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INTERNATIONAL
MARCH-APRIL 2014
to teach an AWPT Evaluator Course.This
first session served as a pilot and many ideas,
including the Evaluator Guide Book, were
generated through his efforts. Mr Radke
and his team were responsible for training
over 70 AWPT Evaluators in less than 30
days and providing operator training to over
1100 NES Rentals employees in 90 days.
OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER
OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER
SERVICE
ACCESS PLUS, UK
The company’s performance is averaging at
96% ‘highly satisfied’ from customers.The
introduction of ISO 9001 has developed this
further. On off-fire satisfaction rating for 2013,
it is 98.1% highly satisfied.The company a true
24/7 service provider, at no extra cost, measures
all call-outs and breakdowns with average time
to fix for 2013 being 34 minutes.The company
operates a Loyalty Reward Scheme, including
training, transport and equipment rewards. All
new customers are added to its Point Touch
information scheme and are guaranteed seven
service levels including 30 minute updates.
IAPS GROUP, UK
In 2013 the company launched Parts Plus
parts management system for regional hire/
rental companies and substantially increased
parts inventory with UK distributorship for
Schaltbau Machine Electrics components
and appointed the first IPS Parts Partners
in Ireland and Denmark. It Substantially
increased machine inventories to reduce lead
times for customer and launched ‘Sell My
Platform’, a used car-style purchasing service
for powered access and launched online a
Service Reminder initiative.
INDUSTRIAL ACCESS, Romania
Last year was the most challenging in
the history of Industrial Access, with the
Romanian access market suffering the most
since 2008. Yet the company integrated
all its systems into one, powerful, web
based, tool Smartrent. From a single point
there is instantaneous secured access to all
details concerning the life of an asset and
the interaction with customers, along with
predictive and track and tracing features.
RUTHMANN, Germany
Ruthmann has eight factory-owned service
centres and four additional service points in
Germany, Austria, and France.The company
offers a mobile service; 27/7 telephone hotline;
all-inclusive agreements (regular monthly
payments cover all repair and maintenance
work); Ruthmann Connect remote diagnosis;
oil maintenance service for all Steiger models
and other brands, among many others.
POWERED ACCESS PIONEER
GALMON, Singapore
The first company to introduce booms and
scissor lifts to Singapore in 1982, Galmon
started out with a small fleet of four units,
expanding it to a fleet of more than 2800.
In 1994 Galmon became sole distributor for
JLG Industries, making it the only distributor
of MEWPs in the region. Galmon has
since partnered with local governing bodies
to promote the use of MEWPs in various
industries and across other countries.The
company is certified by the Singapore Ministry
of Manpower for MEWP training.
PROING, Columbia
Proing was established in Bogotá in 1997 as
an engineering consultancy. It was the first
company in Colombia to offer rental of aerial
work platforms. Proing became the exclusive
Snorkel distributor for Colombia in 2012
with many customers now purchasing AWPs
rather than renting. Proing quickly realised that
operator training was vital to the growth of this
emerging market. After joining IPAF in 2011
it opened the first accredited IPAF training
centre.
SRINI KADABA, Machinery Division
of Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo Company,
Saudi Arabia
Srini Kadaba developed a market-leading
position for Grove Manlift in Saudi Arabia
(1987 – 2003), during which he educated
companies on the safety and productivity
benefits of AWPs. In 1997 he established
the first Arab-owned AWP rental company
in Saudi Arabia and was founder member of
Lifting Equipment Engineers Association
(LEEA) in the same country in 2006. He also
supported the formation of the Indian Access
Equipment Association and its ties to IPAF.
PRODUCT OF THE YEAR –
VEHICLE MOUNTED
BRONTO SKYLIFT, Finland, for the S
65 XR truck mount
The 65 m working height S 65 XR truck
mount was introduced at Bauma last year. It is
the first of the new XR range (eXtreme Reach)
which covers working height from 30 m to
70 m.The plan behind the range was a larger
work envelope and reduced cost of ownership
delivering improved productivity. Specifications
include up-and-over capacity of 15 m, a 700 kg
safe working load, transportation height of 3.8
m and length of 12 m. All on a 3 axle chassis.
MOOG, Germany, for the MBI 50
crawler mounted under bridge unit
The crawler version of MOOG‘s MBI 50
unit was designed especially for operation on
narrow pedestrian bridges. It is compact and
has a narrow 1.6 m operation width. With
the load distribution on two crawlers it is
possible to stick to a minimum area load even
with overall weight of 3000 kg.This makes it
possible to work on bridges rated low-weight
only. It can be rotated 90° downward before the
tower is buckled in sideways.
PALFINGER, Germany, for the P900
truck mount
This 90 m working height truck mount has an
outreach of 32.3m with 530 kg cage load. It
is possible to work below 0° degrees with over
22.5 m outreach and up to 8 m below ground
level. The jib has a rotation angle of 180° and
2 x 90° cage rotation. It can be ordered on a
standard chassis or a Tadano Faun all terrain.
Total weight is below 48 tonnes.The machine
has dummy fuel tank with the real one hidden
away. It also has a sleeper cab.
RUTHMANN, Germany, for the
Steiger T720 truck mount
The 72 m working height T 720 has an
upper telescoping boom system of almost 20
m for working on high objects where every
cm counts.The extended upper boom and
RÜSSEL jib can be manoeuvred around
delicate objects such as glass surfaces and
advertisement panels with great sensitivity.
It has a 2 x 90° cage-rotation device and
telescoping working cage. It has 600 kg
load capacity and can be extended in width
hydraulically.
PRODUCT OF THE YEAR –
LOW LEVEL ACCESS
CUSTOM EQUIPMENT, USA, for the
HB-1230 scissor lift
The HB-1230 is a 12 ft platform height
compact aerial scissor lift.The idea is to
give contractors a favourable alternative to
traditional 12 ft mast-style lifts.The HB-1230
has a large 25 inch x 53 inch (1.35m) deck, and
includes a 28.75 inch (.73m) additional slide
out deck extension. Weight is an important
design consideration, in at 1670 lbs (758kg).
Zero turn radius (ZTR) operation allows the
operator to use this machine in virtually any
work area.
POWER TOWERS, UK, for the Pecolift
The 1.5 m platform height Pecolift vertical
mast has taken over 2.5 years in development
and works by utilising an innovative, patented
stored power mechanism that provides 90%
of the power required without the need for
batteries, mains power, hydraulics or electrics.
All it requires is for the operator to turn the
handle which inputs the remaining 10% of the
power required to lift the platform. Platform
dimensions: 720 mm length x 600 mm width.
Safe working load is 150 kg.
PRODUCT OF THE YEAR –
MCWP
ALIMAK HEK, UK, for the APF
35/75/44 transport platform
It was specially designed and manufactured
to support Laing O’Rourke’s ‘smarter
construction’ ethos during the building of a
prestigious central London project.The key
requirement for the hoist was to move Building
Services Modules that were 6m long x 2m wide
