03.04.2014
IPAF Iapa award winners
The IPAF dinner and awards ceremony was held in Windsor, UK, this evening with around 450 attendees - a record for the event.
The award winners are:
- Low level product of the year – Power Towers Pecolift
- Mast climbing product of the year – Scanclimber Double Decker
- Vehicle mounted product of the year – Ruthmann Steiger T720
- Self-propelled boom product of the year – Genie SX180
- Contribution to safe working at height – Peter Douglas of Nationwide Platforms in the UK
- Powered Access Pioneer award – Galmon Singapore and Desmond Ong
- Innovative use of access equipment award – Fraco of Canada
- Access rental company of the year – AFI-Uplift of the UK
- Instructor of the year – Tony Radke of NES Rentals USA
- Training centre of the year – Mills Rental of Brazil
- Outstanding customer service award – Access Plus of the UK
- The IPAF president’s award went to Hans Aarse for his work establishing IPAF in the Benelux region.
And finally, the Life Time Achievement award was presented to Mike Evans, an interview and career review can be found in the latest Cranes & Access magazine:
Click here to read the article
Many at the event missed the last words from IPAF chief executive Tim Whiteman, as he announced that next year’s Summit and AGM is returning to the USA, where it will be held in Washington DC in March 2015.
Nick Leeson
I thoroughly enjoyed the event this year, we are very lucky to work alongside such nice folk. It is a lovely industry. Congratulations to all the winners, in my opinion they all deserved it.
I am disappointed that next year it is in The States again as it is nye on impossible for me to afford the time and the cost to get there, but I understand it is important to be an international organisation and I hope it is as successful.
Thank you to all the organisers this year you did a marvellous job.