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Socage custom-fitted for desert
Technolibya, the official Socage dealer for Libya, has customised 90 Socage A314 vehicle mounts for use in the desert.
Skyjack opens in Germany and Sweden
Canada-based Skyjack has opened two sales and service centres in Scandinavia and Germany in a bid to develop its market for booms in those regions
Airside Snorkels
Fivebond, Snorkel's distributor in the Kingdom of Thailand, has supplied two lifts to the country’s leading airline, Thai Airways International.
Platform Basket sells four 48 m booms to China
Italy-based Platform Basket has sold four of its 48 m booms to China. The SEL48 ALJE was designed for Far Eastern markets seven years ago, and so far 10 have been sold
Snorkel radiates in Canada
Canadian distributor for Snorkel Lifts, CanSourceLifts (CSL), has received praise for the company’s latest powered access platform, the A62JRT.
SRS invests in Snorkels
One of Japan’s leading equipment rental companies is making a strategic investment in electric Snorkel machines
AFI makes green investments
UK-based AFI-Uplift has purchased 35 new Niftylift platforms as part of a major green investment in its hire, delivery and service van fleet
All terrain launch from newly formed Mantis Access
Italian manufacturer Oil & Steel appointed newly formed Mantis Access as distributor for the UK and Ireland. The dealer has also launched an all terrain with an Oil & Steel lift.
The rise of the superboom is upon us but not all manufacturers are choosing to play ball. AI reports
The rise of the superboom is upon us but not all manufacturers are choosing to play ball. AI reports
Barin under the bridges in Taipei
Barin has supplied an underbridge inspection unit to the Taiwan highway authority
Barin bridges the Danube
Italy-based Barin has supplied an underbridge inspection unit to European construction giant FCC Construcción
JLG promises new super-boom
JLG will add another super-boom to its Ultra Boom range, possibly to rival Terex AWP’s new 54.9 m (180 ft) SX-180
Easy Lift expands production
Italy-based Easy Lift will launch a tracked and wheeled compact platform later this year and build a new facility
Sinoboom raises the stakes with new factory
Facility in Changsha, China will increase production from 300 units annually to 5000 units each year
Cleveland Bridge chooses AFI for site access
Cleveland Bridge UK has hired seven AFI boom lifts to provide site access for a contract to supply five bridges as part of the expansion of the Nottingham Express Transit tramline system.
Nationwide Platforms takes safety to a new level
Nationwide Platforms’ new SkySentry is being used on 140 platforms at one of the UK’s largest construction projects: the £153 million (€160 million) expansion of the St Bartholemew’s (Barts) Hospital in central London.
Platform Basket moves into bigger booms
Italy-based Platform Basket has entered the medium-high tracked platform sector with a 33 m working height model
Articulated boom launch from Teupen
Teupen will present its new LEO21GT articulated, telescopic tracked platform at bauma. The model has a 12 m outreach at 21 m working height and a 250 kg capacity basket
Socage to unveil new platform at Bauma
Italian manufacturer to launch a new 28 m double articulated platform at the Bauma trade fair, taking place in Munich, Germany later this month.
Easy Lift’s new platform well received by market
Italian manufacturer receives a positive response from the market to its new R180 tracked access platform, after the new unit was unveiled at the SAIE exhibition in Bologna, Italy.
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