Riwal's headquarters in Rawa Mazowiecka

Aerial work platform and telehandler rental and sales specialist Riwal has been appointed as the sole distributor for JLG Industries Inc. in Poland.

As the exclusive distributor, Riwal will be responsible for sales, marketing, training and after-sales service in the Polish market for the full range of JLG aerial work platforms and telehandlers. Riwal will serve customers such as rental companies as well as end-users in construction, manufacturing and energy.

Karel Huijser, JLG's vice president and managing director - Europe, Africa and Middle East, says: "JLG is excited to partner in a key growth market like Poland with an aerial work platform and telehandler specialist like Riwal, with whom we have a proven track record of success as our distributor in the Netherlands."

Norty Turner, CEO of Riwal, adds: "Within the Riwal Group, we have extensive expertise with the JLG brand in our rental fleet and benefit from being the sole JLG distributor in the Netherlands since 1995. Our highly motivated team in Poland will be able to extensively develop the access equipment business in the Polish market, which has great potential as it is increasingly seeing new equipment purchases alongside traditional used equipment procurement."

The Riwal Holding Group, established in 1968 and headquartered in The Netherlands, is an international rental specialist of aerial work platforms, telehandlers and power generators. Riwal employs over 1,200 people in its operations in 18 countries on four continents.

JLG Industries, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, designs, manufactures and markets access equipment.