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                                 The world’s largest access
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 comment          FROM THE EDITOR

     August-September 2017

     STAFF LIST
     Editor
     Euan Youdale
                                                 Changing gears
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               “
                                                      t has been a year of change in the world of access and, as I write, we

                                                 I
     e-mail: euan.youdale@khl.com
     Staff Writers                                    are still well within the third quarter, meaning there is still plenty                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Many Chinese
     Lindsey Anderson, Alex Dahm,                     of time for more major industry news to develop.
     Steve Ducker, Sandy Guthrie,
     Mike Hayes, Joe Malone,
                                                    In this issue of AI we have the access50 listing of the world’s                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             manufacturers
                                                 biggest rental companies, ranked by fleet size, which very much reflects
     Cristián Peters, D.Ann Shiffler
     Consultant
                                                 these changes. The rental sector has seen United Rentals acquire NES                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           will be at APEX
     Murray Pollok                               in the US, then Loxam buying out Lavendon, following a bidding
     IPAF News Editor                            battle with TVH Group. Not to be left out, TVH swiftly took                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Asia, 31 Oct –
     Tim Whiteman                                ownership of Gardemann – the German rental company that had been
     Production & Circulation                    part of Lavendon - in a follow up deal with Loxam. The acquisition trail                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       3 Nov, in Shanghai,
     Director                                    doesn’t end there, with UK-based AFI Group buying fellow specialist
     Saara Rootes                                Kimberly in July, and in the US H&E Equipment confirming it was to                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             as will those from
     Digital Print & Production                  buy Neff Corp., until United put in a better offer, which has now been
     Manager
     Ross Dickson
                                                 accepted, but not before H&E pulled out of the bidding.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Europe and North
                                                    Combine this with recent movements in the manufacturing sector,
     e-mail: ross.dickson@khl.com

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                                                 including acquisitions and new names, and you have an industry                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 America.
     Anita Bhakta                                that is in transition. Three of those relatively new manufacturers,
     e-mail: anita.bhakta@khl.com                all based in China, are included in this issue of the magazine. Sany
     Design Manager                              Palfinger, LGMG and XCMG have all set up access divisions, which
     Jeff Gilbert                                demonstrates the importance generalist manufacturers in China are
     Event Design Manager                        attaching to access equipment. AI visited the head managers of the
     Gary Brinklow                               three companies to interview them about their plans.
     Print & Digital Designer                       A vast majority of Chinese manufacturers looking to grow in the
     Mitch Logue                                 country and wider Asia will be at the APEX Asia exhibition, taking
     VP Global Sales
                                                 place 31 October – 3 November in Shanghai, as will those from the
     Trevor Pease
                                                 established markets like Europe and North America. The show is held
     Sales Manager
     Tony Radke                                  parallel with CeMAT ASIA and is organised by KHL Group and
     e-mail: tony.radke@khl.com                  BV Industrial Promotions International (IPI), in cooperation with
     Office/Bookshop Manager                     Deutsche Messe AG.
     Clare Grant                                    See some of the launches set for the show in the APEX preview in
     Digital Media Director                      this issue. It will be followed by the comprehensive Showguide in the
     Peter Watkinson                             next issue - October - of the magazine.
     Circulation & Data Manager                     One of the reasons for the fast-past change in the global access sector
     Helen Knight                                is that it is a relatively young industry in which entrepreneurial spirit
     Commercial Director                         abounds. This subject was picked up by Eline Oudenbroek, who has
     Paul Baker
                                                 just stepped down as managing director of Holland Lift after entering
     Finance Manager
     Alison Filtness                             the access industry for the first time in 2013. She said, “I love the access
     Finance Team                                industry. The business is still full of the original owners and pioneers.”
     Josephine Harewood
     Gillian Martin                              Euan Youdale
     Kate Trevillion                             Editor
     Editorial Director
     Paul Marsden
     Publisher
     James King

