Winners in Windsor

The International Awards for Powered Access (IAPA) attracted a huge crowd on Thursday evening last week (3 April) as fourteen delighted winners picked up their trophies.

Such was the anticipation for the ceremony and dinner its main dining area sold out, with some 500 attendees there to enjoy one of the biggest nights in the access industry calendar.

The IAPAs took place on the same day as another prestigious event, the IPAF Summit, 3 April 2014, at the historic Beaumont Estate Hotel in Windsor, near London, UK. The audience was treated to a sumptuous dinner followed by comedian Dom Holland, who ramped up the fun ahead of the awards ceremony.

During his closing speech Tim Whiteman, IPAF CEO, revealed the location of next year’s event. The IAPAs 2015 awards will take place in Washington DC, USA.

See this year’s winners below:

IPAF Training Instructor of the Year

• Tony Radke, NES Rentals, USA.

IPAF Training Instructor of the Year – Special Recognition

• Josef Hollstegge, Ruthmann, Germany.

IPAF Training Centre of the Year

• Mills Rental, Brazil.

Access Photograph of the Year

• Tadeusz Koniecko, technical engineer, Riwal, Poland.

Product of the Year – Low Level Access

• Power Towers, UK, for the Peco.

Product of the Year- Mast Climbing Work Platforms/Hoists

• Scanclimber, Finland, for the Double Decker

Product of the Year – Vehicle/Trailer Mounted

• Ruthmann, Germany, for the Steiger T720 truck mount.

Product of the Year - Self-Propelled (Booms, Scissors, Atrium lifts)

• Genie, USA, for the SX-180 telescopic boom lift.

Outstanding Customer Service

• Access Plus, UK.

Contribution to Safe Working at Height

• Peter Douglas, Nationwide Platforms, UK.

Powered Access Pioneer

• Galmon, Singapore.

Innovative Use of Access Equipment

• Fraco Products, Canada.

Access Rental Company of the Year

• AFI, UK.

IPAF and Access International Lifetime Achievement Award

• Mike Evans, UK.

Jointly organised by KHL’s Access International and the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF), the glittering event celebrates best practice and excellence in the powered access industry.

There was an outstanding response to the IAPAs 2014, with more than 100 entries across 13 award categories. Included in those was a great number of very strong entries; so if you didn’t make it on to the shortlist this time, please don’t be put off entering again for the awards in 2015.

The shortlist was decided at the judges’ meeting in London, UK, on 4 February. We would like to thank their great efforts in helping to make the IAPAs 2014 a fantastic event.

The independent and impartial judging panel included: Andries Schouten, managing director of HDW Nederland and Gunco; Craig Paylor, former president of JLG and current president/owner of US-based National Truck Body (NTB) Solutions; George Landsberg, managing director and owner of South African access equipment distribution company Goscor Hi-Reach; Gerhard Hillebrand, IPAF’s representative in Italy since 2004; and Steve Couling, managing director of TIME-Versalift, UK & Ireland and IPAF president.

See the event website www.iapa-summit.info