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The UK's Nationwide Platforms has added an 84m Ruthmann truck mounted platform to its fleet following increased demand for such a product from the UK rental market.

The Kurdistan Region of Iraq has completed a €10 million order for 266 CTE truck-mounted telescopic platforms from Ster Group, regional representative of Italian manufacturer CTE Group.

The Skyking division of the UK's King Highway Products Limited has developed a new 14m working height platform in conjuction with Loglogic for use on its Softrak off-road vehicle. The machine will be officially launched at the UK show Vertikal Days on 27 and 28 June at Haydock Park nr Liverpool.

As promised Ruthmann has unveiled the first model in its Height Performance range, designed to provide users with a truck mounted machine with a high performance:price ratio. The new 46m working height model, Steiger T460, features some of the engineering and material technologies employed on the Steiger T330 - a recent winner in the 2012 International Awards for Powered Access (IAPA). In particular the multibend profile of the boom, which is made from high strength, fine-grained steel.

Socage's new 32m platform on a 7.5t truck chassis is designed to compete in the German speaking parts of Europe and is of particular interest to its Russian importer, Chaika Service, which has already sold 250 Socage platforms.

Power Lift UK, which recently became the UK dealer for the Spanish company Movex, has received its first platform. The Movex P130TL Land Rover mounted platform has started its working demonstration tour so that Power Lift can monitor customer feedback.

Italian manufacturer Socage will show a new compact 32m machine at Intermat mounted on a 7.5t chassis. The DAJ332 has a lightweight hydraulic jib, which, Socage said, gives it the ability to carry out boom articulations that a standard double articulated platform could not perform.

Italian rental company Vernazza Autogru has taken delivery of its second Socage TJJ70 truck mounted access platform as part of its 2012 fleet expansion plans.

Multitel has confirmed that it will launch three new platforms at the Intermat show in Paris, as well as showing updated versions on two others.

The 46m working height Steiger T460 will be the first in Ruthmann's new range of truck mounted Height Performance machines launched at Intermat.

Palfinger Platforms has launched two new models as part of its drive for expansion in the aerial platform market.

German manufacturer to begin programme of new truck-mounted platform launches at Intermat

German truck mount manufacturer Ruthmann has given Access International an exclusive preview of a new line of machines the company will launch at Intermat.

US rental firm Abilene High Lift Aerial is seeing strong demand from the renewable energy sector for its Ruthmann Steiger TTS 1000 aerial platform.

Isoli has introduced another version to its PNT 205 range of 20m working height truck mounts. The PNT 205 NH is similar to the PNT 205 N but replaces the A+A jack outriggers with "H" shaped outriggers.

Access equipment rental company Spielhoff GmbH was brought in to help in the restoration work of a mediaeval castle in Wuppertal, Germany.

BlueLift and RAM have launched a truck-mounted access platform, representing the first in a range of new products

Isoli's new PNT230 23m truck-mount is mounted on a 3.5t GVW Nissan Cabstar with a short wheel-base - 2.9m. The dual sigma-type riser and three section top boom provide a maximum outreach of 11m. For very restricted working conditions the outriggers can be deployed within the overall width of the vehicle, but outreach is then automatically limited to 9m.

Bronto Skylift is showing its new 50m working height S50XDTJ truck mounted platform at the APEX show (14 to 16 September, 2011) in Maastricht, the Netherlands.

Watch our video interview with Paolo Balugani on the new Sky Aces tunnel maintenance platform.