Italian spider and pick & carry crane manufacturer Jekko has appointed Hong Kong based crane and aerial lift sales and rental company AP Rentals as its distributor for Hong Kong, Macau and Singapore.
AP Rentals/AP Equipment Leasing and Engineering was formally established in 2004 by Lau Pong Sing and Chan Kit Mui who still lead the company today, their market experience dates back almost 45 years. The parent company AP Rentals Holdings has been listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since 2016 and posted revenues of HK$174.1 million ($22.4 million) last year.
The staff at AP Rentals were trained on key Jekko products which are now in the company’s rental fleet
Today the company’s product range includes all Terrain cranes including a new 200 tonner, lattice crawlers, mini crawler cranes, spider cranes, telehandlers, boom and scissor lifts to generators, lighting towers, excavators and glass handling devices.
It already runs a number of Jekko spider cranes in its fleet and is looking at representing the full product line including SPX spider cranes up to eight tonnes, JF heavy duty articulated spider cranes up to 21.5 tonnes and MPK MiniPicker pick & carry models up to five tonnes capacity. The company has offices in Kowloon, Hong Kong with a large warehouse and yards to the north of Hong Kong in the Sheung Tsuen area, along with an office in Macau.
Jekko chief executive Diego Tomasella said: “I am fully confident that the choice of AP Rentals as a partner will take us a fundamental step forward. Its strong company structure with a well trained and motivated team and an in-depth market knowledge offers us key insights on the current market needs and on the upcoming developments. This feedback is a fundamental help for Jekko to tailor its offerings to meet specific regional demands. We are convinced that our user friendly and technologically advanced cranes will be appreciated by operators since they will easily understand the flexibility of use that is unattainable by other types of cranes.”
Thomas P S Lau of AP Rentals added: “We are happy to start the business with Jekko since we have known this brand for more than eight years. We will establish the application service support to Jekko machines to offer best highlights and continuous customer support in Hong Kong and Asia-Pacific area.”
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