The Hire 25 exhibition opened yesterday in Melbourne, Victoria, with a steady start as delegates moved between the conference area, other events and the show floor.
The consensus on the current Australian equipment market is that has been slow thanks to the global economic uncertainties and the recent general election which has slowed infrastructure investments etc.. but most thought the second half would be better.
The following pictures will hopefully provide a taste of the event. See also Tuesday's preview
Rajiv Singal of Imer with a 15m IM15DA - Lithium spider lift, the company appointed Access Worx as its distributor a couple of years ago and has just appointed a distributor in New Zealand and sold its first spider lifts there
A 20ft Aichi SV06ENL scissor branded as Huski and distributed through Toyota Material Handling
Sinoboom’s TB14J Plus telescopic
CMC’s 13m S13F telescopic spider lift generated some interest
Dingli’s 34ft no tailswing BA12 articulated diesel 4x4 boom lift with oscillating axle
The Access Worx stand with the 43m Palazzani XTJ 43+ spider lift and Claudio Teoldi from Palazzani
A 7m Manitou in Coates orange livery
Vertikal’s Leigh Sparrow (L) with Rajiv Sethi of Mumbai, India based Gemini Hydraulics, in town to find dealers for his line of small truck mounted lifts
Skyjack’s new SJ45 AJ+ and SJ60AJ+ with electric or hybrid power make their Australian debut
The Altequip/Socage Raptor stand - Brisbane based Altequip was appointed by Socage as its distributor around 12 months ago and has chalked up a number of sales since then, and is now planning to begin selling Socage truck mounts - it also has a significant service and repair operation
The Socage/Altequip team - (L-R) Alessandro Bussei of Socage with Curtis Morely and Robbie English of Altequip along with Alessandro Flisi of Socage
The Bronto stand with a 47m S47XD sold to Summit Tower Hire
‘Happy Hour’ at the end of the day was popular and included some presentations
The amazing Aileen Hiskins founder of Strategic Alignment Training, who has been involved with the HRIA Women in Hire & Access Mentoring Programme presented the national and state awards for Women and Young People in Hire & Access
Women in Hire & Access award winners
Young people in Hire & Access award winners And finally – to the evening
The day’s events ended with ‘An evening with Kylie Moore-Gilbert’, a locally based Australian-British academic, who while attending a conference in 2018 was imprisoned in an Iranian high security prison for more than two years and held for most of it in solitary confinement. On here release in a three way prisoner exchange she wrote a book The Uncaged Sky: My 804 Days in an Iranian Prison.
Kylie Moore-Gilbert- speaking during dinner – you could ‘hear a pin drop’ during her talk which ended with an extensive Q&A
The evening also raised funds for the Mental health charity Beyond Blue
The exhibition runs all day today ending with the annual HRIA/EWPA awards dinner
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