26.02.2008

Instant divests Tallescope

Instant UpRight, the aluminium access tower system manufacturer has sold the design, manufacturing, sales and distribution rights for its Tallescope products to Aluminium Access Products of the UK.
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A regular Tallescope at work

AA - Aluminium Access Products headed by Frank Partington and Robert Deakin was established in 2001 and is based in Leigh, between Liverpool and Manchester. The company who are approved service engineers for Tallescopes, work platforms and aluminium scaffolding, also provide PASMA and IPAF training courses.

AA products will manufacture the Tallescope at its UK premises and sell it internationally. They are already selling the product into Dubai and parts of mainland Europe.

The Tallescope is a one-person aluminium telescopic vertical ladder work platform which is manually operated. Three standard models and two elevator models are available with platform heights of up to 7.3 metres.
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The two types of Tallescope at AA products facility

The product was first manufactured in the late 1960’s at UpRight’s facilty in Berkley Clifornia. Production was transferred to Ireland in the 1970’s with design changes made in during the 1980’s.

Over the years thousands of Tallescopes have been sold, although since the 1990’s sales dropped back to around 200 to 250 units a year. In recent time is has had its greatest sales success with theatres, particularly in the UK where most theatres still use the Tallescope fro lighting adjustments due to its simple erection, light weight and compact folding design, not to mention its relatively low cost.
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Frank Partington

Partington said:“ This move will benefit all current Tallescope owners, we can provide a full support service as well as concentrate on developing the market”.