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German truck mount specialist is showing a cross-section of its product range including the launch of the Steiger T285, the T330 shown for the first time to an international audience and information about a new, very narrow jacking system. The developments are in line with Ruthmann's growing export market and seek to meet the requirements of customers outside Germany as well as those within.

Italian manufacturer Socage debuted three new units at APEX, including the A314 Natural Aerial Transport (NAT), A314 Urban Platform (UP) and T320.

Australian rental company Lincon Hire has ordered eight Jumbo platforms from Palfinger Platform, including four models over 60 m.

Bronto Skylift has released photos of the new 50m truck mounted platform it will show at APEX. The new machine is reported to have "unrivalled outreach performance" but we will still have to wait until the show to get full specifications and details.

This is one of the first pictures available of the new tunnel maintenance platform from Sky Aces, the recently formed Italian manufacturer led by Paolo Balugani, the ex-Oil & Steel executive, and several colleagues.

Italian manufacturer, Multitel, will launch three new truck mounted platforms at APEX.

Elliott Equipment Company is launching the L140 HiReach truck mounted aerial work platform with a winch; it is designed for access applications that demand heavy lifting and platform stability at working heights up to 140 ft.

Among the three new models to be shown by Italian manufacturer Socage at APEX is the A314 NAT (Natural Aerial Transport), which Socage believes to be the first all electric compact platform. It employs the company's A314, 13.2m working height boom, which offers a 6.5m outreach and a 225kg capacity.

Italian manufacturer Oil & Steel has unveiled the new Snake 2311 Compact REL truck mounted platform at an event for customers and its sales and technical network held at the Ducati motorcycle factory, Bologna.

CGT Edilizia Spa, an Italian Caterpillar dealer for the compact machinery line and one of Italy's leading sales and rental companies for construction equipment has added 10 of Socage's DA320 20m working height truck mounted platforms to its fleet.

Former Oil & Steel executive Paolo Balugani and three other investors have formed Sky Aces srl, a manufacturer that will focus on producing special platforms for niche applications such as tunnels.

The APEX aerial platform exhibition in September 2011 is perfectly timed for a recovery in the access equipment market after several years of low investment by rental companies and end users.

Sneaking in under the cover of darkness just a few hours before the start of the VertiKal Days exhibition was Blade Access Specialists' 103m working height Wumag, which was supplied by Palfinger Platform's UK dealer SkyKing.

Bronto Skylift, has revealed that it will be showing a new 50m truck mounted platform at APEX. The new machine is reported to have, "unrivalled outreach performance," but the company is keeping other details under wraps until the exhibition held in Maastricht from 14. to 16 September 2011

Ruthmann's new Steiger T330 attracted a lot attention when it premiered at the CeMAT show in Germany, resulting in a number of orders worth, says the company, "millions of Euros."

Italian manufacturer CTE has delivered the first specially modified ZED 26 to the local authorities of Singapore National Park. This is part of an order placed in 2010 to meet the Park's requirements for pruning trees along state roads and motorway, gardening and other activities in the parks.

Fiorenzo Flisi managing director of Socage said that outside Italy Russia is the company's largest market -and growing - but the company is also dedicating resources to developing the US, "It [the US] should be one of the most important markets for us in the future," he said.

Multitel Pagliero chose the GIS show in Piacenza Italy to launch two new machines, the start of a number of activities to celebrate 100 years in business for the family run and owned company.

Imer Group is adding a range of seven small truck mounted platforms to its line of self-propelled scissors lifts and booms. The first model – a 14.2 m working height telescopic unit mounted on a 3.5 t Nissan carrier – was introduced at the Smopyc exhibition in Zaragoza, Spain.