MEWP

Height 4 Hire is celebrating the delivery of its 1000th Machine: an Optimum 8 Scissor lift from Haulotte, with both companies marking the event with a handover at Height 4 Hire’s facility in Richlands. Height 4 Hire is based in Queensland in the north-east of Australia. Establshed in 2010 Height for Hire is now Queensland’s […]

In response to demand from international customers for lower-level access equipment for work on low-rise construction projects, Sinoboom is launching a new 14m telescopic boom lift, TB14J Plus. Compared with 18m and 20m models, it promises to save on procurement, transportation and maintenance costs for customers. The new model features a three-section boom design, resulting […]

Bangkok-based MEWP rental specialists, Faster Enterprise,  has signed an agreement with for exclusive distribution of Sinoboom equipment across Thailand. The agreement was signed on behalf of Sinoboom by Dawei He, overseas sales and marketing director, and by Worapat Luewittayanunt, general manager, on behalf of Faster Enterprise. Sinoboom and Faster Enterprise formally commenced cooperation in 2021, […]

Chinese access platform manufacturer, Sinoboom has appointed Marcelo Yamane as business development director for Sinoboom Brazil. Yamane is an expert with more than 30 years’ sales and operations experience in the access and construction equipment sector. In this newly created role, Yamane has responsibility for regional team building, the formulation and implementation of regional strategies […]

Skyjack has launched a new range of DC electric scissors, featuring AC brushless electric drive motors and other significant design changes. The simply electric range will be launched globally with availability in all regions throughout 2024, replacing the current hydraulic drive models. The new drive system provides long duty cycles and fully proportional controls, which […]

Despite reports increasing over the past year, the fatality rates of the leading types of accidents have declined – an encouraging sign that collective action across the powered access industry to tackle key underlying causes of accidents is starting to take effect, according to the latest report from the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) based […]

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, […]

The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has announced that its annual Asia Conference & Showcase will be held in 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand, on 2-3 August. This year will see the second in-person Asia Conference since the pandemic, following a successful return in Singapore last July. The two-day event will consist of a full-day conference […]

In November Haulotte China and Changzhou Vocational Institute of Mechatronic Technology held a signing ceremony to mark the cooperative arrangement on MEWP talent training in the facility located in Changzhou, China. Attendees at the ceremony included Harry Wang, general manager of Haulotte Shanghai, Hubert Moreau, general manager of Changzhou factory, Maya Chen, human resources manager, […]

Sinoboom Australia has reported on social media that it has delivered several batches of custom-colour Sinoboom scissor lifts to Coates Hire branches in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. Dan Goodfellow, group manager – Products received the delivery on behalf of Coates from Sinoboom Australia’s general manager Mitch Ely. Coates is a significant fixture in […]