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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 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 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 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 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/ 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 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 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 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 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

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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 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. Electric telehandler. launches Manitowoc agrees a consent its largest Grove launches Haulotte starts decree with Sany to settle its mini the 127 tonne shipping its misappropriation of trade secrets crawler GHC140 new 3.2 tonne/ action relating to Manitowoc’s crane to date - the 8.1 tonne telescopic seven metre Variable Position Counterweight CC1908S-1. crawler HTL 3207 (VPC) technology. crane built by telehandler, its LGMG and PB Lifttechnik form a Sennebogen. Vertikal.net launches an all news most compact new cooperation agreement for the portal, website and database. unit to date. European market.

Mammoet unveils details of a new The UK’s Vertikal Days event Versalift c&a 10,000 tonne crane - the MSG1000 - returns to Donington Park. adds the 17 scalable to a maximum capacity of Deutz forms a JV with Sany and metre VTM- 18,000 tonnes. takes over its engine manufacturing 170-F on a Loxam launches a bid to acquire business. seven tonne 21.4 creating a business with GVW Iveco June Ramirent JCB unveils its first 360 Daily 70C revenues in excess of €2.2 billion. industry telehandler - the 5.5 tonne/20.5 chassis to its news Manitou launches two new more basic metre Hydraload 555-210R. van mounted range. telehandlers designed for the Asian, PB Lifttechnik launches the African, Middle Eastern and Eastern Elebia launches the 50 tonne 124ft S370-24 ES, slab electric 4x4 European markets. scissor lift with a working height of capacity 37.5 metres. Dutch crane rental company Van NEO50 Schaften Leasing orders three 1,000 automatic hook tonne Liebherr LR 11000 lattice boom with remote crawler cranes. controlled New Zealand crane manufacturer TRT engage and (Tidd Ross Todd) launches a new 28 tonne release system. Tidd PC28 articulated pick & carry crane.

Instant UpRight Jaso sells its first 64 tonne launches five small J780PA.64 luffing jib tower crane c&a to the UK’s Falcon Tower Crane scissor lifts under the UpRight brand. Services. Hyva adds 14 new models to its 21.5 Mammoet, Van Edge articulated loader crane range. July Oord and Verton develop a new remote IPAF chief executive Tim industry Whiteman resigns and past news rotating device to speed up the installation of wind Jekko starts shipping its 3.2 tonne president Andy Studdert takes Mammoet launches talks to acquire turbines. SPX532 spider crane unveiled at over on an interim basis. UK-based heavy lift specialist ALE. Manitex launches the 54 tonne Bauma. Sinoboom opens a new wholly MEC Aerial Work Platforms extends owned subsidiary Sinoboom France. TC 600 boom truck/crane, the Liebherr Ehingen delivers its its Micro scissor lift range with the UK rental company Ardent orders latest model in the company’s ‘next 10,000th used crane - a 350 tonne 9.5 metre Micro 26. 1,100 JCB telehandlers in a deal generation’ TC -series. LTM 1350-6.1 All Terrain to worth £75 million. Platform Basket delivers its first Raimondi Australian rental company MCG two 43 metre Spider 43T spider lifts Cranes Cranes. Hiab launches the K-505 in Europe to HiPro specialist drywall unveils a new Platform Basket appoints ATM Levage crane for the US and high capacity China’s leading aerial work platform in France Canadian markets. luffing tower manufacturer Dingli as its exclusive and MP crane - the 370 distributor for China. Magione tonne/metre Kalmar begins trials of its first all Piattaforme LR372. in Italy. electric lithium-ion reachstacker with a capacity of 45 tonnes.

December/January 2020 cranes & access 4155 look back 2019 c&a c&a 21.6 August/ September industry news The first European built 55 tonneGrove GRT655L and GRT655 Rough Terrain cranes are shipped from the plant in Niella Tanaro, Italy. Potain unveils the 12/16 tonne capacity MCT 325 flat top TVH acquires UK-based Mediaco acquires the crane tower crane at its facility in replacement parts business IPS division of Altéad, which runs the Zhangjiagang, China. along with its Outrigger Pads third largest fleet in France. Mateco acquires Panama’s UK sales and rental company division. Tadano celebrates its 100th Pan Rental from owners Meifus Delden Cranes takes delivery ALE installs the first wind turbine anniversary of its foundation by Holding and Latam Rental. of four 60 tonne Tadano GTC-600 generators to be erected in Masuo Tadano in 1919. Irish crane and wind turbine telescopic crawler cranes, the first Australia with a tower crane. XCMG delivers the first 55 tonne installation group Windhoist in Europe. US rental company Maxim XCG55TE telescopic crawler crane is acquired by Star Capital Partnership. UK-based AFI acquires aerial lift Crane Works acquires Alabama in Europe. rental company Facelift. based Solley Equipment & Rigging. Sarens delivers Tadano completes the its new 5,000 acquisition of Demag Mobile tonne SGC-250 Cranes. heavy lift crane Following the acquisition Steve to the Hinkley Filipov moves to Manitex as Point C Nuclear its chief executive. Power Plant site Mammoet and ALE reach an in Somerset, UK. agreement over the proposed acquisition deal.