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                       The official magazine of the
                       International Powered Access   AFI acquires Kimberly, TCA Lift buyout, Oudenbroek          With the latest Powered Access Rental Market Report
                       Federation                     leaves Holland Lift, United Rentals set to acquire          now out, the global picture for the MEWP rental
                                                      Neff Corp., Skyjack climb continues, TVH acquires           market is good, with the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific
      KHL OFFICES                                     Gardemann.                                                  in many cases exceeding expectations. Matt Brereton
      UK HEAD OFFICE                                                                                              provides an exclusive insight into its findings.
      KHL Group
      Southfields, Southview Road,                                                                                         NEWS                                                                                                                                          35
      Wadhurst, East Sussex TN5 6TP, UK.                                                                          The regular round up of news and views from the
      Tel: +44 (0)1892 784088
                                                                                                                  International Powered Access Federation (IPAF).
      Fax: +44 (0)1892 784086
      e-mail: access@khl.com
      www.khl.com/ai                                                                                              CHINA                  38
                                                                                                                  Euan Youdale speaks
      USA OFFICE                                                                                                  with the heads of Sany
      KHL Group Americas LLC                                                                                      Palfinger, XCMG and
      3726 E. Ember Glow Way,                                                                                     LGMG on a recent trip
      Phoenix, AZ 85050, USA.
                                                                                                                  to China to find out
      Tel: +1 480 6590578
      e-mail: americas@khl.com                                                                                    about their new access
                                                                                                                  divisions and their global
      SOUTH AMERICA OFFICE                            LARGE CAPACITY SCISSORS                               11    ambitions.
      KHL Group Américas LLC                          These products ascribe well to the general view that
      Av. Manquehue Norte 151, of 1108.               AWPS are getting bigger and more powerful, while            MANUFACTURER NEWS                                                                                                                                      45
      Las Condes, Santiago, Chile.                    environmentally-friendly machines are top of the            AI visited Klubb, France’s new manufacturer of van
      Tel: +56 2 28850321
                                                      design strategy, as are the implications of new standards   mounts and even more recently truck mounts, following
      e-mail: cristian.peters@khl.com
                                                      in North America.                                           its acquisition of the Comilev assets.
      CHINA OFFICE
      KHL Group China                                 ACCESS IN ACTION                                      19    ICUEE PREVIEW                                                                                                                                          47
      Room 768, Poly Plaza, No.14,                    Steel producers in India are utilizing aerial work          The ICUEE 2017 show has
      South Dong Zhi Men Street,                      platforms in a big way as they discover their               surpassed its previous exhibitor size
      Dong Cheng District,                            numerous benefits for regular plant maintenance.            record, jumping up three acres this
      Beijing 100027, P.R. China.
                                                      Partha Pratim Basistha reports from Tata Steel.             year to 28 for the event in Kentucky,
      Tel: +86 (0)10 65536676
      e-mail: cathy.yao@khl.com                                                                                   USA, during October.
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      KHL SALES WORLDWIDE:                                          It’s been a dramatic year for the
      NORTH AMERICA/UK/IRELAND                                      Access50 listing of the world’s biggest
      Tony Radke                                                    access equipment rental companies,
      Sales Manager                                   thanks to a number of major acquisitions and a strong
      Tel: +1 480 4786302
                                                      showing in the sector overall.
      e-mail: tony.radke@khl.com
      SPAIN
      Mike Posener                                    APEX ASIA PREVIEW                                     29
      Tel: +353 (0)86 0431219                         China’s largest aerial platform manufacturers will
      e-mail: mike.posener@khl.com                    line-up alongside the access market’s big global players
      GERMANY/AUSTRIA/SWITZERLAND/                    at APEX Asia, the first dedicated aerial platform           SCAFFOLDING INTERNATIONAL                                                                                                                              49
      EASTERN EUROPE
                                                      exhibition to be held in China. AI reports.                 Lindsey Anderson speaks with John Miller of
      Simon Battersby
      Tel: +44 (0)1892 786232
                                                                                                                  US-based Millstone about his company’s history and
      e-mail: simon.battersby@khl.com                                                                             outlook, and reports on the Scaffolding20 listing of
      THE NETHERLANDS/LUXEMBOURG/                                                                                 North America’s biggest
      SCANDINAVIA                                                                                                 scaffolding companies.
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      Hamilton Pearman                                                                                                    It’s been quite a year
      Tel: +33 (0)1 45930858                                                                                             for many of the rental
      e-mail: hpearman@wanadoo.fr                                                                                       companies featuring in
      ITALY                                                                                                              this year’s Access50.                                          The world’s largest access
      Fabio Potestà                                                                                                   Discover all the changes                                          equipment rental companies

      Tel: +39 010 5704948                                                                                                          on page 22.                                         Official magazine of IPAF

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WORLD NEWS

     IN BRIEF
       ■ Following A-Plant’s purchase
       of Interlift’s trade and assets from
                                                 AFI acquires Kimberly
       EY, the administrators of Hewden          UK-based AFI has acquired the          to organic growth, with the          the development of our growth
       in November 2016, A-Plant has             business and assets of Kimberly        opening of new depots in the         story as we continue to build our
       announces the Interlift operation has     Rentals Group. The deal further        Middle East, and through the         position in the powered access
       been re-branded and integrated into       strengthens AFI’s position within      acquisition of Rapid Platforms in    equipment rental market.”       ■
       A-Plant’s FLG Services buisiness,         the powered access equipment           October 2016. Business this year
       creating the UK’s largest dedicated       rental sector bringing its annual      has continued to be encouraging,     TVH ACQUIRES
       lifting and safety provider. Following    turnover to nearly £100m               said the company, with strong        GARDEMANN
       this successful integration, FLG          ($130m).                               year-on-year growth as it             TVH Group has acquired
       Services now has 24 service                  AFI is backed by private equity     continues to build its presence in    Gardemann, the German access
       centres across the UK, offering           investors Rutland Partners and         the UK and Middle East.               rental business owned by Loxam.
       lifting and safety equipment for hire     has acquired Kimberly from                Kimberly, a leading business       The price has not been disclosed.
       or purchase.                              Lloyds Development Capital             in the UK powered access rental          Loxam sold Gardemann a matter
                                                 (LDC). The acquisition has             market, was established in 1994.      of months after acquiring it as part
       ■ Ashtead Group’s North American          also been funded through an            It has six depots across the UK,      of its takeover of Lavendon Group
       business Sunbelt Rentals has              increased senior debt facility         including London, the North           earlier this year, a takeover that it
       signed an agreement to acquire CRS        from the group’s financiers PNC        West, Yorkshire and Scotland,         contested with TVH. All shares of
       Contractors Rental Supply (CRS)           and will bring the number of           and during 2016 saw turnover of       Lavendon (Deutschland) Holding
       for an initial cash consideration of      machines in its rental fleet to        around £13m ($17m).                   have been transferred to TVH.
       C$275m with an additional earn            more than 7000.                           David Shipman, chairman of            The deal means that TVH will
       out of up to C$20m dependant                 In 2016, AFI increased its          AFI commented, “2016 and 2017         own the two largest access rental
       on future performance. CRS is a           turnover by 19% to £75m thanks         have been significant years in        businesses in Germany, adding
       leading provider of rental equipment                                                                                   Gardemann to the Mateco business
       in Ontario, Canada employing                                                                                           that it acquired in 2012. The deal
       more than 400 people across 28
       locations. The acquisition, which
       is subject to certain regulatory
                                                 Double Co.me.t launch                                                        also means that Loxam will have
                                                                                                                              owned Gardemann for less than six
                                                                                                                              months.
       approvals, is expected to complete        Co.me.t is launching two new           machine, said the manufacturer.          Loxam said,”This transaction
       in the next few weeks.                    trucks mounts aimed at rental            The Eurosky 18-2-7.5 HQ             enables Loxam to shift resources
                                                 companies.                             and 21-2-8.5 HQ models are            to other markets in Europe and in
       ■ The Manitou group has                      The two models broaden the          hydraulic and have low pressure       the Middle East, and to allow the
       finalised its acquisition of a majority   Italian manufacturer’s Eurosky         systems for a longer life. The        development of its general plant
       stake of 55% in the Australian            range and have 18m and 21m             basket has a 250kg capacity and       rental activities in Germany which
       company LiftRite. Thanks to a             working heights with double            can be installed on Iveco, Nissan     remain a core area of focus.”
       supplementary call option, the            articulated Z-booms and H+H            and Renault chassis. They join the       TVH said the acquisition
       group will hold a 96% share by            stabilisers. They are aimed at those   complete range of 14m to 33m          represented a unique opportunity to
       2020. A family-owned company              requiring a simple, high quality       working height models.           ■    unite the two leading brands.
       founded in 1983 by George Hogg,                                                                                           Pascal Vanhalst, TVH Equipment
       Mark Manning and Ted Hirschfeld,                                                           Co.me.t launches a pair     CEO, said, “This combination will
       LiftRite distributes Manitou, Gehl,                                                            of Eurosky models       create a highly successful team,
       Kalmar and Kobelco products for the                                                                                    with a clear focus on providing the
       construction and mining markets. In                                                                                    customer with an excellent and
       2016, the company generated €12                                                                                        satisfactory service.”
       million in sales revenue, of which
       Manitou Group products accounted
       for 65%.

