TIME World News (13th edition)
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FROM THE CEO<br />
Ready for Euro 6<br />
For the 2016 installment of<br />
Bauma, the theme for the<br />
<strong>TIME</strong> Versalift stand is Euro 6<br />
as we will exhibit a full range<br />
of Euro 6 ready platforms.<br />
But that’s not all...<br />
<strong>TIME</strong> expands in the U.S.<br />
<strong>TIME</strong> Manufacturing Company increases the company’s production capacity<br />
with the addition of 4,600 m² new production facilities and 121 new employees.<br />
COMPANY NEWS<br />
We have also upgraded and<br />
reinforced our bestselling ETL<br />
and ETM series to support<br />
230 and 265 kg, while the<br />
VTX-240 now supports 220 kg<br />
in the cage.<br />
Furthermore, we are ready<br />
to show a new boom limit<br />
system, a new control panel, a<br />
tracked LAT and much more.<br />
We look forward to seeing<br />
you at Bauma at FS.907/7!<br />
Per C. Torp<br />
CEO, <strong>TIME</strong> International<br />
Waco, Texas based <strong>TIME</strong><br />
Manufacturing Company<br />
(TMC) is expanding its<br />
production capacity with<br />
4,600 square metres of<br />
additional production<br />
facilities. TMC plans on<br />
spending $5.8 million to<br />
expand its facilities in Waco<br />
expected to result in a<br />
growth of employment of<br />
121 during the coming four<br />
years.<br />
The city of Waco and the<br />
McLennan County officials<br />
recently voted ok to provide<br />
TMC with tax abatements<br />
and $200,000 in economic<br />
development initiatives<br />
to support the expansion.<br />
TMC currently employs<br />
410 in Waco and produces<br />
3,500-4,000 aerial access<br />
platforms a year in the<br />
existing 27,800 square metre<br />
factory complex of which 25-<br />
35% is for exports to global<br />
markets.<br />
HDW acquires <strong>TIME</strong> Benelux<br />
Following the acquisition, HDW BeLux is now the new<br />
Versalift distributor in Belgium and Luxembourg.<br />
DISTRIBUTOR NEWS<br />
Pre Bauma sales training<br />
Ruthmann and Versalift UK visited <strong>TIME</strong> International<br />
for pre Bauma sales training of the new Versalift units.<br />
DISTRIBUTOR NEWS<br />
German, Austrian and Swiss representatives from Ruthmann with <strong>TIME</strong> staff<br />
(l-r) Andries Schouten from HDW and Per C. Torp from <strong>TIME</strong> International<br />
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Rotterdam based HDW has<br />
acquired <strong>TIME</strong> Benelux and<br />
is now the exclusive Versalift<br />
distributor in Belgium and<br />
Luxembourg. The company<br />
has been renamed HDW<br />
BeLux and all employees<br />
from <strong>TIME</strong> Benelux remain<br />
in the new organization in<br />
Tienen, Belgium.<br />
“This acquisition is part of<br />
our drive to further improve<br />
our sales and service<br />
activities in Belgium and<br />
Luxembourg. It will provide<br />
HDW with a perfect home<br />
base to serve the Benelux<br />
market in a professional<br />
way”, says HDW Managing<br />
Director Andries Schouten.<br />
British representatives from Versalift UK with <strong>TIME</strong> staff