PMV takes a look at the highlights from last year’s activity in aerial work platforms, the brands that have been making changes, and the orders and projects where machines have made their mark
AWP market
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Service and safety: AWP moves beyond price-point
Amid the constant bids by manufacturers to outdo each other in terms of height, speed and overall productivity, some OEMs are increasingly turning to the issues of service and safety and opening up new fronts of competition
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Buckets and boom lifts: GCC market trends in AWP
In a segment formerly driven by the need for height, speed and productivity, strides are being made in safety and sustainability
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Genie SX-150 slated for Q3 2015 launch in the Gulf
Genie will supplement its S-125 and SX-180 telescopic booms by introducing the 38m-reach SX-150 to the Middle East later this year
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Minnesota Vikings to enlist over 200 Skyjack units
More than 200 Skyjack aerial work platforms (AWPs) are to support construction at the New Minnesota Stadium, the next home of the Minnesota Vikings
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Pink Skyjack helps save endangered cucumber tree
University of Guelph enlists Skyjack access platform to preserve the first tree in Canada to be listed as endangered
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Why are AWPs so popular in the rental sector?
Skyjack, Al Laith, and IPAF talk aerial work platforms (AWPs) with PMV
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End users praise Skyjack’s common parts approach
Fewer parts compatible with multiple units helps Skyjack rental users
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Hunan Sinoboom on the lookout for US dealers
Sinoboom reveals that North America is its last major target market
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Investigating access platforms in the Middle East
Industry figures discuss trends and safety in the region’s AWP market