       ■ Eazi Access, JLG’s distributor
       for Southern Africa, has invested
       in a range of JLG machinery for its
       access fleet and sales division. The
       deal was for 178 JLG units valued at
       $9m, $2.7m more than its previous
       order. The deal included the new           2 Cousins Powered Access has become the first ever JCB scissor lift
       1500AJP, the world’s tallest               customer in the world following the launch of JCB’s Access division.
       articulating boom lift with a working          It bought a S1930e – one of nine electric scissors introduced by
       height of 48.15m, which is the first       JCB Access when it launched in February.
       of its kind in Africa. Eazi Access is          UK, Oxford-based 2 Cousins’ managing director, Jason Prisley said,
       Africa’s market leader in the rental,      “The company is under new leadership and we want to make our
       sales, servicing and training of           mark. There is no better way than to write our name in the history
       work-at-height. The company offers         books as the first ever JCB Access customer in the world.”
       the largest and most diverse fleet             JCB then announced Briggs Equipment - one of the UK’s largest fork
       of boom lifts, scissors, telehandlers      lift truck and materials handling providers - has added 10 JCB scissor
       and vertical lifts on the market.          lifts to its rapidly growing access platform fleet.

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WORLD NEWS

     IN BRIEF                                                                                                                        DIARY
       ■ Australia-based Want Access
       has reached a fleet size of 600                                                                                               2017
       with the delivery of a new Haulotte                                                                                           BICES 2017
       HT23RTJ Pro 23m telescopic boom,                                                                                              20-23 September, 2017
       which also represents a move into                                                                                             Beijing, China
       larger equipment for the company.                                                                                             www.e-bices.org
       Paul Sultana, Haulotte, with Kay                                                                                              ICUEE 2017
       Brown, Nick Cjiveticanin and Chris                                                                                            3-5 October, 2017
       Ryan from Want Access with some             TCA Lift Falcon Spider                                                            Louisville, KY, USA
       of its Haulotte fleet. Want Access          FS330Z at the Dubai Festival City Mall.                                           www.icuee.com
       has experienced rapid growth since
       it started in March 2014, and the                                                                                             GIS 2017

                                                 TCA Lift buyout
                                                                                                                                     (Italian Cranes & Access and
       intention is for that to continue to
                                                                                                                                     Heavy Transport Show)
       grow with expansion into other
                                                                                                                                     5-7 October, 2017
       states.                                                                                                                       Piacenza, Italy
                                                 Generationsskifte Invest, a                the aerial lift is, the more flexible    www.gisexpo.it
       ■ Turkish rental company, Fatih           Denmark-based private equity               the lift is. And these are the key
       Vinç, has purchased 35 Snorkel lifts      company, has acquired 65% of the           performance aspects of the Falcon        ALH Conference & Awards
       from distributor Uzman Lift. The deal     shares of TCA Lift.                        Spider.” The range consists of           12 October, 2017
       includes 21 Snorkel electric scissor          Three TCA Lift Falcon                  29 m to 52 m working height              Miami, FL, USA
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       lifts, seven Snorkel compact rough        Spiders work at the Louis Vuitton          machines.
       terrain scissor lifts, three Snorkel      building in Paris, France.                    Thyge Mikkelsen CFO of                APEX Asia
       electric boom lifts, plus a T46JRT           TCA Lift, also based in                 TCA Lift continued, “The Falcon          31 October – 3 November 2017
       telescopic boom lift, two Snorkel         Denmark, manufactures the                  Spider lift, which was originally        Shanghai, China
       TM12 telescopic mast lifts and a          Falcon Spider range of tracked             invented by the original owner           www.apexasiashow.com
       Snorkel S3010P push around mini           platforms and has its origins in           in the late 1970s, was the first
       scissor lift. The majority of the lifts   E Falck Schmidt, the original              of its kind with so-called spider        International Rental
       will be delivered immediately from        company.                                   legs.” He added that the company         Conference (IRC)
                                                                                                                                     31 October 2017
       Uzman Lift stock, with the remaining         Finn Schlitterlau, CEO of               would continue to produce the
                                                                                                                                     Shanghai, China
       lifts shipping from the Snorkel           TCA Lift said, “We have been               Falcon range.
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       manufacturing facility in the U.K.        looking for a partner who has                 Jens Heimburger from
                                                 capital and has helped develop             Generationsskifte Invest said
       ■ Palazzani has delivered a               companies by creating a renewed            “It is also crucial that Finn and
       second 39m working height Ragno           focus on increasing growth.                Thyge continue both as leaders           AI NEWSLETTER
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                                                 UNITED RENTALS TO ACQUIRE NEFF
                                                  As AI was going to press, United Rentals announced it is to acquire Neff           KHL.COM
                                                  Corporation for US$1.3 billion.
                                                     The announcement was made shortly after H&E Equipment called off its
                                                  proposed acquisition of Neff, which was pencilled in at around US$1.2 billion.
                                                     H&E’s CEO, John Engquist, said that the company would remain disciplined
                                                  on the price H&E would pay for assets, meaning it would not compete with
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WORLD NEWS

