The access equipment show APEX returned to our calendars earlier this month after an absence of six years, at the same time it returned to Maastricht some 12 years after it made the move to Amsterdam.
In terms of exhibitors the show was exceptional with most major manufactures present and most of them spending heavily on very elaborate and impressive stands. It was also notable in the large number of manufacturers that most of us have never heard of, largely minor Chinese companies testing the European waters, many of whom we are unlikely to hear of again.
The show was a little quiet in terms of visitors particularly on the first and last days, with a stronger turnout on Wednesday - the middle day. Part of the reason for the apparent quietness might the sheer number of exhibitions occurring in the first half of this year, with a well attended IPAF Summit in Berlin and Vertikal Days held in the preceding weeks, JDL in France coming a couple of weeks later and Platformers Days in Germany scheduled for early September, not to mention the fact that the Thursday was a public holiday on Germany.
In spite of this many exhibitors reported having had a good show and were very happy to be back in Maastricht. The European Rental Association also held its annual conference during the show which was well attended.
The following are just a few photographs from the event, they do not represent an all encompassing overview, but will hopefully provide a taste of the exhibition for those who were unable to attend. Finally, we must apologise for the delay in publishing this review - another casualty of the event overload this quarter.
AlpLift has the distribution rights for the Navigator push around scissor range for Europe outside of the UK
The Almac stand and the new 1,500kg 1.5FX all electric transporter
(L-R) Andrea Artoni, Oana Samoila and Jonathan Vioni of Almac
The Axolift stand
Ernst van Hek (L) and Gert de Boon on the Axolift booth
On the Bronto stand - (L-R) Martin Wagner and Harry McArdle of Height for Hire with Susa Närhi and Ian James of Bronto
The Bravi stand
CFMG claims to be one of China’s top 10 aerial lift manufacturers
The CMC stand
Dingli outside with a big scissor for Boels
Inside the Teupen designed 139ft Dingli BT44ERT
The EasyLift stand
The Falcon spider lift stand
Faraone
Faresin’s all electric and diesel telehandlers
From China Fronteq
Spider lift and tracked boom lift manufacturer Goman
The Gravity Joe device for supporting heavy hand tools while drilling
Installed on a scissor lift platform
The GSR stand with the 24m 240PX articulated truck mount
Haulotte broke with tradition and had no machines at the show
but it did have an impressive wrap around visual/virtual display
On the back of which it posted its sustainability plans and objectives
Chinese company Heli making its Apex debut
Another Chinese unknown in the shape of Hered
Dutch crawler boom lift manufacturer Hyrax and the ATE27.12 electric on 3.5t trailer
The outside area with the 31m Bluelift spider lift
Ruthmann’s compact 23m T230XS
A team of Ruthmann employees cycled from the factory in Germany
(L-R) Uwe Strotmann and Remy Doyen of Ruthmann with Marcel Joly of Joly Location and Stefan Linnemann of Ruthmann confirm the first order for the new 100m Ruthmann T1000 HF See 100 metre Ruthmann
A new Sany STH1440 14m/4,000kg European style telehandler
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