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INTERVIEW
ChineseOEMs
INTERVIEW
Simplex
SHOW REVIEW
ICUEE
SUPPLEMENT
Masts and
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EVENT PREVIEWS
IPAF NEWS
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IPAF opens US membership office in Chicago; Joint AEM-
IPAF technical meetings; Cleveland JATC trains a quarter of
its members; Enter now to win an International Award for
Powered Access in historic Windsor and much more.
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NEWS
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First ever
ALH
Conference & Awards set for 2014;
Ruthmann now represented in North America by Time
Manufacturing; Harsco Infrastructure and Brand Energy to
merge; Snorkel sale complete; New China AWP producer
aims West; IPAF makes North American gains; plus By the
Numbers, events the
ALH
Share Index, highlights and more.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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David Graham leaves Speedy Hire; Terex AWP changes
tactics in China; New models complete Ruthmann range;
Dingli launches European-style mast lift and more.
TRACK-MOUNTED AWPS
43
Manufacturers are targeting rental companies and
promoting Lithium as the tracked platform sector promises
to grow its market share.
Euan Youdale
reports.
ICUEE REVIEW
48
ICUEE was bursting at the seams with
attendees and exhibitors this year.
Lindsey Anderson
reports from the show.
LOW-LEVEL ACCESS
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There is more to low-level access lifts than meets the eye.
ALH
reports.
INTERVIEW
Despite facing an influx
of competition and
stalled construction
work due to organized
crime, Simplex
Equipment Rental
maintains a strong
foothold in the Quebec.
CHINESE AWPs
Murray Pollok
visited
four Chinese aerial
platform manufacturers
in early fall to get an
update on their
activities and to discuss
the Chinese rental
market.
RENTAL REPORT
From mid-sized to giant,
the overall rental market
in the U.S. has picked up
considerably.
Lindsey
Anderson
interviewed
Sunstate Equipment
and United Rentals for a
taste of the market.
MAST AND HOIST
ALH
is proud to present
its first-ever mast climber
and hoist supplement. This
special section is full of
mast climber, transport
platform, hoist education
and jobsite stories.
ON THE OUTSIDE
SUPPLEMENT
MEMBER OF
A Skyjack SJIII 3215
scissor lift. To some,
this unit would be
considered a piece
of low-level access
equipment. Would
you? See our story
on page 55 for more.
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