TIME World News (17th edition)

Andy Bray appointed new General
Manager for Versalift UK
COMPANY NEWS
Versalift UK
expands training
team with new
senior instructor
COMPANY NEWS
Versalift UK has appointed Lee
Simmonds as Senior Training
Instructor.
Vehicle-mounted platform
manufacturer Versalift UK has
promoted Andy Bray to the
position of General Manager
with effect from 1 st November.
He will report directly to Kim
B. Jensen, the Group Managing
Director of Time Export. In
addition to his promotion to
General Manager, Andy Bray
remains in his position as
Sales Director.
(center) Andy Bray, new General Manager and Sales Director for Versalift UK
Bray joined the company
in 2011 as Regional Sales
Manager for the North, was
promoted to the position of
Sales Director in March 2015
and has been integral to a
continued period of growth.
Commenting on his new
position, Bray said:
“It’s an exciting time at
Versalift UK and I am looking
forward to the challenge of
continuing to grow an already
robust business, here in the
UK. The new group structure
will provide strength through
effective collaboration
and open communication
between our three European
companies, together with
our parent company, Time
Manufacturing in Waco, Texas”.
Simmonds will be responsible
for delivering standard and
bespoke courses including
CAP, Pre Delivery Inspection,
Insulated Aerial Device and
specialist rail mounted MEWP
training (2A 2B).
“With more than twenty years
of training experience, Lee is
well respected and known
within the industry and will
be a great fit for Versalift as
we work to further develop
Versalift’s training offering”, says
Neil Ashton, Product Support
Manager at Versalift UK.
2 van mounts for
Richards CCTV
COMPANY NEWS
10 additional LATs for Nationwide
Nationwide Platforms invests in 10 additional LATs bringing their total up to 42.
COMPANY NEWS
The LAT-38-H is a full
hydraulic 4x4 pickup mounted
platform ideal for numerous
rough terrain tasks including:
Versalift UK has delivered 2 ETL-
36-F platforms to Richards CCTV,
a specialist provider of integrated
digital security solutions.
“The machine sold itself with
its ease of use for the operator
and excellent outreach. We
were impressed by Versalift’s
commitment to not only
supply a good product but the
reassurance that the service
and technical backup is right
there”, says Philip Luckman and
Richard Swinscoe, Engineering
Managers at Richards CCTV.
Nationwide Platforms, the
largest British access rental
company, has expanded its
specialist vehicles fleet with
an additional 10 Versalift
LAT-38-Hs. The company now
commands 42 LAT-38-Hs, the
biggest fleet of any to date.
Electrical utilities maintenance
Quarry plant maintenance
Tree/vegetation management
The 13.5 metre platforms
support bucket capacities of
230 kg and are all installed
onto 4x4 Isuzu D-Max pickup
trucks. The pickups are fitted
with all the creature comforts
you would expect in such a
vehicle and available with a
regular driver’s licence.
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