NEWS
7
MARCH 2014
ACCESS, LIFT & HANDLERS
Percentage change
in the
ALH
Share Index
+5.8%
BY THE NUMBERS
ALH
SHARE INDEX:
JANUARY 2014
SHARE PRICE
COMPANY
Jan 8
Feb 12 % change
Ashtead Group
UK£
7.90
8.28
4.81
H&E Equipment
US$
31.40
29.49
-6.08
Haulotte Group
France
€
11.57
11.32
-2.16
Manitex
US$
14.54
13.78
-5.23
Oshkosh Corp
US$
50.25
53.83
7.12
Tanfield Group
UK£
0.18
0.15
-16.67
Terex Corp
US$
40.94
43.76
6.89
United Rentals
US$
78.78
82.59
4.84
SHARE INDEX
370.44
392.03
+5.8
Manitou appoints
new president
and CEO
Michel Denis, a former CEO of
European truck rental group
Fraikin, is the new president and
CEO of Manitou Group.
He will officially take over
from interim president and
CEO Dominique Bamas this
month. Bamas has resigned in
accordance with the Manitou
board of director’s planned
appointment of Denis.
During his career Denis
managed French company MC
International which later became
Johnson Controls, a specialist
in industrial and commercial
refrigeration. In 2003 he joined the
Fraikin Group, a European leader
in truck rentals, for which he was
CEO until August 2013. He helped
grow the group’s international
standing, influenced the design of
industrial vehicles, and developed
services and financing associated
with its 60,000-strong fleet.
Michel Denis has been
appointed president and CEO of
Manitou Group.
IPAF 2013
accident
statistics
published
The powered access industry
is reporting more accidents
through IPAF’s voluntary
program.
It reveals that there were 53
fatalities worldwide in 2013
involving mobile elevating
work platforms (MEWPs),
also known as aerial work
platforms (AWPs), according to
preliminary results from IPAF’s
accident database.
The main causes of these
fatalities were: overturn
(16), fall from height (13),
entrapment (10), electrocution
(7), impact with MEWP (4) and
falling object (2). In one case,
the cause of the fatality was
not known.
Almost half of the number
of reported fatalities (26 or
49 percent) involved mobile
booms (3b). Fourteen fatalities
(26 percent) involved mobile
verticals (3a) and 11 (21
percent) involved static booms
(1b). In two cases (4 percent),
the type of machine involved
was not known.
Thirty (57 percent) of the
fatalities occurred in the United
States, whch is home of 54
percent of the world’s rental
fleet. For more on the report,
see our IPAF news pages in
this issue.
Xtreme launching
65k telehandler
Xtreme Manufacturing will debut
its largest-capacity telehandler at
ConExpo 2014, Don Ahern, owner,
told
Access, Lift & Handlers
during
World of Concrete, Jan. 21-24
in Las Vegas. The 65,000-pound
capacity telehandler will weigh
95,000 pounds and is aimed
for work in bridges and pipe-
handling, Ahern said.
On the other end of the
spectrum, Xtreme will also debut
its most compact telehandler,
the XR5919, that features 5,900
pounds of capacity, 19 feet of
lift height and 63 hp. The unit is
being produced to compete with
smaller telehandlers currently on
the market. When both debut at
ConExpo, Xtreme will round out its
lineup to 15 models.
“The forks on the new unit
weigh 2,000 pounds each,” Ahern
told
ALH
.
But visitors to Xtreme’s stand
should expect much more than
telehandlers. Ahern told
ALH
exclusively that those expecting
only telehandlers will be surprised
to see a completely new series
of aerial work platforms featuring
never-before-seen technology. For
full details on ConExpo, see our
Guide in this issue.
Xtreme is also debuting its
most compact telehandler, the
XR5919, that features 5,900
pounds of capacity, 19 feet
of lift height and 63 hp. The
smaller sibling is pictured here.
+17.5%
The value of construction put in
place in the U.S. came to $930 billion
last year – a +5.3% increase on
2012 with residential sector driving
growth, with a +17.5% increase in
the value of work carried out.
100
Number of
exhibitors
already
signed up for APEX in Amsterdam.
Working height in feet of
JLG’s new Ultra boom,
which will debut at
ConExpo.
191
130,000
Total number of expected
attendees at ConExpo 2014