Brad Boehler leaves Skyjack c&a and steps down as IPAF president. Norty Turner of US-based United Rentals is appointed IPAF president, 21.7 Karin Nars of Dinolift becomes October deputy president and Karel industry Huijser of JLG vice president. news Versalift unveils the 16.6 metre VDTL-165-F claiming it is the Mammoet releases details of its highest van lift mounted on a 3.5 Focus crane concept that has a tonne chassis. maximum theoretical capacity of 24,000 tonnes. Genie launches its new ‘global’ GS slab scissors and unveils new ‘High Terex unveils new tower cranes Float’ and TraX boom lifts. including its first hydraulic luffer, Tadano opens its new greenfield a new generation of self-erecting Kozai Plant in Takamatsu, Japan. Sinoboom unveils the 153ft GTZZ46J articulated boom lift, the largest tower cranes and a new eight articulated boom lift on the market. tonne flat top. JMG unveils a new battery powered, wheeled articulated Custom Equipment launches a crane, the MC 50000RE using a 50 modified version of its 4.9 metre tonne/metre Cormach E7F134ASC PA-1030 push around lift for textile on a special JMG chassis. mills. The first 27.2 tonne National Crane NBT30H-2 TM tractor mounted boom truck is delivered to Western Pacific Crane and Equipment. Airo launches the 54ft A18JRTD Xtreme articulated boom lift with a maximum outreach of 9.9 metres.