     Oudenbroek                                                                              SKYJACK CLIMB CONTINUES
                                                                                              The Industrial division of Linamar, which is
                                                                                              essentially made up of Skyjack, increased its

     leaves Holland Lift                                                                      product sales by 24.5% in the second quarter
                                                                                              of 2017, or $71 million, to $361.1 million,
                                                                                              compared to the same period in 2016.
     Eline Oudenbroek                                           is staying at the                The sales increase was due to strong market
     has resigned from her                                      company and they have         share gains in scissors in Europe and Asia,
     position as managing                                       a perfect strategy for        said the company in its financial statement,
     director of Holland                                        the future, and I know        as well as significant market share increases
     Lift.                                                      it will be fine.”             in booms in North America, Europe and Asia.
       Oudenbroek told AI                                          In January 2013            The company added there had been solid
     she had greatly enjoyed                                    Rotterdam-based               market growth in all three regions, along with
     working at Holland                                         ProDelta Investment           favourable changes in exchange rates.
     Lift and in the access                                     Partners became                  Telehandler sales were also on the up in the quarter, according to Linamar,
     industry but explained                                     majority shareholder of       with increased market share in North America for this product sector too.
     she had accomplished her main                Holland Lift having seen major                 Operating earnings increased $1.3 million, or 2.5% over the second quarter
     goal at the company.                         growth potential at the company.            in 2016 to $54.1 million. This was predominantly driven by the increase in
       “I make companies healthy                  Oudenbroek joined soon after in             volumes, the favourable changes in foreign exchange rates. They were partially
     and help them grow, I am not a               July. “I love the access industry,”         offset by a sizeable loss on the foreign exchange revaluation of the operating
     long-term manager. I could have              said Oudenbroek. “The business              balances in the second quarter in comparison to a modest gain in the same
     worked a little longer at Holland            is still full of the original owners        period in 2016, said the company.
     Lift but we had a different                  and pioneers.”                                 Changes in product mix, and launching products, along with increased
     opinion about the next stage.                   Contractual obligations mean             management and sales costs to support growth, also impacted earnings.
     So, someone else will bring the              Oudenbroek will be unable                   For the six months, ending 30 June, operating earnings were up from $80.8
     company to the next level.”                  to work directly in the access              million in 2016, to $99.9 million this year.
       She added, “Everyone else                  industry for a couple of years. ■

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     shipments of telehandlers. AWP sales rose by 14% to $583.1 million for the three          Company          Currency Start date                                                                                                                          Previous                                        Current      %
     months, while telehandler revenues were 24% down at $202.9 million. The results                                      21/6/02                                                                                                                            16/06/17                                        18/08/17 change
     included a $11.2 million charge for restructuring at the access division, acations        Acces Industrie     €        1.34                                                                                                                              10.24                                            6.07    -40.7
     which were previously announced.                                                          Aichi Corporation YEN(¥)     208                                                                                                                                 783                                             743     -5.1
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     ■ AVS System Lift increased its revenue by 11% to €170.1 million in its 2016              Kanamoto          YEN(¥)      –                                                                                                                                 3800                                            3725      -2
     financial year, compared to its 2015 financial year.Leopold Mayrhofer, CEO of             Lavendon            £        1.85                                                                                                                                 -                                               -        -
     System Lift, a Germany-based cooperative of AWP rental companies, attributed              Haulotte Group      €        9.00                                                                                                                              15.94                                            14.77    -7.3
     the success above all to quality of service. “Our customers can rely on the highest       Oshkosh Corp       US$        –                                                                                                                                67.40                                           73.17    -16.3
     level of service and state-of-the-art equipment at all times. We ensure this with         Tanfield Group     UK£        –                                                                                                                                 0.15                                            0.17     13.3
     our regular and extensive quality audits.” The System Lift partners invested €43.5        Terex Corp         US$      23.08                                                                                                                               35.18                                           37.24    5.9
     million in equipment in 2016, compared to €39.5 million in the previous year. This        Ramirent            €       15.00                                                                                                                               9.07                                            8.65     -4.6
     brought the number of aerial work platforms and forklifts in the combined fleet to        United Rentals     US$      21.47                                                                                                                              104.75                                          110.86     5.8
     12600 units, plus 630 service vehicles.                                                   ASI INDEX                    100                                                                                                                               630.70                                          647.83     2.7

     ■ Spanish rental company GAM Alquiler has announced half-year revenues
     of €53.5 million, representing a year-on-year increase of 5%. The company’s             ■ Brazil-based Mills Estruturas e Serviços de Engenharia has endured
     revenues growth of 5% was an impressive result, given the company’s fleet size          mixed emotions in the second quarter of 2017, with rental revenues of R$42.3
     is 6% smaller than at the same time last year. GAM’s earnings before interest,          million (€11.53 million) – a 22.2% decrease year-on-year. However, compared
     taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) also grew 4% year-on-year, to €13.6       with the first quarter of 2017, the companies rental revenues increased 3.7% from
     million – a margin of 25% of its revenues..GAM said that the diversification into new   R$40.8 million (€11.12 million), which signals the company’s first sight of growth in
     sectors such as industry, energy, events and training was a key factor in its growth.   over two years.

