RUTHMANN STEIGER® T 650 HF wins the 2018 IAPA Award.

At the recently held 2018 International Awards for Powered Access (IAPA) celebration, our highflex STEIGER® T 650 HF was selected Product of the Year in the "vehicle and trailer-mounted category.”

The award ceremony took place on March 8, 2018 at the Hilton Hotel Miami Downtown (Miami, USA). Over 300 industry professionals from around the world were in attendance.

The IAPAs are the world’s most prestigious and respected awards in the powered access industry. An annually-changing, independent judging panel of access industry experts vote to determine the winners. The annual IAPA celebration recognizes extraordinary achievements and developments in the industry. The award ceremony is jointly organized by Access International (trade magazine) and IPAF (International Powered Access Federation). IPAF is a global, non-profit organization that promotes the safe and effective use of powered access technology.

Our highflex STEIGER® T 650 HF firmly convinced this year's international panel of judges and fended off strong award competitors from around the world.

IAPA Award 2018 - Ruthmann Steiger T 650 HF — pictured (f.l.t.r.) Rolf Kulawik (managing director RUTHMANN), Dr.-Ing. Nico Krekeler (Head of Research and Design RUTHMANN), Uwe Strotmann (Head of Sales RUTHMANN) together with Brad Boehler (President Skyjack) (Photo source: KHL - 2018)

IAPA Award 2018 Miami - Ruthmann Steiger T 650 HF

The 4 most likely reasons for winning the Product of the Year award:

Revolutionary 43-m lateral outreach (at 100 kg basket load)
65-m working height
RUTHMANN highflex technology – ideal for “under and up” and all “up, over, and behind” assignments
Total vehicle length of just 11.99 meters.

These key parameters make the T 650 HF the world’s best-performing truck-mounted aerial work platform in the 60-m category.

Ruthmann Steiger T 650 HF — pictured the winner of the IAPA Award 2018: our highflex STEIGER® T 650 HF

Rolf Kulawik (RUTHMANN General Manager) commented on the victory:
"After winning the IAPA Award in 2012, 2013, and 2014, we are extremely proud and happy to be the recipients of this prestigious award once again this year. The profits we enjoy confirms that models in our HEIGHT performance-range – which also includes the highflex STEIGER® T 650 HF – are equipped to satisfy the current worldwide market requirements.

In April, the SKYperformance-STEIGER® T 900 HF will be making its world debut at the Intermat trade show in Paris, France. It will demonstrate the unprecedented capabilities of our engineers. Customers/trade show visitors can look forward to groundbreaking technological advancements in the 90-m category.”