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Snorkel International has appointed Kim "Hutch" Hutchison as director of key accounts and used equipment.

Italian manufacturer Hinowa used last week's CTT Show in Moscow (June 17 - 21) to launch a new 23 m high spider platform, the LightLift23.12 to Eastern Europe.

Premiered at last week's CTT Show in Moscow (June 17 - 21) was Italian manufacturer Safi's new Universo, a combination mast climber work platform (MCWP) and a hoist for people and materials, all of which use a common mast.

Access rental specialist, the Lavendon Group, was able to announce encouraging results in a pre-close trading update. The Group's revenues for the five months ending 31 May 2008 have increased by 37% compared to the same period last year with operating margins continuing to improve.

UK based, Universal Aerial Platforms, has worked with Coventry Cathedral to help clean its famous West Screen. Universal provided a Spider FS290, manufactured by Worldlift Industries, Denmark, which gave Advance Cleaning Services, the specialist contractor, access to all of the huge artwork.

The cascading roof, multiple recesses and corners on the Centuria Urban Village development in Kelowna, British Columbia, created a number of access challenges for contractor Fairweather Maltesen Masonry. The company was able to overcome many of these difficulties by using Canadian company, Hydro Mobile, mast climbers.

The UK subsidiary of international offshore service company, Oceanteam, has used a 34 m working height Bronto Skylift MDT34 to inspect a lifting structure on the Norwegian company's barge, CLB Explorer.

It is increasingly common to use AWPs (aerial work platforms) to carry out maintenance tasks in difficult to reach areas, but often access at ground level can make it awkward to install the machine. Together, UK access platform distributor, Working at Height, and UK safety handling specialists, Stanley Handling, have come up with a solution.

The Department of Public Works and Highways, based in Davao City in the Philippines, took delivery of an Italian, Barin ABC 110/L under bridge inspection unit in March 2008.

Scaninter, the Finnish mast climber and hoist manufacturer, saw the first Australian installation of its SC2032 hoist in December 2007.

The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has been asked by aerial platform manufacturers to produce a code of practice for all those involved in exhibitions after an electric scissor was blown over by the wind on the first day of the Vertikal Days show in the UK.

The Oshkosh Corporation, owners of JLG Industries, said it expected a loss of approximately $1.22 to $1.32 per share for the quarter ending 30 June 2008.

The 4500 shipments which TVH makes daily throughout Europe flow from its main warehouse, part of a 60000 m2 facility in Waregem, Belgium. Shipments enter the hands of international freight couriers from six consolidation sorters, which separate and aggregate picked items into 3000 box locations and 540 rollout tracks for weighing, packing and labelling.

Why has the world's leading supplier of spare parts for fork lift trucks moved into the access spare parts business?

At its 25th anniversary celebration, Belgium company, Heli, was able to announce two exclusive dealership arrangements. The company which specialises in the rental, sales and maintenance of aerial equipment, is now the exclusive distributor of UpRight on the Belgian market and Bluelift in Belgium, Luxemburg and Northern France.

UK Manufacturer Niftylift has recently acquired full product certification and permission to use status, for its entire range of machines in Russia. In addition the company has begun supplying its range of self propelled platforms to a Hungarian rental company.

Derek C Hathaway, the recently retired chairman and chief executive officer of Harsco Corporation, has been awarded an OBE (Order of the British Empire) by Queen Elizabeth II.

Austrian manufacturer, Palfinger has announced that it is in the final stages of taking over the Elevant, aerial working platforms unit from Wumag GmbH.

Kevin O'Shea, who leads the training activities of Mastclimbers LLC in Atlanta, Georgia, US, draws parallels in the US mast climbing market to that of the UK 10 to 12 years ago. "We have a weak design standard coupled with weak regulation for implementation. Unregulated use is dangerous," he tells AI.