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LARGE CAPACITY SCISSORS

      Upping their game
      Bigger is better. That’s                              Holland Lift HL-275
                                                            H25 4WD/P/N
      the view from the industry,
      which requires greater
      capacity and room for
      tools. The same is true
      for smaller scissors.

              he large capacity scissor ascribes well to

      T       the general view that AWPS are getting
              bigger and more powerful, as are the
      the products at the top end of manufacturers
      that do not yet produce truely high capacity or
      big deck scissors. Engine and noise pollution
      are also top of the list in the modern design
      process, as are the implications of the new
      standards in North America.
         Firmly in the big category is JLG’s recently
      unveiled 33m lift height 330LRT and 43ft
      430LRT, at ConExpo during March, to
      complement its 53ft 530LRT and round
      out its family of large rough terrain (LRT)
      scissors.
         Features of the JLG 2250 pound (1.02
      tonne) platform capacity 330LRT and
      430LRT include lower fuel consumption,
      a standard oscillating axle that gives better
      traction and grade climbing ability, and a
      standard optimised hydraulic system, as well as
      45% gradeability across the series.
         There are other important areas of
      development for big deck scissors, as seen in
      these recent launches. Rafael Nunez, product         large platform has a spacious deck,               needs of customers and the changes in the
      manager, scissor lifts at JLG Industries,            and a standard 4 ft deck extension, which         aerial market. As Genie rolls out products
      explains, “Rigid and strong scissor stacks add       provides more room for people and materials.      in response to global requirements, such
      stability and enhance operator confidence. The       The pneumatic tyres were replaced with foam       as the new ANSI/CSA (North American)
                                                           filled tyres.                                     standards, says Michael Flanagan, Genie
                                                               With these new machines three drive modes     product manager, Terex AWP, it will continue
                                                           are also now available. With the platform         to closely monitor how customers worldwide
                                                           lowered, the three position Speed Switch          use these new machines in the quest for
                                                           permits the operator to select either high        developing new models.
                                                           speed (3.5mph – 5.6kph), mid-speed (2.0 mph
                                                           – 3.21kph), or low speed (1.0mph – 1.61kph).      Standard effect
                                                               Nunez says customers want products that       Genie’s immediate updates to its big deck
                                                           can operate in rough terrain environments.        scissors is in response to new standards that
                                                           “For their business, it’s extremely important     effects the entire range, “With the upcoming
                                                           to have machines that are reliable and easy-      changes to ANSI/CSA standards in North
                                                           to-service; with parts and service readily        America, we have taken the opportunity to
                                                           accessible should they be required.” The LRT      incorporate changes to nearly every model of
                                                           series is extremely durable making them ideal     Genie scissor lift.”
                                                           for rental and on jobsites with rough terrain.      These changes will include brand new
                                                           They also feature a new, robust, easy-to-extend   features such as load sense systems, which we
                                                           extension deck and all-steel hood.                have had much success with in our boom lift
                                   PB S270-24E 4x4             A core focus for Genie, and indeed most       products, as well as smaller alterations such as
                                                           of its competitors, is to truly understand the    toe guards on platform entrances.                   >

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      IN THE FIELD                                                                                                                                      Airo’s XL14 RTD
        Dingli launched its most recent product towards
        the end of last year. The JCPT2223RT, with a 22m
        working height, has a 750kg capacity launched at
        Bauma China in November.
        It includes a move to greater gradeaiblity, higher
        ground clearance, and automatic extension deck,
        plus a stable structure for users.
            “We use axle drive to replace the tradition
        hydraulic motor drive, and the scissor structure
        is much stronger,” says Harry Chen, Dingli sales
        director.
            The fact is, he adds, bigger deck scissors are
        set to become more popular and says there are
        new machines being tested in the field.

