All Access Articles

July-August 2009

The programme for this year's Europlatform conference - Ready for the Rebound - is now on line at www.europlatform.info.

When the Royal Navy says that the historic HMS Victory must be revamped no cost nor effort is spared. The HMS Victory which originates from the 18th century is the oldest ship in the British naval service. It achieved prominence as Admiral Nelson's flagship in the naval battle of Trafalgar. The Victory can now be visited in Portsmouth in a dry dock at the Historic Dockyards.

John Sisk & Son Ltd one of the largest construction groups in the UK and Ireland, has announced that scaffolding contractors on all of its UK projects must be members of NASC (National Access and Scaffolding Confederation). Sisk is certain this will reinforce its best practice approach to health and safety on its construction sites, and further improve its already impressive incident records.

Australian crane and access rental company Boom Logistics has received a merger proposal from its biggest shareholder, Harbrew Group.

New UK-based vehicle mounted access manufacturer Cumberland Industries UK Ltd has been appointed exclusive agent for Terex Utilities in the UK and Ireland and is also mounting Oil & Steel booms for the Italian manufacturer in the UK.

The first of Ommelift's new range of spider platforms, 2750 RBDJ, has been delivered to Danish Customer, Hjørring Stilladsudlejning and went straight to work.

SGB has supplied scaffolding for a £136 million refurbishment project on historic railway building around London's Kings Cross Station.

Pennsylvania-based Hinkel Equipment Rental Associates added a 200-foot Bronto to its fleet recently.

Riwal has acquired the Netherlands company Instant Holland: adding the company's powered access rental, scaffolding, and construction equipment rental businesses to its own.

German rental company Mateco has bought the Kühne Arbeitsbühnen rental company from its owner Mr Michael Kühne, who retires after many years in the business.

The directors of UK vehicle mount specialist, Allan Access Hire, have instructed their invoice financing partner to appoint an administrator to the affairs of the business.

Skylift, the truck mounted aerial platform rental division of Lavendon Group, has introduced a vehicle tracking and remote management system to its fleet of vehicles.

Terex Aerial Work Platforms has opened service training sites in Oklahoma City, OK and Southaven, MS.

At the beginning of the year Palfinger Platforms received an order for 20 Bison TKA 16 truck mounts from Czech company CEZ AG. The order which has now been delivered was generated by Palfinger's Czech sales agent, Kuhn MT sro.

A-Plant, one of the largest plant and tool hire companies in the UK, has published a new Customer Training Solutions Brochure, detailing the courses that the company can provide for its customers.

Terex AWP (Aerial Work Platforms) is providing two new sites for service training at Terex facilities in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Southaven, Mississippi.

If it is true that the sun shines upon the righteous, then the UK access industry must have been positively virtuous to deserve the beautiful weather at the Vertikal Days exhibition held at Haydock Park at the end of June.

Thermoil Europe has wasted no time in getting Thermoil into the markets: individual distribution agreements have been agreed with both Nifty Pty Ltd of Australia and Nifty S.A. (South Africa) to sell Thermoil De-Sulfater and Thermoil De-Mister products on an exclusive basis in each country.