06.01.2009

Niftylift appoints Saudi Distributor

Niftylift has appointed Saleh & Abdulaziz Abahsain Heavy Equipment as its sole distributor for Saudi Arabia.

Abahsain is based in Al-Khobar with six branches including: Jeddah, Yanbu, Jubail, Riyadh, Abha and Al-Khobar. The company was founded in 1979 to distribute Tadano cranes which is still a key product line, over the years it has also acquired the distribution rights for JCB and Wiggins lift trucks. The company has handled UpRight in the past, although Kanoo now has the line.


The agreement was finalised at the end of November at the Big 5 Show in Dubai and includes an initial stock order of two 21 metre HR21 4x4 Rough Terrain articulated booms, one 17 metre HR17NDE narrow aisle bi-energy articulated boom lift, one 15 metre HR15 4x4 Rough Terrain articulated boom, one 15 metre HR15NDE bi-energy narrow aisle articulated boom and a 12 metre HR12NDE bi-energy boom.
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Jim Craddock (L) and Azhar Hanfi - product manager for Abahsain Heavy Equipment