MEWPs

The Access Alliance is a collaboration of some of the UK and Ireland’s strongest, independently-owned regional powered access sales and rental companies. The latest members’ meeting, held 20 November at the Forest of Arden Hotel in the Midlands, UK, brought together key players from the access industry for a day of networking, discussion, and Genie® […]

JLG Industries has, named Rogerio dos Santos vice president EMEAI Region and Global Strategy/Mergers and Acquisitions for Access Equipment. In his expanded role, dos Santos adds responsibility for profitable market share growth in the Europe, Middle East, Africa and India (EMEAI) region to his current role leading strategy and mergers and acquisitions. Most recently, he […]

Pedro Torres, CEO of Riwal, will step down from his position as of 1 January 2025. After a transition period, in which he made sure Riwal is in a strong position for future growth, he will embark on a new chapter and leave the company as of 1 April 2025. In the 12 years Torres […]

CMC, a specialist in the construction of tracked aerial platforms, has completed the acquisition of 100% of All Access Equipment Inc (AAE), its US dealer. This strategic move was spearheaded by private equity fund Metrika, which acquired a 70% stake in CMC in October 2023. The deal’s goal was further to consolidate CMC’s presence in […]

CMC returns to Apex 2023 for the latest edition of specialist show for access platforms. APEX 2023 starts today – Tuesday 6 June and goes on for three days until Thursday 8 June. It is the 10th edition of the show held at MECC Convention Centre in Maastricht, The Netherlands. CMC is taking part in […]

Comprehensive new guidance outlining key principles and ways to reduce risks when using mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) in the vicinity of power lines, with the aim of helping to reduce electrocution and electric shock incidents, was launched by the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF), as part of its High Voltage! targeted global safety campaign, […]

Authorised Genie dealer Medco has begun delivery of 135 Genie boom and scissor lifts purchased by Al Majal Al Arabi for facility maintenance on holy mosques at Makkah and Madinah in Saudi Arabia. These lifts will be used for cleaning and routine maintenance at these important sites. The order includes Genie S-60 J and S-80 […]

The CMC Group has entered the preliminary stage of an acquisition agreement with All Access Equipment (All Access), a US leader in aerial lift equipment. As part of CMC’s commitment to advance aerial lift platforms across multiple industries and further expand the company’s footing throughout global and US markets – the acquisition will serve as […]

In November Easy Lift delivered a RA24 tracked platform RA24 to Rentease International, an aerial platform rental and sales company located in Navi Mumbai, India, which also has two R360HY spiders on order for delivery in early 2023. Rentease International was established in 2017 and immediately began to expand on the Indian access market, making […]

A safety awareness leaflet has been issued to warn users of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) about the catapult effect, which can cause occupants to be ejected from the platform, leading to serious injury and death, especially if occupants in boom-type machines are not wearing the correct personal fall protection equipment (PFPE). The leaflet, entitled […]