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Look Back at 2019 (PDF, 1.14 A look back at c&a look back 2019 2 019 Recent years have seen a combination of natural disasters, extreme weather and political chaos and 2019 has been more of the same! Cyclone hits Mozambique More than 1,000 people lost Airlines Flight 302 crashed with 157 people onboard. Five years after their lives when cyclones hit Prince Harry and Meghan, Duke and New Zealand Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot Duchess of Sussex. Al Noor down over Ukraine killing 298, three Malawi. A dam collapse at The crane, access and telehandler Mosque Russians and a Ukrainian have been shooting the Córrego do Feijão iron ore markets generally remained busy charged. mine in Brazil killed 237 with although the continued economic 33 missing, while horrendous President Trump continued be a and political uncertainty began to rainfall in Europe left dozens of disruptive force on the world stage, choke some capital investment people losing their lives across using tariffs as a diplomatic weapon, leading to shrinking order books as Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, raising them against products the year end approached. Hungary and Slovakia, Spain, of almost every trade partner, The following is a reminder France and Italy. Northern England from steel to Scotch Whisky, as of some of the key stories we experienced the second or third he escalated his trade war with carried in the magazine this year. ‘Once in a hundred year’ flooding China and the EU. He also pulled in little more than 10 years. the US out of the long standing Hong Kong Terrorism was largely confined to Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces demonstrations the Middle East and parts of Africa, Treaty, withdrawing support for but in New Zealand 50 people died Kurdish allies, and stating that and 50 were wounded when a Israel’s occupation of Palestine’s gunman opened fire at the Al Noor West Bank was legal. Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre In the UK the Brexit fiasco in Christchurch. Not long after, a continued, with Theresa May series of bomb blasts at churches, resigning as prime minister to be hotels and a housing complex in and replaced by Boris Johnson who around Colombo killed more than then engineered a general election 250 people and wounded hundreds. while stating he did not want one. In the USA mass shootings almost In the Ukraine comedian Volodymyr became routine, occurring a couple Zelensky scored a landslide of times a month, with 10 killed victory to become president, while President Trump and in Daytona, Florida, 22 in El Paso, prime minister an uprising against Venezuelan Trudeau Texas and 13 in Virginia beach. president Nicolás Maduro with Police departments began labelling opposition leader Juan Guaidó them as ‘Domestic Terrorism’. declaring himself interim president, More than a million people in Hong failed. Kong marched repeatedly in protest In Japan, Emperor Akihito became over proposed legislation allowing the first Japanese monarch to Theresa May resigns the extradition of individuals to abdicate in 200 years marking mainland China. The demonstrations the end of the Heisei era. And in a Floods in northern England turned increasingly violent as surprise ceremony in Thailand King protesters upped their demands to Maha Vajiralongkorn married the include a more democratic and free deputy head of his personal security political system. unit - General Suthida Vajiralongkorn Airlines featured prominently in the Na Ayudhya - who become Queen news for environmental reasons, Suthida. In the UK Archie Harrison while Nairobi bound Ethiopian Mountbatten-Windsor was born to Emperor Akihito abdicates Dam failure in Brazil Mass shootings in the USA December/January 2020 cranes & access 4151 look back 2019 Potain launches the 550 tonne/metre c&a MCT 565 - its largest flat top crane to date. Genie unveils a new ultra-compact, Niftylift starts shipping updated direct electric drive micro scissor c&a MK II versions of its popular 33ft lift, the 13ft GS-1330M at Bauma Riwal acquires Danish rental HR12N. China. company AH-Lift, owned and Ramirent sells its Danish rental managed by Finn Aaberg. 