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CAPITAL EQUIPMENT NEWS JANUARY 2016 18
LIFTING
Eazi Sales and Service, a leading
supplier of world renowned access
equipment brands to the Southern
Africa market, such as JLG, Magni and
Maeda, recently introduced Power Towers
range of low-level access equipment to
the local market. The introduction came
about as a result of parent company, JLG
Industries acquiring a 100% shareholding
of the UK based company Power Towers.
The company has been very successful in
expanding the market for low level access
in the UK, the Middle East, and parts of Eu-
rope and JLG will give it the opportunity to
expand its footprint further.
The success that Eazi Sales and Service
have achieved with the JLG brand in the
local market will be further enhanced with
the introduction of Power Towers that fills a
gap in its portfolio in the low access area.
Founded in 2007, Power Towers specializ-
es in the engineering and manufacturing of
low level access products which comprises
a range of seven mast-based models; the
self-propelled SP range, the push around
Power Tower and Nano, and the latest
non-powered Eco range, Pecolift and, Eco-
lift, that are rated for indoor and in some
cases, outdoor use.
Low level access describes an entirely new
specialist sector within the access industry.
The term is generally used to denote operat-
ing environments up to 4.5m to 5m working
height, internally and on flat level surfaces,
using manual or powered access equip-
ment. The applications could be determined
by using base ‘A’ frame step ladders or a
self propelled power access platform.
The introduction of the Power Towers low
level access platform range by Eazi Sales
and Service will no doubt provide a quick,
cost effective and safer alternative to using
aluminium towers, ladders and steps. Able
to be positioned ‘at the job’ within minutes,
the product range offers unparalleled ef-
ficiency and productivity in a multi-storey
environment, for finishing trades such as
electrical contracting, dry lining and ceiling
slabs up to 5m.
The cost-effectiveness, productivity and safety
inherent in the powered and non-powered
range, combined with the manoeuvrabil-
ity and ease of operation, could never be
achieved with a scaffold tower or podium,
considering that the achievable work rate can
be up to eight times faster using the Power
Towers.
In the Eco Range of products for example,
the Pecolift and Ecolift represent a high lev-
el of product innovation. Using no battery
power or hydraulic oil thanks to a patented
arrangement of belts and gears, the Pecolift
is able to lift an operator to a working height
of 3.5m in under eleven seconds. Its big-
ger brother, the 4.2m Ecolift does the same
thing in only fifteen seconds. The platform
elevation is virtually effortless. The simple,
yet practical design of the equipment means
that it can run 24/7 without maintenance.
The Power Towers range of access equip-
ment is simple, safe and efficient to use. It
reduces working hours when compared with
mechanical and manual alternatives.
POWER TOWERS INTRODUCES INNOVATIONS
and safety in low level access