                                                                      The idea is to up the capacity wherever the            up to height — but also additional personnel,
                                                                    opportunity. Flanagan points out that many               tools and materials.
                                                                    Genie slab scissors, including the GS-2032,                 “It is critical that operators have solutions
                                                                    GS-2046, GS-2646, and                                                   to manage items in the platform,
                                                                    GS-3246 models, exceed                                                   including proper loading and
                                                                    the industry standard 500                                                securing of materials during
                                                                    pound capacity with up to                                                operation.”
                                                                    1200 pound capacity and up                                                  Skyjack’s newest and tallest
                                                                    to four occupants. Similarly,                                            DC electric scissor lift is the
                                                                    the Genie GS-3384 RT and                                                  SJIII 4740, which was launched
                                                                    GS-3390 RT units enable                                   Skyjack         in the spring of 2016. It has a
                                                                    operators to carry up to 2500                             SJIII 4740 13.8m work height, 90cm roll-
                                                                    pounds with up to seven                                                   out extension deck, 8.1cm raised
                                                                    occupants.                                               ground clearance, 54 cm inside turning radius
                                                                      “High capacity and high                                and 3.2km/h stowed speed.
                                                                    occupancy scissors enable end                               The addition of the SJIII 4740 was made
                                                                    users to carry more personnel,                           primarily to fit the needs of a niche market
                                                                    tools and materials to their                             of large indoor commercial applications that
                                                                    jobsite, to help them get their                          RT scissors and booms cannot access. “This
                                                                    jobs done faster.”                                        market has seen much more acceptance from
                                                                                                                             end users in the last 18 months, and has made
                                                                    Balanced design                                          this machine a large part of Skyjack’s product
                                                                    Looking to the future                                     portfolio,” says Kristopher Schmidt, product
      “These changes are relevant to the new                        Flanagan adds, “There is                                   manager for DC/RT scissors and vertical
      standards in North America but also standards                 growing demand in the rental                              masts, at Skyjack.
      set in other regions, such as EN280 in                        industry for tailored solutions,                            It has several operational benefits. It is
      Europe,” says Flanagan.                                       such as application-driven                                drivable at full height with the roll-out deck
         Nevertheless, there are some advances                      machines, options and                                     fully extended, has 25% gradeability, welded
      specific to the big decks. “As the stowed                     attachments. Increasing                                  cross bracing on its scissor stack and an overall
      dimensions and operational capabilities of slab               demand for taller slab and                               capacity of 350kg.
      and rough terrain scissors increase, the larger               rough terrain scissors must                                       The SJIII 4740 has also incorporated a
      scissors are expected to accommodate higher                   be balanced with the need                                      clevis-style front wheel drive, engineered
      payloads and additional occupants”.                           to not only take an operator                                   similarly to the 68xx RTs, along with
                                                                                                                                   newly designed single location emergency
      SNORKEL LAUNCH                                                                                                         lowering and standard half-height gate.
        Snorkel is developing a new family of high capacity, feature rich, large deck scissor lifts that will range             Schmidt says, “In today’s market we’re
        from 9.1m (30 ft) to above 18.3m (60 ft). The first model is expected to launch in early 2018, when product          seeing a push into hybrid technologies. The
        details will be announced. In line with most sectors of the market, there is increasing demand for aerial lifts      main driver of this is the need for machines
        with higher lifting capacities, confirms the manufacturer. Matthew Elvin, CEO of Snorkel, says, “While these         to have access to both indoor and outdoor
        scissor lifts are already designed to be high capacity, contractors continue to look for greater lift capabilities   work that a dual fuel or diesel machine cannot
        to help them boost productivity on the jobsite. There is also growing demand for aerial lifts which are hybrid       access. The way that buildings are now being
        or electric powered, including within this high capacity scissor lift sector. Driven heavily by emissions            built has changed customers’ perceptions of
        regulations, this demand also tends to peak and trough in line with changes in the cost of fuel.”                    these units. With walls now going up before
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                                                                                                                         JLG 530LRT

                                                                                                                      managing director Eline Oudenbroek, who
                                                                                                                      has now left the company, told AI, “In the near
                                                                                                                      future we will not develop and engineer new
                                                                                                                      models as we did that the last few years. At
                                                                                                                      this moment we will be focusing on making
                                                                                                                      our range more ecological.”
                                                                                                                         The HL-275 was the first Hybrid Eco
        Genie GS-3384 RT                                                                                              scissor lift, launched in 2015. It has been
                                                                                                                      equipped with the latest hybrid technology.
                                                                                                                      “The great advantage of our hybrid scissor lifts
      machine that can operate on dirt is looked at       extension, and “a platform as large as the                  is that they enable the customer to complete
      positively, and these machines can be first on/     chassis, for a better access to facade work.”               the entire project using a single machine.”
      last off site with no downtime for swapping            Meheust adds, “Rental companies are asking                  “The market asked for a scissor lift with less
      machines mid-construction.”                         for better TCO - cheaper products or longer                 emission due to the stricter legislation and
         We’ve been working on new ANSI 92.20             lasting products - as the rental market price               environmental requests,” says Oudenbroek.
      compliant machines over the course of the last      for big scissors is low.                                    Interestingly, as an aside, Oudenbroek adds,      >
      three years. This will be an entirely new scissor      Holland Lift confirms the importance of
      line and you’ll see changes in our machines for     environmental improvements. Its outgoing
      all international markets to coincide with the
      implementation of these standards.                  HEIGHT AND WEIGHT
                                                           Imer is increasing its capacities. At the forthcoming
      Expanding range                                      GIS exhibition in early October, in Italy, the
      The main features for Skyjack’s large rough          manufacturer will launch the fully renewed and
      terrain scissors are that they have axle-based       designed IM xx180 series, which will offer a large
      4WD, rear differential and front limited             range of power options, such as electric DC motor,
      slip differential, dual extension decks for an       diesel engine and bi-energy diesel and electric
      increase in workspace and are drivable at full       power unit.
      height (SJ8831 and SJ8841 RT models only).              It will also offer increased 13m and 15m working
         Schmidt adds, “The construction industry          height, and capacities ranging from 500kg to
      is starting to see progression in the use of         600kg, thanks to a newly designed undercarriage
      telematics and fleet management software,            and scissor package, but also as much as 1.5m
      to ensure their machines are being utilised          platform extension, thus very compact dimensions
      properly with less downtime, and to give the         of 1.8m x 3.2m.
      rental companies a better understanding of              Imer’s latest high capacity scissors lift models,
      their overall cost of ownership.”                    the IT 220 series were launched at Intermat 2015
         Thomas Meheust, ATN sales director, says          but went through structural and assembling
      its big scissor products are born as a result of     upgrade in 2016. The model 220 is available in
      a requirement for greater height and more            two working heights and capacities. Both models
      environmentally-friendly power packs, namely         could be diesel or electric motor DC powered: IT
      hybrid.                                              14220 offers 800kg capacity at 16.5m working
         The near future plan is to expand its current     height, while the IT 17220 offers 540kg capacity at 19m working height. Both units can be driven at full
      range to incorporate these features. They            height with full load even on the super-deck platform extension of 6.8m total length. “The market focuses
      would build on the 12m working height                more and more on ‘clean units’ aimed to reduce both pollution and noise on the job site. This provides human
      CX 12, launched in 2012, with a 1100kg load          ambience, not related to purely to the construction site and has been one of the drivers of the development,”
      capacity and drivable at full height, along          says the company. “Compact dimensions of the folded down MEWP are essential to operate in renovation or
      with the CX 15, introduced in 2011, offering         restructuration sectors. Carrying capacity is also key; units featuring more capacity will allow better utilisation
      a 15m working height and a 700kg capacity.           ratio for the multiple requirements of the job site.”
      A feature is the 7.3m platform length with

