07.09.2004

Skyjack continues to make its mark on UK access rental sector

Skyjack, the Canadian elevating work platform producer, has received further significant orders for its machines from two leading UK access rental firms.

Panther Platforms of Dunstable, Bedfordshire, has placed an order for 100 units from Skyjack’s compact and conventional scissor platform range, which includes the models 3219, 3226 and 4632 with working heights of 7.6, 9.7 and 11.5 metres respectively and takes Panther’s Skyjack fleet to around 200 units. The latest models will be distributed among Panthers’ four UK depots.

In another order, Kimberly Access of Stoke-on-Trent has opted for over 20, 17.1-metre working height, 9250 Double-Deck scissor lifts from Skyjack’s full-size rough terrain range.

According to Gary Smith, Kimberly Access managing director, the units were partly chosen due to the integral generator for a 110v power pack to the deck.

Both orders follow the purchase of135 various boom types from Skyjack’s line-up by AFI Aerial Platforms, which recently completed a £1.5 million fund-raising process with venture capital firm, Northern Venture Managers (NVM).