APRIL-MAY2014
VOLUME 10
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Booming
Manufacturers have introduced a
number of newmodels into themarket
AKHLGroupPublication
EQUIPMENT
Personal fall protection
EVENTS
ConExpo review
APEX preview
IAPAwinners
INTERVIEW
David
White
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APEXPREVIEW
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Just twomonths remain until the eighthAPEX
aerial work platform exhibition kicks off at RAI
ExhibitionCentre in theNetherlands.
ALH
previews the event.
CONEXPOREVIEW
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NorthAmerica’s largest construction trade show
bustledwith visitors and burst at the seamswith
new equipment.
ALH
was onhand to capture it all.
IPAFNEWS
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Keep safe distances from power lines; U.S. AWP rental market
chalks updouble-digit growth; AWP operator eLearning
available across theU.S.; Half amillion validPALCards
worldwide plusmuchmore.
SAFETYOPINION
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KevinO’Shea
reports fromWindsor, England, on the2014
IPAFSummit and International Awards for PoweredAccess.
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NEWS
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Hertz to spinoff equipment rental division; AWPPioneer
RussGuthery dies; Terex AWP sends JLG letter of concern
over possible patent infringement; C-Tech offers refurbished
scissors; Aspen launches lightweight B-32 bridge inspection
unit, plus events calendar, highlights, the
ALH
Share Index
andBy theNumbers.
INTERNATIONALNEWS
11
Appleton appointed chairman of HorizonPlatformsUK;Mills
buysGenieSX-180; Ramirent placesmajor Geda order plus
highlights.
INTERVIEW:MIKECROUCH
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Acme Lift Co. continues its growth planwith the appointment
of
MikeCrouch
as its new president andCOO.
Lindsey
Anderson
spokewithCrouch about what he’ll bring to the
company and how he sees themarket for the coming year.
IAPAREVIEW
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The International Awards for PoweredAccess
(IAPA) attracted a huge crowd onApril 13 as
14 delightedwinners picked up their trophies.
Euan Youdale
reports.
INTERVIEW:
DAVIDWHITE
LindseyAnderson
talkswithMECAerial
WorkPlatforms’
president,
DavidWhite
,
about the company’s
transformation.
BOOM LIFTS
From theworld’s tallest
to the leanest and
greenest, anumber of
newunits havehit the
market in the last year,
especially at ConExpo
2014.
ALH
reports.
TELEHANDLER
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The annual
T
30
represents abustling
market.
Lindsey
Anderson
reports on
major activity frommid-
sized independents up to
thebigboys.
PERSONAL FALL
PROTECTION
TechSafety Lines
was formedby
Diane
Waghorne
and
Brent
Wise
after aNational
tragedy changed the
lives ofmany.
ON THE OUTSIDE
MEMBEROF
JLG unveiled the
world's tallest boom
lift, pictured here, at
ConExpo. Readmore
about it on pages 18
and 36.
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