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    Review: Powering On With JLG

    Construction Plant News reviews some of the latest developments in lifting and access from JLG As the off ...

    Construction Plant News reviews some of the latest developments in lifting and access from JLG As the official figures reveal, the appetite for powered access platforms continues to reach new heights ...

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    Attend the Working at Height Best Practice Forum 

    The Working At Height Best Practice Forum, facilitated by Nationwide Platforms, returns to Heythrop Park ...

    The Working At Height Best Practice Forum, facilitated by Nationwide Platforms, returns to Heythrop Park in Oxfordshire on 27 September. Now in its 10th year, the event brings together delegates from ...

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    AFI Training is CITB Approved

    AFI’s successful Training team (UTN Training and Integrated Training Solutions) were one of the first tra ...

    AFI’s successful Training team (UTN Training and Integrated Training Solutions) were one of the first training providers to achieve CITB Approved Training Organisation status in May 2018. Earlier this ...

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    Raising Safety Standards in Lifting Operations

    The Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) is supporting the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMec ...

    The Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) is supporting the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) Crane Safety 2018 Seminar in London on 12th September. The CPA’s Technical Consultant Tim W ...

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    Speakers Confirmed for IPAF’s ELEVATION Event

    The line-up for the inaugural IPAF ELEVATION conference and gala dinner event on 25 September this year i ...

    The line-up for the inaugural IPAF ELEVATION conference and gala dinner event on 25 September this year is quickly taking shape, with the speakers confirmed and the venue announced as the DoubleTree b ...

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    First Articulated Boom for Elvington Plant Hire

    A York-based independent plant and tool hire company is continuing to expand its powered access offering. ...

    A York-based independent plant and tool hire company is continuing to expand its powered access offering. Elvington Plant Hire has provided a wide range of tools and equipment to customers across York ...

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    Tower Crane Manufacturer Rebrands

    The tower crane manufacturer has decided to return to its original name: COMANSA. "After acquiring the pr ...

    The tower crane manufacturer has decided to return to its original name: COMANSA. "After acquiring the prestigious LINDEN 8000 system from the Swedish company Linden in 1983, we started to apply its t ...

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    Boom Time for MEWPs

    The global Mobile Elevating Work Platform (MEWP) rental market is booming, according to the latest analys ...

    The global Mobile Elevating Work Platform (MEWP) rental market is booming, according to the latest analysis from the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF)  At the end of 2017, the worldwide r ...

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    JLG Introduces Largest Hybrid So Far

    H800AJ delivers diesel like performance at 26m working height The H800AJ will be available in Europe from ...

    H800AJ delivers diesel like performance at 26m working height The H800AJ will be available in Europe from the summer onwards and was exhibited for the first time at JLG’s stand at Vertikal Days, Donin ...

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    Help For IPAF Members

    IPAF members may qualify for government help after Carillion collapse Members of the International Powere ...

    IPAF members may qualify for government help after Carillion collapse Members of the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) could benefit from low and zero-interest loans to ease cashflow, fol ...

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