120.9 business to equipment rental December/ January company G.S.V Materieludlejning Blue Water Shipping takes delivery of a 152 tonne Nielsen industry in a deal worth around €33 million. news reachstacker - the largest in the Multitel Pagliero announces world. XCMG unveils the new 186ft a new 25 metre truck mounted GTBZ58S self-propelled tele- articulated platform - the MZ 250. scopic boom lift using a similar Liebherr and Teufelberger ‘swing out leg’ chassis deign to develop a high tensile fibre rope the Genie SX180 and JLG 1850SJ. weighing 80 Custom Equipment produces percent less its 10,000th Hy-brid scissor lift - a than a steel 14ft HB-1430 purchased by rental rope and company Lift Works. lasting four times longer. JLG announces three new lithium An ALE AL.SK350 crane c&a ion battery powered electric lifts a 2,885 tonne MTU articulated boom lifts based on the module in Texas - one of 34ft 340AJ, 45ft 450AJ and 52ft the heaviest lifts to have 520AJ articulated booms. been carried out in the 21.1 Americas. February Skyjack unveils two larger Rough industry Terrain scissor lifts - the 53ft news Grove launches an updated, longer SJ9253RT and the 63ft SJ9263RT. Hawk Plant Hire goes into boomed version of the three axle, administration due in part to the failure Turkish aerial lift manufacturer ELS Easy Lift launches the new 30 metre 60 tonne GMK3060 All Terrain RA31 articulated tracked spider. of contractor Carillion in 2018. enters the crane - the GMK3060L. telehandler Mateco acquires German regional Genie launches its new Genie Lift market with Teupen launches the new aerial lift rental company Pradel Connect telematics a six metre Leo35T spider lift featuring Arbeitsbühnen, and Spanish sales programme. 17 metres of outreach and 400kg and rental company Ciaman. model built in Power Towers platform capacity. cooperation ALE opens a subsidiary in the USA, launches the European with MST. Xtreme Manufacturing unveils with offices in Houston. version of its Power three new telehandlers - the three Snorkel launches two new Tower Duo rated for Genie reveals details of two XC tonne/13 metre Xtreme XR742, the telehandlers - the 4,200kg/13.5 metre two people. extra capacity telescopic boom lifts four tonne/13 metre XR944 and the SR9244 and the 4,535kg/16.4 metre - the 45ft S-45 XC and the 65ft S-65 compact 2.7 tonne/5.8 metre XR619. SR1054 - built by Faresin. TraX crawler. JCB files a complaint against Ainscough chief Sammons owned Briggs Manitou claiming that its executive Janet Equipment - acquires Northern c&a overload system infringes one of Entwistle resigns. Ireland rental company Balloo Hire. its patents. Multitel Pagliero opens a direct Lingong Group/ sales and service operation in the UK. BrandSafway acquires Texas 21.2 LGMG sets up a new US subsidiary, hoist sales and rental company March LGMG North America. Century Elevators. industry JLG files a $2 million legal complaint Skyjack’s Brad Boehler takes news against LGMG over trade mark over as IPAF president from AFI’s Tadano announces it is to acquire violation of its orange and cream colour Nick Selley. the Demag mobile crane business scheme. from Terex for $215 million. Fraco acquires Spanish mastclimber and hoist manufacturer Saltec/Torgar. Kato releases details on two new cranes, the 25 tonne CR250R-V Loader crane manufacturer Hyva offers City and a four axle, 100 tonne All a range of truck mounted lifts up to 29 Terrain designed initially for the metres manufactured by CTE. Asian market. Custom Equipment revamps its Link-Belt Hybrid scissor lift range and launches MEC unveils two compact battery/ unveils details its highest to date the new 16ft ZT1630. diesel Rough Terrain scissors - the of a new 110 The posthumous IPAF Lifetime 33ft 3369 RT and 40ft 4069RT - and tonne 120 Achievement Award goes to Grove two straight telescopic boom lifts RT two axle pioneer and JLG founder John L with articulated jibs - the 45ft 45-J Rough Terrain Grove. and 65ft 65-J. crane. 52 cranes & access December/January 2020 moving into 20202020 We’re shaping up for Vertikal Days 2020 Reserve the dates now www.vertikaldays.net May 13th-14th 2020 Registration is now open for both exhibitors and visitors. Go to www.vertikaldays.net c&a c&a look back 2019 Arcomet and French tower crane Kranlyft acquires Vänermaskin, rental company Matebat merge under the Magni dealer for Sweden. ALE launches the 10,000 tonne the new name Uperio. 21.3 Snorkel unveils the S3019E ultra April/May capacity SK10,000 - and claims it Speedy acquires Lifterz from the low 19ft slab electric scissor lift industry is the world’s largest land crane. news Bowers family in a deal valuing the with scissor stack stowed entirely Terex sells its US truck crane company at £21.5 million. within the chassis. Unic unveils the URW7035C4 assets to Load King, part of the Mateco acquires Spanish aerial lift UK-based builder of Ascendant ‘Cube Crane’ with a nine metre Utility One group. and crane sales and rental company vehicle mounted aerial work three section vertical telescopic Faresin unveils the new battery Afron. platforms - Redwood mast topped by a five section powered six metre/2,600kg 626 Full Maeda Engineering - is wound up. telescopic top boom. 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