26.02.2013

IPAF announces award nominations

IPAF has announced the shortlist for its International Awards for Powered Access (IAPA), the winners of which will be announced in Miami, Florida on the 26th March.

This year the judging process has been changed to allow judges and their companies to enter the competition. Should this happen however the judge will not be able to take part in the judging process for any categories in which they or their companies are entered.
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86 entries were considered by the panel of five judges which is comprised of: Ebbe Christensen of Reachmaster, Stefan Kulawik of Palfinger Platforms, IPAF president Wayne Lawson, Enrica Pefe of Venpa and Ken Pustizzi of Trico Lift. The chairman was Euan Youdale of Access International.

Below is a list of the award categories and the nominations that have been shortlisted:

Access Rental Company of the Year
AFI-Uplift - UK
Industrial Access - Romania
Nationwide Platforms - UK
Trico Lift - USA

Contributions to Safe Working at Height
AFI-Uplift - UK
Industrial Access - Romania
Mills Rental - Brazil
Nationwide Platforms - UK

Access Project of the Year
Harsco - USA
Hydro Mobile - Canada
NES Rentals - USA
Scanclimber - Finland

Product of the Year – Vehicle/trailer mounted
CTE - Italy
Ruthmann - Germany

Product of the Year – Self-propelled (booms, scissors, spider)
Bluelift - Italy
Cormidi - Italy
MEC - USA

Product of the Year – Mastclimbers/hoists
Alimak Hek - Sweden
Geda - Germany
Scanclimber - Finland

Award for Outstanding After Sales Service
EZ Scaffold - USA
IPS - UK
Venpa - Italy

IPAF Safety Champion
Peter Douglas – Nationwide Platforms, UK
Kevin O’Shea – Mastclimbers, USA
Brian Parker – AFI, UK
Mauro Potrich – CTE, Italy

IPAF Training Instructor of the Year
Rafael Bazzarella - Canada
Kevin O’Shea - USA
Martin Wraith - UK

Best Marketing Campaign for Safety and IPAF Training
Alo Training - Chile
BS Technology - Singapore
Mastclimbers - USA

No nominations have been announced for the following categories:
Product of the Year – Low-level Access
Best New IPAF Training Centre
And finally, as is usual, there is no reported shortlist for the annual:
Lifetime achievement award