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Despite the absence of Genie, JLG and a number of other access equipment manufacturers, the access community put on a good show with a number of interesting and innovative new products. Access International's editor Maria Hadlow picks some of the highlights from the show.

Dutch transport specialist, Nooteboom, has added a low-cost version to its range of semi low-loaders for transporting access platforms and telehandlers.The semi low-loaders have a specially reinforced chassis for highly concentrated loads, a hydraulic load floor and axles with hydraulic steering.

Terex AWP is consolidating its European parts and machine distribution activities at a new facility in the Netherlands through a five year outsourcing contract with global logistics specialist CEVA Logistics.

Access exhibitors were in short supply at SED this year as the recession hit the exhibition hard. The number of exhibitors overall was down over a half to around 210 and access suppliers almost entirely deserted the show, with Skyking, Niftylift, Hinowa and mast climbing/hoist supplier and rental company BFT among the small number of access suppliers attending.

Both of IPAF’s newly published reports in the powered access rental markets in Europe and the United States are now available to buy from KHL Group’s website, www.KHL.com

Truck mounted specialist Skyking - part of King Highway Products - launched at SED two utility lifts, a 13 m working height articulated boom on a Land Rover, and a 13.5 m van mount with a GSR boom (first seen at last year's APEX).

JLG has unveiled the G10-43A, a new 4545 kg (10000 lb) capacity telehandler model.

Manulift, a Canadian importer of Merlo telehandlers, has inked an exclusive deal with Mazergroup to distribute Merlo products in Manitoba, Canada.

Intermat saw the latest in Skyjack's growing range of rough terrain articulating booms. The SJ51AJ offers a 15.58 m (51 ft) platform height 9.16 m (30 ft) outreach and a 7.63 m (25 ft) up-and-over height. It's most notable characteristics include continuous 3600 turret rotation, true vertical rise, direction sensing controls and the "Detroit-locker" style drive system.

Skyjack was still teasing potential customers with the prototype of its SJ 16 vertical mast lift at Intermat. There will be two machines in the range the SJ 12 - 3.6 m (12 ft) platform height - will be sold worldwide while the SJ 16 - 4.8 m (16 ft) - will only be offered in Europe. The machines will be available from the end of this year.

The Monkey Tower, trailer-mounted scaffolding system manufactured by UK company Monkey Tower has been taken on by UK Rental company Speedy Hire.

Affordable Access based in Romsey, UK has added a CTE Traccess 170 tracked platform to its fleet.

Terex AWP has expanded the range of Genie IWP Super Series Lifts available in Canada. The IWP 30S has joined the 20S and 25S in the avaialbale range.

Haulotte has launched four new aerial platforms at Intermat with emphasis on appealing to niche users.They are the, Compact 14 electric scissor; HA12CJ compact electric articulating boom the HA120PX ariculating boom and a modified version of the Star 6, the Star 6P, designed spefically for picking applications.

The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) said that new research into the European access rental market revealed that some of Europe’s biggest access markets still have considerable room to grow.

Alongside two new Snake, truck mounted platforms, Italian manufacturer, Oil & Steel has launched the Octopussy evo range of crawler mounted aerials.

Italian manufacturer Hinowa has launched its first truck mount, the Orchid Lift 21.11 at Intermat. Susanne Landstorfer, from Hinowa's marketing and export department told Access International that the Orchid Lift had already generated interest from Hinowa's existing aerial platform customers as well as new customers familiar with truck mounted platforms.

The US Army has placed an order with JLG for 54 G6-23A telehandlers and 214 ATLAS II telehandlers.

Instant UpRight the Ireland based manufacturer of aluminium access products, has embarked on a high value, joint venture to produce specialised work platforms for the US aviation market.

JCB Inc's chief executive officer defines business units and announces new telehandler model