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At the beginning of the year Palfinger Platforms received an order for 20 Bison TKA 16 truck mounts from Czech company CEZ AG. The order which has now been delivered was generated by Palfinger's Czech sales agent, Kuhn MT sro.

Korean access equipment manufacturer, JunjinCSM has introduced a 36m working height, truck-mounted aerial work platform, called Sky-Khan which complies with Korea Certification Security.

UK rental company, Blade Access took delivery of its 12th truck mounted platform at the Vertikal Days exhibition last week: a 70 m Wumag WT700 bought from UK dealer Skyking.

A new company has been formed in Texas, US, to provide high reach access services for the wind turbine industry. TGM Wind Services has placed an order for two 90 m Bronto Skylift machines and said a further two 90 m and one 104 m Bronto units could be ordered within the next year.

Olympia Odos S.A and Aegean Motorway S.A. of Greece have taken delivery of four Steiger T 180 aerial platforms.

In cooperation with its Chinese partner CTE expects to shortly launch a 29 m truck mounted boom designed specifically to suit the Chinese market.

Easi UpLifts has taken delivery of four new Bronto vehicle-mounted machines at its headquarters in Dublin for its UK truck-mounted division.

Truck mounted specialist Skyking - part of King Highway Products - launched at SED two utility lifts, a 13 m working height articulated boom on a Land Rover, and a 13.5 m van mount with a GSR boom (first seen at last year's APEX).

Italian manufacturer Hinowa has launched its first truck mount, the Orchid Lift 21.11 at Intermat. Susanne Landstorfer, from Hinowa's marketing and export department told Access International that the Orchid Lift had already generated interest from Hinowa's existing aerial platform customers as well as new customers familiar with truck mounted platforms.

Shown as a computer simulation at APEX, Ruthmann will launch its Steiger T470 truck mounted aerial platform at Intermat.

Oil and Steel's Snake 2010 compact truck mount has a double pantograph boom which takes the operator to a maximum working height of 20 m. On a compact base (2.4 m high and 5.79 m long) the model is designed for applications in restricted space.

CTE showed three new truck mounts at SAIE: the Z26J which will be available next year, the Z21J with jib for 3.5 t chassis and the KJ-A 510 a compact truck mount for its 51 m working height.

CTE showed three new truck mounts at SAIE: the Z26J which will be available next year, the Z21J with jib for 3.5 t chassis and the KJ-A 510 a compact truck mount for its 51 m working height.

Shown for the first time on the stand of the Italian manufacturer GSR were two double articulated truck mounted booms: the low truck version of E200PX and the 27m working height E270PX. Stefan Weber, GSR's sales manager said, "The two new machines complete the GSR PX range."

Socage is in the process of delivering the last of six TJ35 machines mounted on Kamaz 43118 6 by 6 trucks to a Russian oil and gas company. The sale was carried out through Chaika Service, Socage's Russian dealer.

Italy's Multitel Pagliero has added a 13 m working height 3.5 t GVW model to its range of truck mounted platforms. The MX130 operates without outriggers, making it ideal for quick, one-man operation for maintaining street lights and similar tasks, and an alternative to a van mounted platform.

Bronto Skylift wasn't able to show its planned 104 m model at APEX, but visitors still had plenty to see on the company's stand with the new 78 m straight boom S 78 XDT taking centre stage.

Standing tall at the Bizzocchi stand was the prototype of the 50.7 m working height KJ-A 510, designed for 26 t GVW carriers. Outreach of the new model is 34.5 m with 120 kg in the basket and 28 m with its maximum load of 450 kg.

German truck mount specialist, Ruthmann was able to show the new Steiger T275 variable turret machine alongside the SteigerTB220, mounted for the first time on a 3.5 t Renault-Maxity chassis, and the Steiger T 580 with its orbital boom technology. In addition the company was previewing the Steiger T 470 in 3D animation; this machine will be being built from the end of this year and are expected to be available by Spring 2009.

Italy's GSR unveiled its E140TJV model, a 14.3 m working height telescoping boom on a 3.5 t van. The machine, has a 130° fly jib, a maximum basket capacity of 220 kg and a maximum out reach of 8.3 m. Vehicle payload is 350 kg.