13.10.2008

Triple celebration at Kors

Kors Hoogwerksystemen, the Dutch distributor for Skyjack, Omme and HAB celebrated its 25th anniversary this weekend, with a party for 300 guests on Friday, with more expected on Saturday.
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Kors celebrated 25 years trhis weekend

In addition to the celebrations the company also broke ground on its new facility which is being built on a 23,000 square metre site that it has purchased. And unveiled a new crawler mounted boom lift built by Bear Heavy Equipment of Rotterdam.
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Joop and Evie Kors prepare for the ground breaking ceremony

Kors was founded in 1983 by Joop and Evie Kors in a barn in the village of Willemsoord
close to city of Steenwijk in the North West part of Holland. They began in the access business by selling ladders and small scaffolds on a commission basis. The company grew rapidly and just two years later they started renting and selling aerial lifts, winning dealerships from Skyjack and Omme, both of which they still represent.
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The project signs unveiled

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The artist impression of the new premises

Along the way the company relocated to its current premises in the village of De Blesse, but have now outgrown them and thus purchased the new plot just off the A32 highway towards Leeuwarden at the Steenwijk exit.

The third reason for the event was to announce the new aerial lift producer, Bear Heavy Equipment of Rotterdam. Bear’s first product, a crawler mounted 15.2 metre platform height telescopic boom lift, has been developed in close co-operation with Kors.
The new boom, the T17J, features a very simple two section boom and jib, with 350 kgs lift capacity, powered by a Yanmar diesel and weighing just over nine tonnes.
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Here comes the next unveiling

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Its the new Bear crawler mounted boom

The new machine has been specially designed for steel erection work on rough jobsites and offers gradeability up to 65 percent. It has been designed with the minimum of electronics in order to be easy to service and repair and is said to be “ hufterproof” a Dutch term for being abuse resistant.
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The new lift has 15 metres platform height with just two section boom and jib

Kors will naturally be the Dutch distributor for Bear platforms which is planning to add 22 and 26 metre platform height booms to the range next year.
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The Bear T17J has been designed for easy maintainence