions inplace for
an exponential growth rate.These
include a greater focus onworker
safety andproductivity on site.
JLG launched two versions of
itsRS scissor range specifically
for theAsianmarket – the
R6 andR10RS scissorswith
workingheights of 19 ft and32
ft, respectively – and introduced
its 185 ft 1850SJ boom in the
continent for the first time. It also
introduced the 4017 and3614RS
telehandlers toAsia.
AlanLoux, JLG vice president
marketing, told
AI
the products
were an example of how JLG
planned to introduce features and
products specifically for a region.
In this case the active pothole
protectionwould allow the scissors
tobe operatedonuneven surfaces.
He said all establishedworld
accessmarkets haddevelopedwith
the rightmix of safety standards
andproductivity, and saidChina
was at that stage now.
Inmore product news;
Sinoboom launched its first truck
mount atBaumaChina.The
22mworkingheightGKH22
truckmountwill add to the
manufacturer’s line-upof self
propelledproducts. Itwill be
followedbymore truckmounts up
to60mworkingheight.
France-basedHaulotteGroup’s
subsidiary inShanghai become
the first IPAF training centre
established inChina at the show.
TimWhiteman, IPAFCEO, said
itwas a key step towards greater
safety standards inChina.
Another keyChinese player
Dingli announced it had
appointedGermany-basedTüV
Rheinland toprovide thirdparty
CE certification for its aerial work
platforms.“TüVRheinlandhas a
reputation as one of the strictest
certification companies for
machinery accreditation,” it said.
Readmore about these stories
in theChina feature in this issue
and theMarch issue of
AI.
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KevinParkes
,
CEO at UK-based
rental company
Hewden, is to step
down on 31 January.
Mr Parkes, a former
director at Finning (UK) took over at
Hewden in 2009.
■
ChrisWatts
has taken on
the role of CEO and president of
USA rental company Sunstate
Equipment, replacingBenno
Jurgemeyer who retired at the end
of December.
■
NewUK rental
companyStar Platforms
has appointed
RichardMiller
as its
jointmanaging director.
He startedwith Instant
Zip–Up in 1991
andwas sales and
marketing director of Nationwide
Platforms.
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JLG has reorganised its
marketing team.
Jeff Ford
,
currently global category director
for boom lifts, will become director
of global strategy and business
development.
CoreyRaymo
,
currently global category director
for scissors, will become global
category director for boom lifts.
Paul Kreutzwiser
has joined
JLG as the global category director,
scissors/verticals. Kreutzwiser has
more than 12 years ofmarketing
experience in the AWP industry.
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