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CAPITAL EQUIPMENT NEWS
APRIL 2016
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kyJacks, part of the global rental
equipment and industrial services
group, Waco International, is expand-
ing is Aerial Work Platform (Cherry Picker)
rental fleet and has recently awarded a
contract for the supply of new Scissor Lifts
and Mobile Boom Lifts to Zhejiang Dingli
Machinery in China.
The deal was concluded in January 2016
by Stephen Goodburn, CEO of Waco
International and Xu Shugen, Chairman of
Zhejiang Dingli Machinery Company.
“Dingli products are sold in 80 countries
across the globe including Germany, the
USA, Australia, New Zealand and Japan.”
says Goodburn. “I was extremely impressed
with the capacity of the factory and the
quality of machines being produced.
Dingli products have international safety
certifications such as European CE issued
by TUV in Germany and ECM in Italy, ANSI
in the USA and AS/NZS 1418 in Australia.”
Commenting on the new fleet, SkyJacks
Managing Director Alistair Bennett says
that SkyJacks has ordered all its new Dingli
booms with load cells as standard. “This is
a safety critical item and SkyJacks will be
the only rental company in South Africa to
have load cells fitted on new machines as
standard.”
He goes on to say that the JCPT1614DC
model with a working height of 16 m will
give SkyJacks the compact electric scissor
with the greatest working height currently
available in South Africa.
Gregory Bloom, Sales Manager at SkyJacks
says that although the company currently
has a wide range of diesel and electric
booms, scissors and trailer mounts in its
rental fleet, the new Dingli machines will
greatly increase SkyJacks' ability to service
its customers.
He adds that SkyJacks recently opened a
training school that offers Unit Standard
Training for Aerial Work Platforms and Tele-
handlers, as required by the Driven Ma-
chinery Regulations 2015.
In addition to its Aerial Work Platform fleet,
SkyJacks has, over the years, designed,
manufactured and installed suspended
platform systems for mines, power sta-
tion boilers, bridges, industrial plants and
buildings. SkyJacks is a proud partner of
Sky Climber
®
in Belgium and the sole dis-
tributor in Southern Africa of the world-re-
nowned Alpha and Compact hoists.
SkyJacks is a Level 2 BBBEE contributor
with branches in Johannesburg, Durban,
Cape Town and Nelspruit.
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invests in new rental fleet
“This is a safety critical
item and SkyJacks will be
the only rental company in
South Africa to have load
cells fitted on new machines
as standard.”
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