EWP

Following its successful launch in the UK and Ireland earlier this year, IPAF’s new mobile app for operators of elevating work platforms (EWPs) and mast-climbing work platforms (MCWPs) is now rolling out in 26 additional countries including: Hong Kong, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand and Singapore. The app brings training certification into the digital era and […]

Skyjack division is on site with customer PT Natraco Tunas Citra – a material handling and aerial work platform business headquartered in Bandung, Indonesia – helping with a month-long cleaning project at the Hyundai Motor Manufacturing site in Cikarang, Indonesia. “When the subcontractor asked for machines that deliver accuracy and precision in indoor and outdoor […]

The Sinoboom Australia team will be exhibiting at HIRE21, as the exhibition makes a return with the theme “In Australia, For Australia,” following a hiatus in 2020. The company will show four access products which have been optimised for the Australian rental market. The electric-powered articulating boom lift AB14EJ is a flexible and reliable unit which […]

On 29 April  2021, China successfully launched the core module of its space station, known as CSS (China Space Station), into orbit. Haulotte (mobile) elevated work platforms ((M)EWP) have been working at the Wenchang spacecraft launch site for the assembly and testing stage of this central piece of the future station. The construction of China’s […]

With lithium-ion batteries offering an array of new possibilities for EWPs, there has never been a better time to look at all-electric and hybrid drive trains. Dan Jenkins reports. The Asia-Pacific region is typically not as strict as Europe when it comes to emissions from equipment like MEWPs. This means that the market for electric […]

Even if the socio-economic scenario is uncertain, challenging and turbulent, Italian mobile elevated platform specialist is not holding back on the investments it had already planned for the end of 2020 in order to improve its brand awareness and market share on the Asian continent.  In partnership with its exclusive dealer in China, High Boom […]

The sale of the Ruthmann Group to the US Time Manufacturing Company was successfully completed. In this context, a restructuring of the Ruthmann group of companies also took place. As already reported in mid-February, the Ruthann group of companies was sold to Time Manufacturing Company. Time Manufacturing Company is a global manufacturer of aerial work […]

It’s over seven decades since Kennards Hire founder, Walter Kennard, started the company after hiring out his cement mixer. A lot of growth and change has happened at Kennards since then, as well as throughout the broader hire and rental industry. The Kennards Hire Museum in Artarmon, Sydney, captures much of the industry progression, especially […]

The UK pioneered the use of lightweight low-level access platforms and they have started to spread far beyond Europe. Is there a growing market for these products in Australasia, or is the 19-foot scissor still king? Dan Jenkins finds out.   While the 19ft scissor lift remains the backbone of any rental fleet, smaller self-propelled […]

A new generation of CTE track mounted platforms has been launched. The CTE Traccess 160 offers a 16m working height, a 7.9m outreach and has a 250kg capacity over the whole working envelope. Notable is the CAN BUS electrical system, which is similar to the CTE truck mounted platforms equipped with the S3 EVO system. […]