04.02.2010

Lavendon invests in Nano

The Lavendon group, owner of Nationwide Platforms, DK Rental and Gardemann has ordered a substantial number of the new 2.5 metre Power Tower Nano push around and Nano SP self propelled lifts.

The agreement to supply an unspecified three figure number of the first production units to Lavendon, covers the UK and other European counties including Germany and Benelux, with an option to extend to the Middle East region.

Power Tower has already delivered 20 units of the new Nano SP (unveiled only yesterday at the Executive Hire show) as part of an evaluation programme. The new product is largely based on the push around version introduced last year, but includes wheelchair type drive controls, a 500mm roll-out deck extension, and active pot-hole protection. Total weight is around 470 kgs’
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The Power Tower Nano SP with 2.5 metre platfrom height

Ian Rollins of Lavendon said: “The original Power Tower has been an unqualified success and is our most sought after model. Our customers are now asking us for smaller footprint machines without sacrificing on platform size. After several months of field trials we are confident that the Power Tower Nano satisfies the needs of our customers and will prove to be a market-leading product in this sector.”

“Other push-around models we tried have much smaller platforms, whereas the 4.5 metre working height Power Tower Nano and Nano SP have a large platform, a simple, steel telescopic mast that enables a very low, easy entry closed platform height, features which are considered important to our customers.”

Brian King of Power Towers said: “We are delighted to have reached agreement with Lavendon. It provides us with a tremendous opportunity to build on the success of the Power Tower in the UK and Europe. We believe the Power Tower and Power Tower Nano range offer high quality products in the low-level access sector and we are proud that the largest powered access company in Europe, after several months of trials, has chosen them.”

“This sector of the market is growing, aided by an increasing recognition of both the safety and productivity benefits over more traditional forms of access. Power Tower and Power Tower Nano simply give the user larger platforms to work from with automatic safety brake and other unique safety features built in.”