56 cranes & access December/January 2020 c&a c&a look back 2019 21.8 Those no longer with us November Industry deaths 2019 Celebrity deaths 2019 industry Ronald ‘Ronnie’ G Stuart - b1934 Niki Lauda - legendary F1 driver - 70 news - UK crane hire veteran, owner and Dick Miller - actor Gremlins, Terminator - 90 senior manager of Hewden Stuart. Gary Rhodes - celebrity chef - 59 Gilles Marchand - French crane Windsor Davies - British actor - 88 The world’s largest crawler crane - Sinopec veteran ex Grove France and Carol Channing - Broadway star - 97 Engineering’s 4,000 tonne XCMG 88000 - Manitowoc. Andre Previn - conductor composer - 89 Patrick Joseph ‘Sean’ Meade Andy Anderson - drummer The Cure - 68 completes its first lift outside of China, lifting and - b1941 - Irish crane and heavy placing a 1,926 tonne vessel in Saudi Arabia. haulage industry pioneer. Peter Tork - band member The Monkeys - 77 Colin Parks - b1953 - veteran crane Karl Largerfeld - fashion designer - 85 operator. Gordon Banks - England goalkeeper - 81 Snorkel and Ahern Paul Hunwick - b1962 - owner of Albert Finney - British movie legend - 82 UK rental company RKP Access Jeremy Hardy - British comedian - 57 company SKL Holdings Platforms. Scott Walker - of the Walker Brothers - 76 file a legal suit against Ron Jackson - b1951 - JLG access industry Luke Perry - American actor - 52 Tanfield over the value veteran. Keith Flint - frontman of The Prodigy - 49 James F. Lomma - b1945 - of its 49 percent stake in Peter Mayhew - actor playing Chewbacca in owner of New York Crane and Star Wars - 74 Snorkel. J.F. Lomma Inc. Doris - Hollywood legend - 97 Roger Wickens - b1957 - group Liebherr uprates the technical manager of Loxam’s Rowland ‘Boon’ Gould - Level 42 - 64 capacity of its nine axle powered access division - formerly John Singleton - Oscar nominated director - 51 LTM 1750-9.1 to 800 Lavendon. Ken Kercheval - Cliff Barnes in Dallas - 83 Stan Thompson - b1929 - UK crane Bradley Welsh - Actor T2 Trainspotting - 48 tonnes. veteran with BET, J.D White and Tommy Smith - Liverpool FC legend - 74 Hewden Stuart. Judith Kerr - author ‘The Tiger Who Came to Movex launches a new 16.4 Arthur ’Art’ Deshon Moore - Tea - 95 b1924 - co-founder of crane and boom truck metre telescopic truck mounted Rutger Hauer - actor Bladerunner - 75 manufacturer Pitman and Snorkel. Peggy Lipton - American actress Twin Peaks - 72 lift, the TLR16H+H mounted on Jan Westerhof - b1941 - Dutch access Brian Walden - British broadcaster and former a 3.5 tonne chassis. industry veteran. Labour MP - 86 Raymond Ellsworth Smith Jnr - b1924 - aerial lift pioneer. Freddie Starr - British comedian - 76 William Simons - TV actor Heatbeat - 79 Boels makes a cash offer of €13.25 Avice Amelia Hunt - b1921 - director of UK access specialist Peter Fonda - actor Easy Rider - 79 per share for Cramo, valuing the John Rusling. Philippe ‘Zdar’ Cerboneschi - French producer business at around €592 million. Eddie Brown - b1926 - senior and DJ - 50 crane, equipment and lifting Robert Freeman - photographer for The Beatles Jekko launches the eight tonne SPX1280 telescopic spider operations manager with Tarmac album covers - 82 crane with hydraulic luffing jib, replacing the 7.5 tonne SPX1275. Construction. Jose Antonio Reyes - ex-Arsenal striker - 35 Chandrakant P. Sanghvi - b1954 Ginger Baker - rock/jazz drummer with Cream Hematec launches the electric Helix - chief executive of Indian heavy lifting Harold ‘Hal’ Prince - Producer and director - 91 MH 35120 mast boom fall arrest crane. company Sanghvi Movers. Brendan Grace - Father Fintan Stack in Father Martin Haak - b1943 - founder of Ted - 68 UK-based King Vehicle Engineering Holland Lift. Rip Torn - film and theatre actor - 88 closes its Skyking aerial work platform Charles Banks - b1940 - managing Chester Williams - black South African rugby operation and exits the aerial lift market. director of UK-based Mobile legend - 49 Telescopic Cranes. Valerie Harper - Emmy-winning actress The David ‘Dave’ Arthur Lillquist - Mary Tyler Moore Show - 80 b1961 - Skyjack national account Jacques Chirac - former French president - 86 The US Army orders a manager. Toni Morrison - first black woman to win fleet of 53 tonneGrove Chris Taylor - b1971 - Redline Nobel Prize for literature in 1993 - 88 GMK4060HC All Terrain Competency Services and president Gloria Vanderbilt - US fashion icon/author/ of the Telehandler Association of actress - 95 cranes, in a contract Australia. Robert Mugabe - Ex president of Zimbabwe - 95 worth $28.2 million. Ron Eickhoff - b1958 - senior Eddie Money - US singer songwriter - 70 field inspector with Rouse Asset John McCririck - racing broadcaster - 79 Services and crane industry veteran. is appointed Peter Lindbergh - German fashion Peter Douglas Scottish rental company Bill Turnbull - b1939 - former photographer - 74 as IPAF’s new chief Bernard Hunter Mobile service and technical manager for Coles Peter Sissons - journalist and TV news reader executive. Cranes orders the first Cranes and Grove Europe - 77 Spierings SK487-AT3 electric Alastair Hope Robertson - b1949 John Witherspoon - US actor and comedian - 77 Terex Cranes appoints - access industry veteran and Terry O’Neill - photographer in swinging 60’s Crowland Cranes as mobile tower crane. owner of Universal Equipment near - 81 Chicago. Rough Terrain distributor for Manitou acquires a majority Michel Legrand - Oscar winning composer Ruth Adorian - b1932 - wife of Paul Adorian - 86 the UK and Ireland. stake in its Northamptonshire, the founding managing director of IPAF Jonathan Miller - British theatre director and Snorkel starts production of UK dealer Mawsley Jaap Schalekamp - b1956 - ex- presenter - 85 the lithium battery powered Machinery. Riwal manager and part owner Katherine Helmond - actress - 89 Craig Anderson - b1949 - crane Jan Michael Vincent - American actor -73 Speed Level. and aerial lift sales manager Clive Swift - British actor played Richard Bucket Manitex separates its PM Franco Fassi - b1930 - founder of in Keeping Up Appearances - 82 the Fassi loader crane company. Clive James - Witty TV critic and broadcaster and Oil&Steel operations. - 80 Bob Youngman - b1928 - New Zealand entrepren David Bellamy - English naturalist - 86 Diahann Carroll - Actress/singer - 84 Manitou launches ANSI/CSA versions Jay Shiffler - b1952 - US crane of its 65, 80 and 85ft straight telescopic industry veteran Gay Byrne - Irish Late Late show host - 85 boom lifts for the North American market.

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