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www.vertikal.net www.vertikal.net May/June 2009 Vol. 11 issue 4 preview guide TelehandlersTelehandlers SelfSelf erectingerecting towertower cranescranes Mast New products climbers from Intermat ...New cranes from Jekko, Link-Belt & Comansa…New Holland Lift line…Teupen takes Traklift…Access Rentals & WD Bennett go down.… On the cover: Did you guess it? Part of a Merlo 40.25 MCSS telehandler on show & at Intermat. ccontentsa Comment 5 Vertikal Days 37 News 6 Now in its third year, Vertikal Days has firmly 17 Telehandlers established itself as THE lifting show for the WD Bennett fails and re-emerges, Traklift UK and Ireland, with its relaxed atmosphere acquired, Ainscough's first big crawler arrives, conducive to networking, making new PB goes with Ranger, Tadano confirms Knecht contacts, discovering new products and appointment, Access Rentals in administration, ideas and in some cases, trying out the Elavation acquires Safeline, New European distri- equipment in the demonstration bution centre for Genie, GGR launches Airlift, area. Here is the 12 page Isoli to appoint UK dealer, Sholz joins Sany, show guide. Jekko unveils new mini crane, Holland lift to launch Eco range, SED roundup. Mastclimbers 49 We take a closer look at the pros and the cons 25 Self erectors Telehandlers 17 of using mastclimbers and ask why only a few 32 The telehandler sector appears to have gone contractors from boom to bust within six months with sales are exploiting to the construction sector in several major the benefits markets well down on last they offer. year. Mark Darwin takes a look at one of the most IPAF popular items of Summit 63 site equipment, decimated by The 2009 IPAF summit and awards dinner is Mastclimbers the current market conditions. Or is it? now long past, however as promised, we are 49 publishing our alternative photo album of the Dublin event. Hopefully the following pages Intermat review 25 will give an accurate flavour of the event, Despite its problems, Intermat remains one of albeit in a humorous and irreverent manner. the world’s largest international equipment shows. See what was happening in the Cranes&Access review. regulars Self erectors 32 ALLMI Focus 55 As if the current economic climate isn't enough SUBSCRIPTIONS: Cranes & Access is published eight times a year of a challenge, self erecting tower crane rental Training 57 and is available on payment of an annual subscription of £40.00. companies (particularly those with small fleets) If you wish to subscribe, please send a crossed cheque made payable to The Vertikal Press Ltd to: Subscriptions, The Vertikal Press, PO Box have a variety of other issues to watch out for. Your letters 58 6998, Brackley, Northants NN13 5WY. Address changes should also be sent to this address. Please include the address label from a recent issue Cranes&Access takes a closer look at these and with all correspondence and allow 3 months for changes to be effective. at the pros and cons of using small tower cranes IPAF Focus 59 SUBSCRIBE ONLINE AT: rather than telehandlers on-site. www.vertikal.net/en/journal_subscription.php Pasma Focus 61 BULK DISCOUNTS: These are available to companies wishing to take out multiple subscriptions. Please contact the subscriptions manager for more details. Books & Models 62 Tel: +44 (0)8707 740436 Fax:+44 (0)1295 768223 E-mail: [email protected] What’s on? 68 Kran & Bühne: The Vertikal Press also publishes a German magazine which deals with the same issues as Cranes & Access, but is written for German users and buyers. Details available on request. On-Line directory 72 While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of information published in Cranes & Access, the Editor and Publisher can accept no responsibility for inaccuracies or omissions. Views expressed in In the next C&A articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Editor or Publisher. Material published in Cranes & Access is protected under international copyright law and may not be reproduced Plant shutdown, Annual dealer guide, Industrial access, Pick and carry cranes and Vertikal Days review, without prior permission from the publishers. and a look back at 10 years of Cranes&Access. May/June 2009 cranes & access 3 & ccommenta cranes It’s specialist showtime As the exhibition season reaches its &access peak it's all a little confusing. The Vertikal Press For users & buyers of lifting equipment PO box 6998 Brackley NN13 5WY. UK May/June 2009 Vol. 11 issue 4 Tel: +44(0)8707 740436 Fax: +44(0)1295 768223 At one extreme we have very email: [email protected] successful and well established shows such as Hillhead deciding web: www.vertikal.net Editors: Leigh Sparrow that this year is too hard, postponing the event until next year; In Germany: SED went ahead in a greatly