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      “The market also was looking for a small            CUSTOM TUNNELLING
      scissor lift with a great height which can be       The MEC 3392 RT-T scissor lift was introduced in
      used for warehouses.                                2015 and was developed from close co-operation
         “Warehouses are of great influence in the        with specialty rental for tunnelling applications –
      evolution of high and ecological systems.”          hence the 3392 RT-T designation. It has a 2650
         The HL-330 E14, also launched in 2015            pound (1200kg) rated platform capacity double
      is the manufacturer’s solution for narrow           deck for up to five persons and a platform height of
      workplaces. The machine is just 1.4m wide and       33ft (10m) and overall width of 92 inches (2.34m).
      has a working height of 33m – the first narrow      The platform is 24.75 Ft (7.5m) long with both
      scissor to reach that height.                       decks extended.
         PB Lift’s latest high capacity model was            Specifications critical to productivity in tunnel
      the PB S270-24E or D 4x4 with 1000 kg               applications are a 6.2 m/ph (10 km/h) stowed travel
      platform capacity - either battery powered or       speeds, being 50% faster, to cover long driving
      as a diesel version, launched mid-2015.             distances quicker. Then there is the rated capacity,
                                                          representing a 32% increase, to carry more
      Big lifts                                           equipment and complete more work per journey.
      In 2017 the company will be launching new              Rated slope operation was also much higher.
      models with either 27.5m or 32m working             The machine can drive at height on sloped
      height, also with big lift capacities. Both         surfaces, saving the time spent on outrigger
      heights will be produced in a Top 14 version        deployment and retraction between elevated work
      with 1.4m width and a Top 24 with a width of        tasks. Examples are:
      2.4m. All units will be drivable at full height,       “The experience gained through development
      with four wheel drive and four wheel steering.      and field feedback of the 3392RT-T has led to development of a version of the MEC Speed Level 2684 RT-T
      The Top 14 will be battery powered and the          which has similar increases in productivity in all the same areas. The Speed Level 2684 RT-T can work on
      Top 24 will be available in both battery and a      slopes up to 14° (25%).
      diesel version.                                        The manufacturer will launch an Aviation Titan in the near future that provides a means of lifting very
         Daniel Yassini, marketing and sales at PB,       heavy loads, including APU Jet engines, into and out of the rear of aircraft while workers are using fall
      says, “Machines are getting continuously more       arrest harnesses from a fully guardrail protected platform. The machine will also allow two person ‘wing
      and more working height and lift capacities.        walking’ while having a platform capacity up to 4000 pounds (1815 kg).
      These new machines can be used both indoor             This machine is in stark contrast to MEC’s relatively recent move into higher production slab scissors,
      and outdoor, have over 27 m working height          which it has been launching at trade shows across the US. See the interview in the June/July issue of AI.
      and can be driven at full height.” Enough
      space and power for up to four workers,                                                                              PLATFORM HEIGHT
      materials and tools is also a feature.                                                                   4m          6m          8m            10m
         “Situations have changed, for example in
                                                           Rated Tilt Angle side-to-side                       8O           6O           5O           4O
      power plants, at warehouses or construction
      sites,” says Yassini, “Everything is getting         Rated Tilt Angle fore and aft                      10O           8O           6O           5O
      bigger and larger. So, you need more people          Maximum Elevated Drive Speed                    5.0kmh       4.0kmh        3.0kmh       2.0kmh
      to work at the same time with more reserves
      of lift capacities for tools and stuff.        AI

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TATA STEEL ACCESS IN ACTION

     India advances
      Steel producers in India are utilising aerial work
      platforms in a big way as they discover their
      numerous benefits for regular plant maintenance.
      Partha Pratim Basistha reports.
          ndia’s major state and private steel           three million tonnes and was commissioned

