07.09.2015

PSR expands team

PSR (Platform Service & Repair), the UK service and repair division of IAPS has expanded its management team with the appointment of Ken Cooke as part of a new expansion programme.

Cooke joins the company as production manager and will have the responsibility of setting up and running the workshops and vehicle mounted lift assembly facilities at the new IAPS facility in Telford, Shropshire.

He was previously with utility company Western Power Distribution, where he was workshop controller, managing the maintenance, service, repair and certification of all vehicles and equipment at his depot. Prior to that he spent eight years with Versalift, the van-mounted lift manufacturer, initially as training manager and then as after-sales and service manager.
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Ken Cooke

He is currently project managing the installation of overhead cranes in the new workshops and preparing them for the mounting of Aldercote booms, as the company prepares to enter the van-mounted lift market.

IAPS managing director Steve Couling - also ex-Versalift - said: “Ken has extensive knowledge of van-mounted boom lifts, along with a great deal of technical expertise and management experience. He will be invaluable in helping to establish our new Aldercote production facilities.”

Cooke added: “I am delighted to be back in the powered access industry, during an exciting time for IAPS group as it moves into the van mount sector. Aldercote has developed a superb product range, so it’s important that, from the outset, we have the high quality processes, people and facilities to match.”