NEWS
ACCESS, LIFT & HANDLERS
JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2014
8
TEREX AERIAL WORK
PLATFORMS (AWP)
has
appointed Joe Harper as sales
territory manager for Washington,
Oregon, Idaho and Montana.
In this role, Harper will be
responsible for supporting
customers in the region and the
development, execution and
growth of Genie product sales in
these states. Harper will report to
Bob Bradshaw, Western regional
vice president of sales, and cover
all Terex AWP accounts.
TRICO LIFT
has moved into its
new corporate headquarters
in Mickleton, NJ. The facility
provides the company with
30,000 square feet of service
space, a 4,000-square-foot parts
department, 14,500 square feet
of office and training space and a
paint shop.
HERTZ EQUIPMENT RENTAL
CORPORATION (HERC)
has
opened a new full service
equipment rental branch at the
Missouri Ridge Commercial
Park in North Dakota. The new
branch will service the oil fields
of North Dakota and northeastern
Montana, providing specialty
equipment for producers,
refineries and commercial
construction. The 12,720-square-
foot facility, located on a five-acre
plot, replaces the firm’s Williston,
North Dakota operations.
TROJAN BATTERY COMPANY
has appointed Manikandan
Dunamis Pvt. Ltd as distributor for
its deep-cycle batteries in India.
Manikandan Dunamis will sell and
service Trojan products for a wide
range of applications.
U.S. construction equipment
rental company
ADMAR
has celebrated its one-year
anniversary of operations at its
new retail space in Pennsylvania.
The independently owned firm
opened its depot in the Wilkes-
Barre/Scranton area of Pittston
last December. The opening
marked the company’s first
venture outside of New York state.
The new branch has more than
tripled its showroom size and
added both sales and service staff
over the past year.
HIGHLIGHTS
APEX looms large with
record-breaking numbers
Perkins unveils ‘de-tiering’ strategy
for Stage IIIB/Tier 4i diesel engines
Perkins said its Stage IIIB/Tier 4
Interim engines above 130 kW
will not require any de-tiering for
use in countries where fuel quality
APEX 2014,
June 24-26 in
Amsterdam,
will break
records for exhibitor numbers.
More than 100 exhibitors from
across the world, including
China, have already confirmed
their stand space for the show.
It will feature an 18,372-square-
foot inside exhibition area and a
15,091-square-foot outside area
- double the size of the outside
area at the last APEX show, held at
MECC Maastricht in 2011.
“We can already say that
APEX 2014 will be the biggest
international access industry fair
and sulphur content can vary. For
engines under 130 kW Perkins will
provide “authorized modification
processes” through distributors
from 2014.
De-tiering is important because
it would allow equipment owners
in Europe and North America sell
used machines to less-regulated
markets in the rest of the world.
anywhere in the world,” said
Tony Kenter, managing director
of organizer Industrial Promotions
International (IPI).
“Amsterdam is becoming the
new capital of the access industry,
and is the perfect international
setting thanks to its cosmopolitan
flair," Kenter added.
All previous seven shows – the
first was in 1996 – have been held
in Maastricht in mid-September.
The new June dates mean that the
show will be held well before the
onset of summer holidays.
In addition, the switch to
June will allow APEX to be held
concurrently with the International
MEC launches 60-foot scissor
MEC Aerial Work Platforms is
introducing a 60-foot rough
terrain scissor at ConExpo.
The MEC 6092RT is the largest
scissor to be manufactured in
North America.
The unit comes equipped
with an Ultra-Deck platform
with dual slide decks, a turbo
charged diesel Kubota engine,
MEC’s exclusive Quad-Trax full
time 4wd, oscillating axle and
automatic levelling outriggers.
A new Perkins engine on display
at the 2013 Bauma exhibition in
Munich, Germany.
“We’ve undertaken extensive
testing, analysis and field validation
on our Stage IIIB/Tier 4 Interim
engines. Above 130 kW (175 hp),
our engine systems will not require
any modification to operate in
countries with higher sulphur fuel,”
said Perkins product manager,
Dave Entwistle.
“On our Stage IIIB/Tier 4 Interim
engines under 130 kW (175
hp), we will offer authorized
modification processes, including
decertification, to remove the after-
treatment, enabling operation in
countries with higher fuel sulphur.
These modification processes will
be made available to customers
through their Perkins distributor in
2014.”
Perkins is owned by Caterpillar.
Last month, Cat made a very
similar announcement, saying that
its dealers will provide ‘de-tiering’
services for Tier 4 Interim engines
under 130 kW, with its engines
in the 130 to 895 kW sizes not
requiring any modifications for use
in lesser regulated markets.
Perkins will provide distributors
with access to service training,
parts stock, service tooling and
product information, including
detailed information on specific
modification processes.
Rental Exhibition (IRE) and the
European Rental Association (ERA)
annual convention, which will also
take place at Amsterdam RAI.
MEC Aerial Work Platforms
will debut a 60-foot rough
terrain scissor lift at ConExpo
.
APEX 2011 was held in
Maastricht. The 2014 event
has moved to Amsterdam's RAI
exhibition center.
