Barloworld teams up with JLG
Maidenhead, United Kingdom
Barloworld Handling will supply its customers with JLG equipment including over 50 models of boom lifts, scissor lifts, mast booms and vertical mast lifts with platform heights up to 18 metres (59 feet).
"Safety policies for working at height are now stricter than ever before, so we are pleased to be working with the leading manufacturer JLG to support customers in the UK," says Graham Jones, Barloworld Handling's general manager for UK sales.
Barloworld Handling has a network of over 1,000 support staff including 550 engineers in the UK and will be providing sales and service support for the new and used JLG equipment.

Skyjack adds Tubb to network
Guelph, Canada
Skyjack has added Tubb Equipment and Rental Co to its network of Zoom Boom and VR telehandler dealers.
Mississippi-based Tubb Equipment will carry the complete Zoom Boom telehandler product line ranging from 6,000-32,000lbs (2,722-14,515kg) capacity, with lifting heights up to 56 feet (17 metres).
Tubb will also supply Skyjack's VR Telehandler line ranging from 6,000-10,000lbs (2,722-4,536kg) capacity, with lifting height up to 56 feet (17 metres).

Nexen appoints Action Forklifts
Lowestoft, United Kingdom
Nexen Lift Trucks has appointed Action Forklifts of Leicester as its dealer to cover the counties of Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire.
Action Forklifts has over 30 years' experience in forklift sales, hire and repair.
Graham Hall, Action's owner, says he likes the whole Nexen set-up and finds the Suffolk-based team ambitious and confident in its plan to attack both the UK and worldwide forklift markets.
"The Nexen range is on a par with any of the leading brands in terms of build quality and I think the company will be a real long-term winner," Hall says.