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Örebro's technical department has seen huge demand for its Hiab HiPro crane with mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) since acquiring the vehicle from Cargotec Sweden in 2011.

UK access rental company Kimberly Access is buying 50 of the AFI-developed Sanctuary Zone anti-entrapment devices. Kimberly said it considered developing its own solution but was impressed by AFI’s solution.

The UK's ZT Safety Systems is expanding its harness range with the launch of the 'ZT Work Position Safety Harness'.

UK powered access rental company Nationwide Platforms is adding more than 220 low level access units to its fleet.

CTE is launching the next machine in its "tailored performance" line at the Vertikal Days exhibition UK. The ZED 20.2 is an evolution of the company's ZED 20C designed to make it easier for operators to carry out their work.

At its recent distributor conference Time showed two new lines of light duty and heavy-duty Versalift's.

Loxam has gone live with its new Wynne Systems rental software system at 500 of its branches in France, Belgium and Luxembourg.

New territory sales manager for southeastern USA will be responsible for new business development, sales and distribution in North and South Carolina, Georgia and Virginia, with a remit to expand sales channels for the company.

Absolute E-Z Up (AEUP) has launched a manual push around vertical platform. The ISP-7M offers a maximum platform height of 7 feet, 1 inch and a maximum working height of 13 feet, 6 inches.

German scaffolding company Peri has seven of its latest projects firmly in the limelight at present, having worked on the construction or expansion of seven of the eight football stadiums currently being used for the 14th UEFA European Football Championships in Poland and the Ukraine.

Time International has received two important orders for Versalift products from utilities companies - one from Israel the other in the UK.

Last week Time International introduced distributors from all over the world to 12 new Versalift models these are a line of light duty van mounts and another of heavy duty van mounts.

The UK's Nationwide Platforms has added an 84m Ruthmann truck mounted platform to its fleet following increased demand for such a product from the UK rental market.

Following year-long in-service trials the Skyking division of the UK's King Highway Products Limited has launched an electric hybrid version of its 12.5m 125RA van mount.

Russia based LTECH-Lifting Technology has started expanding its rental fleet with larger truck mounted units. The first machine bought for this project is a Bronto S 46 XDT with a working height of 46m.

The Kurdistan Region of Iraq has completed a €10 million order for 266 CTE truck-mounted telescopic platforms from Ster Group, regional representative of Italian manufacturer CTE Group.

Rental companies need to be aware of new regulations governing the European registration and type approval of trailers that come into force on 29 October 2012.

Omme Lift's new 2500 RXBDJ has a maximum working height of 25m, an outreach of up to 12.8m - 10m with a full 200kg basket load. A zero tail swing articulating riser gives 7m up-and-over free clearance at full stretch and a long movable jib makes the final positioning adjustment. The stowed length is 6.55m, but can be further reduced to 5.95m without the easily removable basket, standard width is 1.10m.

US-based Elliott Equipment Company has developed a full-hydraulic upper platform control system for its HiReach aerial work platform product line.

K+S KALI GmbH has acquired a Boomlader telescopic handler to perform essential maintenance works at its potash mine in Unterbreizbach, Germany.