News

A-Plant has taken delivery of a further 112 new powered access machines joining one of the youngest fleets in the hire industry. This latest tranche of investment has seen A-Plant purchase a range of diesel-powered rough terrain scissor lifts valued at almost £3 million from Skyjack. The order comprises  8, 9.7, 12.1, 13.1 and 15.2m […]

Ahern Deutschland GmbH, the new sales and service operation for Snorkel aerial work platforms and Xtreme Manufacturing telehandlers, will be officially launched at Platformers’ Days 2015. Platformers’ Days takes place on 11 – 12 September in Hohenroda, Germany, Led by Bernhard Kahn, Ahern Deutschland has recently secured an 18,500sqm (200,000sqft) site in Weyerbusch in the […]

The large UK powered access service and repair provider, PSR,  has expanded its management team, as it gears up for growth. Ken Cooke joins IAPS Group’s Service Division, PSR (Platform Service & Repair), as production manager. He has responsibility for setting up and running the workshops and product assembly facilities at the Group’s new, larger […]

IAPS Group is expanding into new premises to facilitate the next phase in its rapid growth, and its recent decision to enter the van-mounted boom market. One of the UK’s biggest independent powered access distributors has moved into larger headquarters Telford, Shropshire. The three acre site includes a spacious yard, offices, workshops and a spare […]

LEEA has launched a regional lifting and rigging conference for the Mddle East it will take place at the Shangri-La Hotel on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai, 14-15 December 2015. After the successful staging of the LEEA Lifting & Rigging Conference Asia in June 2015 in Singapore, the announcement that a Dubai event will offer […]

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has been awarded a major port equipment order from long-standing customer Sociedad Portuaria Regional de Buenaventura SA (SPRBun) as they gear up for growth at their operations in Terminal Especializado de Contenedores de Buenaventura S.A. (TECSA) in Buenaventura, Colombia. The order was booked into Cargotec's 2015 second quarter order intake, with […]

As part of a major investment and innovation programme in the company’s access fleet, UK rental company A-Plant has purchased over 200 booms and scissor lifts manufactured by Genie. Valued at almost £4 million, the order comprises diesel articulated booms from 10.3m (34ft) to 24.4m (80ft), Diesel Stick Booms from 13.7m (45ft) to 26m (85ft), […]

Swiss crane service provider Welti Furrer is in the process of upgrading its fleet and has chosen Terex Cranes products: Having placed two Terex Explorer 5800 all terrain cranes into operation in April, the company collected the first of two Terex AC 350/6 cranes from Zweibrücken in May followed by a second unit with the […]

Snorkel aerial work platforms and Xtreme telehandlers will now be sold and serviced by Ahern Deutschland, the new direct sales and service operation in Germany and Austria.  Ahern Deutschland GmbH, is part of the Ahern International division, which also includes Ahern Australia, Ahern Japan and Ahern Canada.  The Ahern International operations are solely focused on […]

A few months ago the Pisa Fire Brigade bought a ZED 19 articulated truck-mounted platform from Italian manufacturer CTE and now the company has supplied the Lucca Fire Brigade in Tuscany, with an industrial telescopic truck-mounted platform B-Lift 187 for rescue purposes. The B-Lift 187 has an18m working height, 12.7m of outreach and a 250kg […]