10.12.2015

100,000th JLG for Riwal

Dutch international rental company Riwal made the winning bid last night for the European 100,000th JLG commemorative telehandler, bidding €88,000 for the special machine.

Riwal requested that €50.000 of the proceeds be donated to the Alpe d’HuZes foundation which holds an annual event in which participants ascend the Alpe d'Huez mountain, either by walking, running or cycling to raise funds to support the battle against cancer. Last year around 5,000 participants raised €13.5 million for the cause. Riwal participated in this year’s even entering three team - runners, cyclists and hikers See Riwal team climbs for charity . It plans to nominate other charities for the remaining €38,000 over the next few weeks.
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Norty Turner (L) of Riwal, shakes hands with JLG president Frank Nerenhausen while Karel Huijser, of JLG looks on.

Riwal chief executive Norty Turner said: “At Riwal we are proud to be part of such a meaningful industry event. We have been providing JLG telehandlers for our customers for many years, and to be the winning bidder on the 100.000th telehandler with all of the proceeds going to the charities of our choice is truly inspiring.“

JLG President Frank Nerenhausen added: “We are excited to mark this significant milestone with the commemorative JLG telehandler and host this event. We wish to congratulate Riwal for submitting the winning bid and enabling this substantial charitable contribution.”
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(L-R) Walter van Winckel, Karel Huijser and Frank Nerenhausen of JLG with Norty Turner, Søren Rosenkrands and Glenn Verburg of Riwal and Jonathan Dawson of JLG with JLG’s European 100,000th commemorative telehandler.

The North American 100,000th commemorative telehandler was sold to Jerry Reinhart and New York based Skyworks See Skyworks get 100,000th

for more details on the 100,000th machine click here