Four sponsors confirmed for IAPAs

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10 January 2011

As the last of the award entries are make their way to us, we are very excited to have four confirmed sponsors for the IAPAs (International Awards for Powered Access).

Our latest sponsors are Genie and Alo, the Chilean access rental and machine distributor. They join Iron Planet and Haulotte in supporting this prestigious industry event.

The judging will take place at the end of January and the shortlisted companies will be published on our web site and in the February issue of Access International. The winners will be announced at the IPAF Summit and IAPA Awards dinner at the NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in Amsterdam on 14 April.

The five members of the judging panel are:

- Roger Bowden (owner/founder, Niftylift, UK)
- Gerhard Hillebrand (IPAF Italy representative)
- Murray Pollok (managing editor, Access International)
- Steve Shaughnessy (IPAF president)
- Mike Watts (chairman/founder, Sunstate Equipment, US.)

For more information on the IAPAs and to book your table at the event go to www.iapa-summit.info

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