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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2013
ACCESS, LIFT & HANDLERS
HIGHLIGHTS
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Netherlands-based Riwal
has moved into Belgium by
acquiring the aerial work
platform business of crane
company Sarens Belgium NV.
Riwal Belgium will be based
in Genk (Limburg province). The
Sarens employees working at
the aerial platform division will
all be employed by Riwal.
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Brazilian company Mills
Estruturas e Serviços de
Engenharia, reported a 35.5
percent increase in revenues
to R$211.8 million for the
second quarter of the year, with
net profits up 22.5 percent to
R$48.1 million.
The Rental division, which
mainly rents aerial platforms
and telehandlers, saw revenues
rise by 62.6 percent to R$90.1
million year-on-year, which is a
record for the second quarter.
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Trailer specialist Nooteboom
will launch a semi low-
loader trailer designed for
the transportation of aerial
work platforms. The 3-axle
hydraulically steered semi low-
loader will first be presented
at Matexpo, taking place
September 4 - 8 in Kortrijk,
Belgium.
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Holland Lift has appointed
Eline Oudenbroek as its new
managing director (MD).
She took over the role at the
beginning of July from interim
MD Thom Sijs, who will leave
the Netherlands-based scissor
lift manufacturer on
September 1.
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Zuccato Autogru s.r.l. has
taken delivery of its second
Socage platform, a 54 m TJJ54
Forste truck mount, which was
launched at the SAIE exhibition
in Italy last year.
Coates Hire buys general
rentals fleet from Force
IAPAs 2014 -
save the date
The International Awards for
Powered Access (IAPA) will
take place in Windsor, near
London, on April 3, 2014.
The historic Beaumont
Estate hotel, just 15 minutes
from Heathrow Airport, will
provide the stunning setting
for the gala dinner and awards
ceremony, held on the same
day as the IPAF Summit.
Jointly organized by KHL
Group’s
Access International
and
Access, Lift & Handlers
magazines, with the
International Powered Access
Federation (IPAF), the awards
celebrate best practices and
excellence in the powered
access industry, and both
events are expected to attract
more than 450 guests from
around the world.
Categories and entry
forms for the awards will
be announced soon, and
will be available at:
.
Italian retirement and
reorganization at IPAF
The International Powered Access
Federation (IPAF) has announced
staffing changes for Latin America
and southern Europe, including
the retirement of Italy country
manager Gerhard Hillebrand.
Under the reorganization,
Romina Vanzi will take on
an expanded role as territory
manager for non-English speaking
regions and mast climbing work
platforms (MCWPs).
Previously based in Chile, Vanzi
will be based in the IPAF Basel
office in Switzerland starting
industry veteran with a long
career dating back to 1953.
He has been IPAF’s
representative in Italy since 2004
and has led the Federation’s
operations successfully through
a period of high growth and
constant change, it said.
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Coates Hire has acquired the
general rentals business assets
of Force Group.
Coates Hire has acquired the
general rentals business assets
of Force Group in Townsville,
Queensland and Darwin, Northern
Territory.
ALH
understands that the deal
means Force Group has largely
exited the general rental business
to focus on aerial platform rental,
where it is second only to Coates
with a fleet of more than 4,500
units.
The acquisition with Coates does
not include the aerial platform
assets, which will continue to be
operated by Force under the Force
Access name.
Last year, Force told sister
publication
International Rental
News
that its two general rental
sites represented less than 10
percent of its revenues and that
the business was unlikely to be
expanded as it invested in its
specialist access services.
Coates will take on the Force site
in Townsville, but not in Darwin,
where Coates will add the newly
acquired equipment to its existing
Darwin branch at Winnellie.
Gerhard Hillebrand (right),
IPAF country manager for Italy
and Italian-speaking regions,
will retire in April 2014. Tim
Whiteman, IPAF CEO, is on the
left.
in September 2013. She will
supervise and coordinate IPAF’s
operations in Latin America and
the Iberian Peninsula as she has
been doing since 2011.
In addition, she will supervise
and coordinate IPAF’s operations
in Italy, working together with the
IPAF Italia team.
Gerhard Hillebrand, country
manager for Italy and Italian-
speaking regions, will retire in
April 2014. He is a well-respected
Romina Vanzi will take on an
expanded role as IPAF territory
manager for non-English
speaking regions and mast
climbing work platforms.
