The wide aisles made for an open feel to the event
Crane Hire Solutions purchased the first new five tonne Klaas 900 RSX from UK dealer Kranlyft
First time exhibitor Certas Energy had a highly successful show, and displayed a fuel storage tank on its stand
JT Cranes sold its first JF545 articulated crawler crane in UK to Lifting System
A Paus PTK 31 trailer crane
The French corner with Manitou and ATN
A Potain Igo 50 with Gapo self-propelled, radio remote controlled unit
A very smart Bob Jones (L) and Trevor Jepson of City Lifting
A youngster playing with remote controlled models on the Liebherr stand
Adam Tucker of Mobile Platform Hire and Sharmin Akter of Total Solutions with an ex-Gerken owned 50 metre Teupen 50GT. A 50m Teupen GTX is to follow
AGD showed the new 55 tonne Marchetti CW55.40 telescopic crawler crane as well as the new wheeled version of the 16 tonne Sennebogen 613E
Ainscough's LTM 1450-8.1 on the Liebherr stand
Snorkel launched the new Snorkel Guard
The cab of Spiering's new City Boy self-erecting tower crane
A busy CW Plant - the company's first time at Vertikal Days
Among the units on the Airo stand was this X16 EW scissor
The Wednesday night Networking party was attended by around 850, including many VIPs
Paus construction hoists on the Crane & Hoist stand attracted a great deal of attention
Bill Ellis of Ellis Crane Hire with his 'pet' ferret entertaining the visitors
Bronto showed its 70 metre S 70 XR and the 90 metre S 90 XR
A Grove RT540 E RT crane
Crowland Cranes had enormous success selling about 30 units of the Rim Wizzard wheel removal tool
Demonstrating theAlmac Bibi 1090
Dingli highlighted its 11.2 metre mast boom as well as a good selection of scissor lifts
Dutch manufacturer Montarent showed its M21-4WDS wheeled self-erecting crane, this unit sold in the USA
Faraone demonstrated its increasingly popular Elevah range of lifts as it looked for a UK distributor or dealers
Visitor numbers were up again this year - the first time at Donington Park
The highlight of the Niftylift stand was the new lower weight HR12L with lithium ion battery power
GMG had planned to unveil several new models, but shipping delays prevented it, so it displayed a few 'loaned back' scissor lifts, but still landed a major deal at the event
Gordon Leicester demonstrated several of his outrigger mat innovations including this specifically shaped magnetic outrigger pad
Ground-Guards launched the XTremeMat - a tough HDPE plastic layer with hard foam inner core for strength and buoyancy
Hoeflon mini spider cranes and Iteco scissors
Imer had its own stand now that it is no longer being distributed by CPL and showed the new Iteco IM 13180 E electric RT scissor
IPAF invited visitors to try out its virtual reality access simulator - amazing!
Isoli truck mounted platforms on the Skyking stand - its new UK dealer
JCB highlighted its new lithium battery pack for its slab scissor lifts
All aisles led to the Catering Pavilion
The barbecue was a popular dining option
Julien Bourrellis of Klubb on the CPL stand
Leo Spierings with his new SK487-AT3 City Boy plug in hybrid drive
Liebherr organised the My Future My Choice event for local school children
Local school children on the My Future My Choice event to show possibilities of a career in engineering
Local school children getting to grips with an engineering task
Mac Trucks exhibited this Fassi F820 on a Scania tractor unit
Mangi's heavy duty 10 tonne, 10 metre HTH 10.10
Marco Govoni, sales director of CTE (L) with Graeme Hill of CTE UK
Martin Cheese of Power Towers has recently been promoted to International sales manager
The GB Access/A-Plant stand with prominent hoist
Alimak Hek had a very successful show
Masakazu Usami, the recently appointed managing director of Kobelco Cranes
Multitel's 20.1 metre MJ201 has 12.6 metres outreach and new anti entrapment option
One of several 30m, 400kg capacity Multitel SMX 300 HD spider lifts going to Nationwide Platforms
Part of the busy Marketplace
Part of the Genie stand
Part of the Klubb van mounted exhibits on the CPL stand
Part of the large GGR stand
The Ruthmann 90 metre sold to Felbermayer
School children participating in the My Future My Choice event had the opportunity to operate this Liebherr AT
Alimak Hek mastclimber
Versalift sold the first VTX-240 in the UK to SPV Group - (L-R) Howard Evans of SPV Group, Chris Wrenn of Versalift, Rocco Whatley and Kate Whatley of SPV Group
An Alimak Hoist sold to PHD
The Marketplace Pavilion & Cafe was busy both days
The extra large Catering Pavilion
There were plenty of visitors from around the world
Friday afternoon Vertikal Days is all gone, with the last two machines heading out
The Vertikal Days onsite team
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Jim Warburton
Great show with all the latest innovative equipment on display as usual but who planned Vertikal days under a flight path? Perhaps call it Horizontal days next year if its at the same venue!!!!
Gary Brady
Thanks to Leigh and all of the team for your amazing efforts and for producing such a great showcase for our industry.