Date: 7 July 2017
Companies: Shing Fung Engineering & Equipment Ltd, Crown Motors Ltd and Tadano Ltd, Japan
The first-ever Hong Kong Truck-Mounted Aerial Platform Open Day was held on 7 July 2017 at Shing Fung Film Studio in Sai Kung. In order to enhance the safety and effective use of powered access equipment in the Hong Kong aerial work platform industry, Shing Fung partnered with Crown Motors and Tadano Japan to showcase a wide range of Tadano Aerial Platform models and Hino Special Purpose Vehicles.
Shing Fung, being an official distributor of Tadano in Hong Kong, presented a fleet of AT-series truck-mounted aerial platforms (models: AT-255CG, AT-195CG and AT-157CG). The upper structure of Tadano Aerial Platform was mounted onto the chassis from Hino. These models came with safety devices, such as automatic working area limiter (AMC) and boom profile monitor system; they have a maximum working height of 27.5 metres, 21.5 metres and 17.7 metres respectively. Furthermore, these models are ideal for all kinds of aerial work such as cleaning façades, external glass area, restoration, painting and movie filming.
Raymond Wat, the Regional General Manager of The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) South East Asia, was invited to demonstrate a pre-inspection truck-mounted aerial platform on a Tadano AT-255CG with Ringtone Chai, Shing Fung’s IPAF Certified Demonstrator, and perform a quality safety check under the IPAF standard and guidance of Hong Kong Occupational Safety and Health Branch Labour Department.
Masanori Mitani, General Manager of Tadano, said: “By having a pre-inspection demonstration on our open day, we enhanced the safety awareness on powered access aerial platform for the Hong Kong users.”
Kindwind Wu, Chief Executive Officer of Shing Fung, said: “We are delighted to partner with Crown Motors and Tadano by offering a professional aerial platform to the Hong Kong market, and we appreciated their full support!” In addition, “By the end of 2017, we will be launching AT-300CG, with a maximum working height of 32 metres. We will continue our role to promote the safety and effective use of truck-mounted aerial platform to the Hong Kong users.”
