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News Release from: The Tanfield Group | Subject: UpRight Powered Access
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UpRight Powered Access is to launch full line, volume production of booms and scissors in the USA.
UPRIGHT POWERED ACCESS ANNOUNCES FULL LINE PRODUCTION IN USA UPRIGHT Powered Access is to launch full line, volume production of booms and scissors in the USA - and the first boom machines will roll off the lines in 2007 UpRight is in final stage negotiations for two potential turnkey facilities in the USA
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 17 May 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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It will produce a full line of medium-to-large self propelled booms for the global market, together with UpRight's popular scissor lifts, primarily for domestic American consumption.
Darren Kell, CEO of UpRight, said: "Our business has grown rapidly in line with our strategic plans, and now is the right time to launch full line production in North America".
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"This will be a large factory that is capable of producing significant numbers of larger, high quality booms alongside our high volume scissor lifts.
"We believe there is room for another major player in the global access industry and the UpRight brand is one of the most recognised in the world, so we are confident that we can attract a significant market share".
"We are already experiencing strong demand for booms from our rapidly expanding global dealer network, and believe a full product portfolio is vital to complete our offering for major rental companies.
"Our strategy has always been to launch full line production in the USA in 2007 and my team and I have spent months working hard behind the scenes to make this possible." UpRight announced the launch of the new US facility at the close of its first International Distributor Conference this week.
The event saw more than 100 UpRight distributors travel to UpRight's new UK facility for a three-day conference.
The conference saw senior executives from UpRight Powered Access outline the progress made since the business acquisition in June 2006; along with plans for the future significant growth of the company.
Delegates included a significant party from UpRight's existing factory in Fresno, California and the sales team in Japan; plus distributors from China, the Far East, Europe, Scandinavia, Australasia and the Middle East.
Richard Tindale, Product and Business Development Manager for UpRight Powered Access, said: "The conference was a huge success for us.
"It was a great opportunity for our distributors to really understand where we are taking this business.
"The US facility and its big boom production capabilities represent the next major step in our strategy to develop UpRight into a major global competitor in the access industry.".
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