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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
JULY-AUGUST 2014
ACCESS, LIFT & HANDLERS
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UK rental firm
Fork Rent
has
added 35 new Manitou MT625
telescopic forklifts to its fleet
of telehandlers. Guy Nicholls,
managing director of Fork Rent,
said, “We have enjoyed excellent
utilization and reliability from our
fleet of Manitou Powered Access
platforms over the last few years
so it was a natural progression.”
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Independent Parts
Specialists (IPS)
has appointed
Instant Norge as its parts partner
for Norway and the Baltic States.
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UK-based equipment rental
company
Chippindale Plant
has
expanded its fleet with a $3.4
million (
€
2.5 million) order for
JCB telescopic handlers.
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CTE
has returned to Denmark
with the formation of a new
company, CTE Danmark A/S,
and the opening of a branch in
Næstved.
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Beols Rental
has ordered
100 Leonardo HD vertical masts
platforms from Bravi Platforms, it
revealed at APEX.
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Omega Group
, based in
the Netherlands, has become
the authorized dealer for
MEC products throughout the
Benelux market. The company
will offer parts, service and
training support. Before the
announcement, Omega’s facilities
were used as MEC’s distribution
center for the central Europe
region.
HIGHLIGHTS
Airo targets emerging markets
Italy-based Airo Tigieffe has been increasing its presence in emerging markets with new distributors and
product sales.
One of those markets is Algeria where Airo distributor Bativert, based
in Tizi Ouzou, has purchased a number of platforms including vertical
masts and articulated booms, both diesel and electric only. Among the
machines are the 23 m working height 23 J RTD boom and the newly
launched XS 8 E Restyling - the latter being the smallest in the range.
Bativert presented the whole Airo range during the Batimatec 2014
exhibition held in Algiers at the beginning of May.
Airo has also received its first orders from Saudi Arabia and signed
up distributor Hassan Omar Bamanie (HOBSCO), which has 40 years of
experience of equipment distribution in the country.
HOBSCO has already sold a 12 m working height electric platform, the
12 J E and a 14 working height X14 EW vertical mast. The company will
have a customer open house at its depot November 16.
Kariya to take top job at Mills
Ramon Vazquez will step down as
CEO of Mills at the end of this year
with Sergio Kariya, the current
director of its rental business,
being appointed to the top position
at the Brazil-based company.
Vazquez became CEO in 2009
and has been with Mills Estruturas
e Serviços de Engenharia S.A for
30 years and held a number of
senior positions at the company.
A spokesman said Vazquez
had successfully structured the
company for growth and oversaw
the launch onto the stock market
with its IPO in 2010. This led to
investments amounting to R$1.7
billion and a 250 percent net
revenue increase.
During this period Mills
established itself as a nationwide
company, operating in 16 states
Sergio Kariya
Wacker Neuson introduces the
‘smallest telehandler on market’
German manufacturer Wacker
Neuson has completed its
compact range of telescopic
handlers with the launch of two
new models – the TH408 and
TH522.
With lifting heights of 4.1 m
and 5.5 m respectively, the
new machines complete the
manufacturer’s four model
compact range, which also
includes the 4.5 m reach TH412
and 6.1 m reach TH625.
It said the smaller of the new
models, the TH408, could carry a
maximum payload of 800kg and
had compact dimensions at 1.4 m
wide and 1.9 m tall, with cabin.
The cmpany described the model
as a mini compact telehandler,
and claimed it was, “the smallest
model on the market.”
Wacker Neuson said the TH408
had an inside turning radius of
595 mm, making it well-suited to
work in confined spaces such as
in warehouses or in greenhouses.
It said the TH408 could also be
transported on a trailer – its
operating weight is 2.27 t. The
larger new TH522 model has an
operating weight of 4.2 t.
To protect the operator and the
Wacker’s small TH408
can carry a maximum
payload of 800 kg, the
company says.
machine, the manufacturer said
all of its telehandlers were also
fitted with Vertical Lift System
overload protection technology.
Available cab options include:
windshield with wiper, rear
windshield and protective grating
for front windshield.
and the Federal District including
the capital city, through 51
branches across its three business
units.
Kariya joined the company
in 2008. He will initially take
the position of chief operations
officer (COO) on August 1, 2014,
combined with the rental segment
directorship. He will take over as
CEO on January 1, 2015. Vazquez
will remain with the company for
the next five years as an advisor
to its Board of Directors.
