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Former Oil & Steel executive Paolo Balugani and three other investors have formed Sky Aces srl, a manufacturer that will focus on producing special platforms for niche applications such as tunnels.

The APEX aerial platform exhibition in September 2011 is perfectly timed for a recovery in the access equipment market after several years of low investment by rental companies and end users.

Sneaking in under the cover of darkness just a few hours before the start of the VertiKal Days exhibition was Blade Access Specialists' 103m working height Wumag, which was supplied by Palfinger Platform's UK dealer SkyKing.

Bronto Skylift, has revealed that it will be showing a new 50m truck mounted platform at APEX. The new machine is reported to have, "unrivalled outreach performance," but the company is keeping other details under wraps until the exhibition held in Maastricht from 14. to 16 September 2011

Ruthmann's new Steiger T330 attracted a lot attention when it premiered at the CeMAT show in Germany, resulting in a number of orders worth, says the company, "millions of Euros."

Italian manufacturer CTE has delivered the first specially modified ZED 26 to the local authorities of Singapore National Park. This is part of an order placed in 2010 to meet the Park's requirements for pruning trees along state roads and motorway, gardening and other activities in the parks.

Fiorenzo Flisi managing director of Socage said that outside Italy Russia is the company's largest market -and growing - but the company is also dedicating resources to developing the US, "It [the US] should be one of the most important markets for us in the future," he said.

Multitel Pagliero chose the GIS show in Piacenza Italy to launch two new machines, the start of a number of activities to celebrate 100 years in business for the family run and owned company.

Imer Group is adding a range of seven small truck mounted platforms to its line of self-propelled scissors lifts and booms. The first model – a 14.2 m working height telescopic unit mounted on a 3.5 t Nissan carrier – was introduced at the Smopyc exhibition in Zaragoza, Spain.

At the Samoter exhibition in Verona Mr Severino Zatti, Palazzani's sales manager told Access International that he had hoped to show one of the company's new truck mounted machines at Samoter, but supplier issues had prevented it.

The Palfinger North America Group debuted its largest aerial platform, the 337-foot (103 m) working height P333 at ConExpo. It was the first time the machine has been exhibited in North America.

US fire equipment manufacturer Pierce Manufacturing is to be exclusive distributor in North America of Bronto Skylift’s firefighting aerial platforms. Bronto will continue to sell its platforms to non-fire fighting markets through its existing distribution network.

Italian truck mount companies Cela and Socage are both expanding their market share by introducing new models and moving into new markets. Fiorenzo Flisi managing director of Socage and Simone Scalabrini sales director of Cela were visitors to the Samoter exhibition held in Verona, Italy 2 to 5 March.

The first Wumag WT1000 to arrive in Australia has joined the fleet of LinCon Hire. The company has been running several Wumag Palfinger access platforms from the Jumbo range for a number of years, now LinConHire has expanded its range of services acquiring 100m, all-terrain, truck mounted access platform.

Development in vehicle mounted access platforms goes from strength to strength: at the compact end designers endeavour to get more height on smaller chassis, while the stretch for greater height goes on at the upper end. In between manufacturers are looking at green options, smoother motion and ergonomic packages.

TGM Wind Services, the US company that focuses on wind turbine projects, has bought its third Bronto Skylift S-90 HLA truck-mounted platform in less than 18 months and may well add two further units before mid-2011.

The Palfinger North America Group will launch the brand new P 333 all terrain aerial work platform during ConExpo 2011, the company said.

German truck mount specialist Ruthmann has entered the design of its 27 m working height boom for the 2010 Swedish Steel Prize.

The new machine on the Isoli stand at SAIE was the PT 225 HE+HE, which has the largest working envelope of any of Isoli's machines mounted on a 3.5 t truck. The company was also keen to talk about its boom kits for export and ultra-light steel and versatility, which the company believes characterises all its truck mounted machines for 3.5 t and 6.0/7.5 t chassis.

Isoli has received an order from Eastern Europe for four of its PNT 210J units with some special features.