XCMG enters scissor lift market

Chinese manufacturer XCMG, best known for its cranes and other construction equipment, has extended its access range with the launch at Bauma China of an 18 m scissor lift, the GTJZ18.

The unit, the largest of the company’s new scissor, is powered by a Cummins 40 kW engine and offers an 800 kg platform capacity. The lift, which features one button outrigger levelling, is built at XCMG’s plant in Xuzhou, Jiangsu.

A spokesman for the company told Access International that the diesel scissor is one of a new range that will include electric models in the 6 to 12 m range. The lifts will be marketed in China but also in export markets.

XCMG has been in the access market for several years, building a range of telescopic booms up to 40 m working height – targeted at the Chinese shipbuilding market – and more recently a series of articulated booms.