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    IPAF Asia Conference & Showcase 2018 booking up quickly

    IPAF’s Asia Conference & Showcase is the only event in the South East Asia region focusing solely on powered access. The 2018 edition takes place at the KL Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 18-19 July, and reservations are booking quickly. There will be simultaneous translations in Chinese available for delegates.

  • Featured Report

    IPAF report shows continuing boom for MEWP rental market

    The global Mobile Elevating Work Platform (MEWP) rental market is booming, with the sector once again outstripping wider construction and sustained recovery in places such as Spain and Brazil that suffered during economic downturns, according to the latest award-winning market analysis from Ducker Worldwide, exclusively for IPAF.

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    Update to IPAF's global emergency lowering sticker

    IPAF has confirmed it has updated one of its most widely used global safety stickers for use on MEWPs – launching a redesign of the sticker that is applied to machines to indicate where the auxiliary ground controls are located in case of emergency.

Featured events

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    IPAF Asia Conference & Showcase

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    The seventh IPAF Asia Conference & Showcase 2018 takes place for the first time in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Hosted at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in the city centre, alongside the ASEAN M&E Show 2018, it will provide an excellent opportunity to attend meet and network with industry colleagues and to gain valuable business insight about the powered access industry.

    18 - 19 July 2018
    Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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    Europlatform

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    Join us in Belfast, the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, for what will be our twelfth Europlatform - the essential event for European access professionals in the rental industry.

    11 October 2018
    Europa Hotel, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

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    British Standards Online

    The British Standards Online (BSOL) is a comprehensive online standards library with over 90,000 internationally recognised standards. IPAF members have access to search and browse the library and full read access to a collection of specific MEWP and MCWP standards.

    Added 1 Jun 2018
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    IPAF-Journal

    Krafthand Media has published this year's edition of the German-language IPAF-Journal magazine. The circulation of 40,000 copies is distributed through IPAF member companies and training centres to customers, course participants and other interested parties, as well as through the recipients of bd-baumaschinenendienst and GaLaBau magazines to companies in the construction industry. In addition, a digital version is available on the internet as an eMagazine.

    Added 25 May 2018
    Last updated 25 May 2018
    IPAF Journal 2018

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    IPAF Rental Market Reports

    The 2018 Rental Market Reports are now available. The award-winning reports, produced by Ducker Research, are presented in an easy-to-read format and are the definitive guide to the powered access rental markets.

    Added 26 Apr 2018
    Last updated 15 Jun 2018
    IPAF Rental Market Reports 2018