08.04.2009

CMC/SUP-Elefant enter UK

Italian truck and spider lift manufacturers CMC and SUP- Elefant have appointed Baker Access as their distributor in the UK. The two companies, which are both based near Bari in south east Italy, have ownership links and also work together with Barin, the underbridge inspection platform specialist.

Baker Access is a new company owned by Nigel Baker, which has taken over the assets of Max Access the spider lift sales and rental company that went into administration earlier this year.

Baker had put the Max Access into a voluntary arrangement last year, and was paying off the companies debts and restructuring the business when, over a relatively short period of time it was hit with a string of bad debts after three of its customers ‘went under’.

Baker points out that the administration left no major debts behind and it was only after the administrator struggled to sell the assets that he stepped in to acquire them. The new business includes the Falck Schmidt spider lift rental fleet - over 20 units strong, which will continue to trade under the Max Access name. In the meantime the sales business will trade under the company name - Baker Access.

Baker Access is currently based in temporary premises in Oxford but is likely to move to the Witney area, where Max Access was based, later in the year.
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The Sup Elefant S15 with the S19 in the background

Key products are likely to include the 15 and 19 metre Sup spider lifts. The S15 includes a dual riser, telescopic boom and articulating jib and 200kg unrestricted platform capacity, while the S19 offers almost 12 metres of outreach. And the 20 metre CMC TB200 articulated truck mount on a 3.5 tonne Nissan Cabstar chassis. Please register to see all images

The CMC TB200 20 metre platform

CMC has also been extremely successful with its 21 metre PLA 210 3.5 tonne straight telescopic truck mounts, particularly in Holland where CMC distributor Kraan en Truck Service has taken a significant market share selling to companies such as Riwal and SGB.
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10 units of a batch of 18 CMC PLA210

Baker Access is looking to launch in the UK with a last minute stand at SED and at Vertikal Days, June 24th/25th.