19.09.2011
Apex pictorial review
This year's Apex show in Maastricht which closed on Friday featured many new and interesting powered access exhibits as you can see in part one of our online review.
The following is intended to provide a brief flavour of the show for those who did not attend. A full review will be published in the October issue of Cranes & Access.
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Reasonable numbers attended this year's APEX, but more importantly some good business was done.
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The new 2.55 metre platform height Airo XP5 E - one of two new push around scissir lifts - was shown alongside its two new battery powered articulated booms the A12JE and the A15JE.
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Easi UpLifts purchased two 90 metre Bronto's with further large machines to come. A happy Ian James of Bronto with John Ball (L) and Gerrard Jennings (R) of Easi Uplifts.
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Easi UpLifts also took delivery of its 52 metre Falcon FS520 - the first for a rental company - John Ball (L) with Brian Falck Schmidt of TCA Lift and Gerrard Jennings
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Simone Scalabrini of Cela with the company's new 24 metre DT24, Cela booked several new orders over the three days
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CTE showed this quick release winch attachment for its Traccess spider lifts can lift 250kg.
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A closer look at the CTE winch attachment
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Chinese manufacturer Dingli showed a good range of products but its new 40ft compact narrow scissor lift never made it
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Dinolift's new Dino 185XTS fully self-propelled articulated boom lift
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The new Easy Lift EV130
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Not new but as impressive as ever - particularly with its huge basket - the Giraf Track.
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The new E170TJV van mount from GSR
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Hoeflon launched this new C601 mini crane which has a capacity of 2,70kg and total weight of 940kg.
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As usual the Holland Lift stand was crammed full of exhibits.
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The Imer group stand featured Iteco platforms and Ihimer spiders
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The Instant Upright stand with a range of alloy towers and access stands
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JLG exhibited its new big boom - the JLG 1500SJ - on its outside stand.
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The show will be the first time many will have seen the JLG X14J.
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Manitou launched two new articulated/telescopic booms with 79 and 85ft platform heights. The new models, the 260TJ and 280TJ are two variants of the same base unit.
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Mavel Tech's new truck mounted scissor is now in production.
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Mec showed its Titan boom 40S and Crossover 2659
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The new Multitel MJ 320 truck mount
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Oil&Steel's new Snake 2311 Compact Rel
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Palazzani launched a new spider lift, the TSJ 30.1
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The new Palfinger control panel available on larger trucks includes camera screen and has a setting to 'imitate' Ruthmann and Bronto controls allowing operators to be instantly familiar with the machine.
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Palfinger's new 30 metre working height counter slewing P300 KS
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Sinoboom was one of three Chinese access manufacturers at the show. It plans to launch a spider lift and telehandler next year.
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The busy Skyjack stand closed a good deal of business.
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Italian manufacturer Comet had several interesting platforms including this unit mounted laterally on an Isuzu 4x4.
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Dieci was one of a few dedicated telehandler manufacturers at the show and featured the Apollo 25.6 and Pegasus 40.25
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Genie launched a new 14 metre working height narrow aisle compact electric scissor lift - the GS4047.
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elsGenie also launched four point Trax steered crawler mod of its S-40 and S-45 (pictured) telescopic boom lifts.
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The H.A.B stand featured its heavy duty scissor models
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No-one guessed the age of Holland Lift's refurbished machine - 1999
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The new aluminium subframe on Multitel's new 25 metre MX250 articulated boom lift.
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Vertimac is a new company owned by the Naessens (DK Rental founders) dealing in new and used equipment
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Niftylift had the greenest stand at the show and did some very good business over the three days.
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Ruthmann's new T285 platform on a 3.5 metre chassis.
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The best exhibit at the show - according to many - was the Tunlift platform from Sky Aces. Designed specifically for tunnel maintenance, two machines were sold at the show.
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Paolo Balugani of Sky Aces on his 'new baby' the Tunlift
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The world premier of the Socage A314 Up was just one of three new products.
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The Socage TJJ54 truck mount is coming soon!
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Finn Schlitterlau (L) CEO and Thyge Mikkelsen CFO of the newly formed TCA Lift (formerly Skako/Falck Schmidt).
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Shown for the first time in Europe, Bravi's dry wall/plaster board handling device for its Leonardo lift
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Tim Whiteman of IPAF (L) and Leigh Sparrow of Vertikal and the launch of Denis Ashworth's history of Simon and the access industry
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