      I   producers are rapidly migrating from their
          traditional, rudimentary plant maintenance
      practices to more advanced ones as they
                                                         in 2016.
                                                            Before 2009, maintenance at the
                                                         Jamshedpur facility was carried out using
      become bigger on the backdrop of major             traditional bamboo and conventional steel
      capacity additions undertaken in recent years.     scaffolding for major and minor repairs. It was
      These advanced maintenance practices feature       decided to move to mechanised practices, as       Sany Palfinger SGDJ1012 in the company’s
      higher levels of mechanisation, including          maintenance personnel discovered that setting     headquarter’s entrance hall.
      powered access. Major reasons for using            up scaffolding took more time. Moreover,
      the platforms is greater safety and faster         many constricted, critical areas of the plants
      maintenance, resulting in higher levels of plant   could not be accessed as scaffolding required a
      availability.                                      larger space.
         Tata Steel is one of the major producers           Speaking to Access International, Sankar
      in India that is adopting AWPs extensively.        Biswas, chief of central maintenance
      It is employing them for maintenance of its        (mechanical) at Tata Steel says, “We found
      flagship, 100-year-old, 10 million tonne fully     in many cases while working at height,
      integrated Jamshedpur steel plant, located in      maintenance workers are making substandard
      mineral rich state of Jharkhand in Eastern         working platforms or avoid making any
      India. The steel producing behemoth has            platform at all to execute the jobs. This is
      also deployed a fair number of AWPs to             primarily because of two reasons. Firstly, in
      carry out regular maintenance at its newly-        many cases for doing a half hour job they
      commissioned plant in Kalinganagar in              need to spend hours in making a scaffolding
      Odisha, Eastern India. It has a capacity of        platform. Secondly, on many occasions, due to
                                                         non-availability of suitable materials for the
                                                         access platforms, workers altogether avoided
                                                         constructing platforms. This used to result
                                                         in the construction of improper approaches        Major pipeline maintenance carried out by
                                                         for working at greater heights. Due to this,      United Express at the Jamshedpur plant.
                                                         we had many fatal accidents. To address
                                                         these issues, we began introducing powered        height and overall when we find it difficult
                                                         access for plant maintenance jobs from            to build scaffolding at the job area.” Says Mr
                                                         2011 onwards. We now utilise scaffolding          Biswas. Tata Steel is utilising 40, 45, 60, 80,
                                                         for undertaking maintenance only when             85, 120 and 150 ft articulated and telescopic
                                                         required.”                                        boom lifts.
                                                                                                              While AWPs are being used by Tata Steel
                                                         Regular maintenance                               for carrying regular maintenance, there
                                                         Both the Jamshedpur and Kalinganar plants         are also certain very specific maintenance
                                                         are utilising powered access platforms for        requirements. “The Jamshedpur plant
                                                         maintenance to wiring, pipe lines - including     generates close to 10 million tonnes of dust
                                                         pipe replacement, blast furnace, steel melting,   during the process of steel production. This
                                                         sinter plant and hot strip mill equipment.        gets accumulated on the roof of the plants,
                                                         The platforms are also extensively used for       requiring regular cleaning by placing people
                                                         chimney cleaning, painting and general            on AWPs,” says Mr Kishan Sonthalia, partner,
                                                         maintenance jobs.                                 United Air Express, a major, Jamshedpur
                                                            “Powered access platforms are utilised by      based, AWP, construction and mining
                                                         us for maintenance performed above 2m.            equipment rental company with specialisation
                                                         Primarily, we use powered access machines         in steel plants operation and industrial
                                                         where not more than two maintenance crews         housekeeping.
                                                         are required at a time, job duration is short,       United Air Express rented nine new
                                                         there is requirement for working at higher        JLG AWPs to the Jamshedpur facility for
                                                                                                           the maintenance work. They include a 34ft
                                                         Routine plant maintenance at Jamshedpur           working height 1340 boom lift, a 45ft 450         >

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      Maintenance at night

      boom, two 60ft 600 AJ booms, two 80ft 800
      AJ booms, one 125ft 1250 AJT
      boom and one 150ft 1500 AJS
      boom. It has also rented out a JLG
      scissor lift. They were acquired
      for three to four years by rental
      company United Air Express, to
      which Tata Steel has outsourced
      operations of its blast furnace at the
      Jamshedpur plant.

      Rising orders
      Encouraged by the wide benefits
      of AWPs for quicker response                                                                         Pipeline maintenance at Jamshedpur.
      times and carrying out emergency
      maintenance jobs, subcontractors                                                                     Safety requirements
      and maintenance companies                                                                            Tata Steel and other steel producers hiring
      working for Tata Steel’s plant                                                                       the AWPs from rental companies have put
      maintenance have been procuring                                                                      stringent safety regulations for the equipment.
      large numbers of units over the                                                                          According to Mr Biswas, “There are lots
      years. The plants have also been                                                                     of safety features built in to powered access
      buying equipment of their own. The                                                                   platforms, none of these are to be by passed
      AWPs are both diesel- and battery-                                                                   and they must be certified by the OEM.
      driven for external and internal                                                                         “Machine life should not be more than 10-
      maintenance tasks.                                                          Pipeline maintenance     12 years as structural integrity is questionable
         Tata steel procured articulated                                                                   after that, unless the machine is completely
      and telescopic boom lifts between                                                                    revamped and recertified by OEM. Quick
      45-80 ft in the recent past from Genie. The         stacker applications.” Says Raja Ghosh,          retraction of the extended boom must be in
      boom lifts are being used for pipeline and          senior manager, business development, Maco       place to bring back the maintenance crew to
      for other maintenance purposes. The plant’s         Corporation (India), distributors for Genie in   ground level in case of emergency. Service
      own Z-80/60, 80 ft unit is used for 400 kVA         India.                                           providers should have annual maintenance
      switch yard maintenance. JK Surface Coating,           He continues, “Based on the large success     contracts with authorised OEM dealers.
      subcontractors for Tata Steel carrying out          of the equipment at Tata Steel, another major    Furthermore, it is mandatory that rental
      coating and painting jobs at the Jamshedpur         private steel producer Jindal Steel recently     agencies should have certified operators to run
      facility acquired two Z-45/25 and 40 others         brought four GS 5390 RT scissor lifts for        the machine at our plants.”
      from Genie, few years back.                         maintenance of its steel plant in Angul              For OEMs supplying the machines, the
           “Based on higher levels of reliability         Odisha. State owned, Steel Authority of          private and state-owned steel plants stress
      delivered by the equipment and quick                India’s Rourkela plant in Eastern India has      that equipment needs to have guard rails to
      response time, the steel major procured eight       also brought one brand new TZ-50 trailer         prevent infringement. Plus, the equipment,
      battery-operated, Terex Genie, GS 2032              mounted boom for switch yard, pipeline and       specifically boom lifts, need to have foam
      scissor lifts in 2014 for Jamshedpur and four       coke oven battery maintenance. Recently Tata     filled or solid non-marking tyres, back camera
      units for their Kalinganagar project for battery    Steel’s Hooghly Metcoke facility (HMC) in        and sound alarm.
      maintenance. For the Kalinganagar facility,         West Bengal bought a150ft Genie SX-150               The author of this feature also contributed
      it also acquired 30 ft, push pull AWPs for          for coal tower maintenance along with one        an indepth article about India for the
      indoor jobs involving electrical maintenance,       Z80/60 articulating boom.”                       November-December issue of AI.                 AI

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