reduced mode with most of the 'bolt on' Vertikal Verlag Mark Darwin Sundgaualle 15, D-79114, sectors such as recycling and access giving it a miss and then we Freiburg, Germany Associate Editors: had Intermat where it was almost business as usual although Tel: 0761 8978660 Fax: 0761 8866814 email: [email protected] Rüdiger Kopf (Freiburg) attendance was down around 10-15 percent. web: www.vertikal.net Alexander Ochs (Freiburg) Germany, Scandinavia, Andrew Klinaichev (Moscow) It would appear that the economic crunch may well have finally Austria and Switzerland polarised companies' views on shows and it seems the ayes are Karlheinz Kopp, Vertikal Verlag, Sundgaualle 15,D-79114, Freiburg, Germany Sales & customer support: with either the specialist shows or the mega annual show. For our Tel: +49 (0)761 89786615 Pam Penny sector this means Bauma, Conexpo and Intermat (yes, I think that Fax:+49 (0)761 8866814 Karlheinz Kopp email: [email protected] it still has a valid place in the three year, global show cycle). Claire Engelke Italy That leaves the specialist shows. At the same time as SED there Fabio Potestà, Mediapoint, Corte Lambruschini, Production: was the Safety & Health Expo at the NEC. Only the first time I have Corso Buenos Aires 8, V Piano-Interno 7, Nicole Engesser been to this but I was impressed with the vitality, attendance and I-16129 Genova, Italy Tel: 010 570 4948 Fax: 010 553 0088 positive buzz. Cranes&Access' own Vertikal Days - solely aimed at email: mediapointsrl.it Publisher: the cranes, access and lifting sector - is now in its third year and The Netherlands Leigh Sparrow despite the current climate, 2009 has more exhibitors than ever Hans Aarse 39 Seringenstraat, 3295 RN, before. With about 60 access manufacturers represented it looks S-Gravendeel, The Netherlands set to be the biggest access equipment show yet in the UK Tel:+31-78 673 4007 Mobile:+31(0) 630421042 email: [email protected] (not forgetting the 30 or so crane and numerous other affiliated Russia The Vertikal Press Ltd. companies attending). Cranes&Access Russia MEMBERS OF DM Publishing 127287 Pocc But why are the specialist shows doing so well? Moscow tel. +7 (495) 685 94 28 fax +7 (495) 685 94 29 Companies may finally be realising that the general equipment e-mail: [email protected] exhibition attracts customers after 'general equipment' and for UK and all other areas visitors it is easier and better to have a show where every exhibitor Pam Penny PO box 6998 Brackley NN13 5WY. UK is of interest? For the exhibitors the returns are better at a show that Tel: +44(0)8707 740436 may be smaller, may have less visitors but where every visitor is a email: [email protected] potential customer. Design & Artwork by: bp design Ltd. If you haven't yet been to Vertikal Days at Haydock Park it is well Tel: 01707 642141 Fax: 01707 646806 worth making the effort. A full show guide - including information on email: [email protected] exhibitors, seminars and meetings - is included in this issue as well ISSN: 1467-0852 as a run-down of all the World, European and UK launches - and © Copyright The Vertikal Press Limited 2009 there are quite a few. Letters, emails, faxes and The Vertikal Press also publishes: phone calls are welcome and Yes there is a global recession, but an enormous amount of business should be sent to: is still being done. And the best way to get more business is to meet more companies in your sector and the specialist show is The Editor, probably the most cost effective way of doing it. cranes & access, See you at the end of June - oh and bring an umbrella. After all, it is PO Box 6998, Brackley England in the summer! NN13 5WY, UK Tel: +44(0)8707 740436 Mark Darwin Fax: +44(0)1295 768223 email: [email protected] Please mail, email or fax any comments you may have, to the editor, stating if we may publish them or not. May/June 2009 cranes & access 5 Teupen Hungaria news c&a launched a 21 metre Traklift Traklift at Intermat acquired Teupen founder Alfons Thihatmer has acquired a majority stake in Teupen Hungaria which recently launched the Traklift brand. The company, established in 1995, was equally owned by Thihatmer, a colleague and the Fekete family which in spite of owning just 33.3 percent of the shares had a controlling veto. Teupen Hungaria built the smaller WD Bennett fails trailer and track mounted spider lifts for Teupen which it sold under the Teupen brand. Teupen Hungaria did legal battle which appeared to and re-emerges much of the design work on the be going in favour of the Feketes. UK tower crane company WD Bennett Plant and Services was placed machines it built incorporating However following the recent into administration in early May following a difficult trading period and Teupen patents into those designs.

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