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Construction Equipment

Skyjack SJ4740 electric scissor lift prototype debuts at Intermat

Skyjack showcased its SJ4740 electric scissor lift prototype at the Intermat trade show in Paris last week. Developed in response to the incoming ANSI mobile elevating work platform standards, the SJ4740’s three-year-plus development also offered a chance for Skyjack to address lowering the overall cost of ownership, says Kristopher Schmidt, product manager. “It also gave […]

April 30, 2018

Dealers

Global Tractel buys Scanclimber Oy, provider of mast-climbing work platforms

Tractel, a global provider of working-at-heights and safety products and solutions, has agreed to buy Scanclimber Oy, the Finnish provider of mast-climbing work platforms. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Tractel, based in France, designs, manufactures, markets and rents lifting and handling material, load measurement devices, temporary and permanent access solutions, and also OSHA-compliant safety […]

January 10, 2018

Dealers

Genie brings on six new sales reps in North America

Genie has hired six new sales representatives in North America: Dickey Bennett, Justin Kelley, Dave Porter, Tim Schmidt, Mike Shaw and Brad Trask. They will support Genie products and services for customers, focusing on their customers’ business goals, while also helping to develop new growth opportunities, the company says. “Our sales force plays an important role […]

January 4, 2018

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Autonomous Track Loader designed for grading, excavation; Cat C9.3B engine sets stage; Compact excavators getting better; Freightliner delivers wreaths; JLG site preparing customers for aerial lift standards

New Cat C9.3B engine sets stage for the future: Simpler, smaller, more HP and torque Caterpillar has launched a new engine that will serve as a blueprint for many of the company’s engines to come. The C9.3B is a simpler, lighter engine system with 18 percent more power compared to previous engines said Christopher Massey, […]

December 27, 2017

Dealers

JLG offers website to prepare customers for future aerial lift standards

JLG is providing resource materials on its website to educate customers about proposed new standards for aerial work platforms. The proposed American National Standards Institute standards, known as ANSI A92, would affect machine design, training and safety and lead to changes for manufacturers, equipment dealers, rental shops and contractors. JLG says it expects the standards […]

December 22, 2017

Construction Equipment

Schramm, former JCB CEO Mirdha named to new positions at Terex

Terex has named Thomas Schramm as vice president of sales and product support for Europe and the Middle East, and Arjun Mirdha has been appointed to the newly created position of chief commercial officer. Schramm is responsible for driving the sales and product support strategy and the lead team members in Europe and the Middle […]

November 14, 2017

Dealers

Business Roundup: Liebherr sees orders jump; Tax overhaul a mixed bag for dealers; Proposed AWP standards would affect rentals; Dealer Institute course on managing iron; New Atlas Copco VPs; Construction starts predicted to rise

Liebherr sees “significant” jump in orders; uses start-up culture to launch products Liebherr says it will add 2,240 employees by the end of this year, seeing what Stefan Heissler, member of the board of directors of Liebherr-International AG, calls a “very significant jump in orders” in 2017. In the first six months of 2017, Liebherr […]

November 7, 2017

Dealers

Proposed aerial-lift standards would affect rental dealers, contractors

New standards could soon be coming to the U.S. aerial work platform industry that will lead to major changes to the machines, how rental shops deal with their customers and how contractors plan projects. Manufacturers, such as Genie, are already making plans for the ANSI A92 standards with design changes to their aerial lift products, […]

October 31, 2017

Construction Equipment

Genie’s new XC aerial platforms add capacity, meet ANSI standards

Genie has unleashed a slew of improvements to its aerial work platform models under the XC label. The XC stands for “extra capacity,” and the company has added four telescopic boom models to the XC lineup – the S-60 XC, S-65 XC, S-80-XC and S-85 XC. It also introduces its first XC articulated boom model […]

October 24, 2017

Oils & lubricants

Flood-damaged rental fleets get help from Genie; guidelines for flooded machinery released

Terex AWP has sent three teams to travel throughout Texas to assess Genie equipment in customers’ rental fleets following flooding from Hurricane Harvey and help them get back up and running. The company has also issued water damage repair checklists for Genie booms, scissors and telehandlers to all customers in the area, as well as […]

September 25, 2017

Dealers

Genie: New protocols for replacing boom cables cut owner costs

Genie has revised its protocols for cable replacement on certain models of telescopic booms, a move the company says will reduce owners’ costs. The company will no longer require mandatory replacement of the boom extend and retract cables every 10 years. Instead, it will require a mandatory inspection of the cables every 12 years. Replacement […]

June 5, 2017

Construction Equipment

JLG marks 20 years of hybrids with debut of H800AJ boom lift

Now in its 20th year of hybrid technology, JLG will release the H800AJ, an 80-foot hybrid boom lift designed to reduce emissions, noise and fuel consumption. The machine, which will be available in late 2017, is based on JLG’s standard 800AJ articulating boom. The main difference between the machines is the electric motor/generator engine that powers […]

May 23, 2017