• King Trailers has set up a new access platform
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and loader crane division called SkyKing Equipment. Last year King sold around 100 vehicle-mounted units based upon the Italian GSR access platform range winning a 20% share of a market estimated to be at around 500 units a year.
The new division is based at King's existing Market Harborough, Leicestershire site. GSR access platform kits offering working heights of nine to 27m are brought in from Rimini; King then "builds everything from the slewing ring downwards." The aerial platforms are bodged
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will also sell insulated aerial platforms for live wire working built by US-based Altec Industries, Eight Altec units have already gone to Eastern Electricity. And it will act as a UK distributor for lorry loaders from by Ferrari Cranes of Italy.
Carrington says: "We're looking to do 22.5m worth of business with these products in 1996."