AlmaCrawler announces New General Manager for its subsidiary Almac Pacific

Almac Italia, the Italian manufacturer of the innovative bi-levelling Scissor lift and telescopic Boom lifts is pleased to announce Bob Mules as the new General Manager for its Pacific operative branch, Almac Pacific.

Mules, a long-time experienced presence in the industry, spent his first 17 years in the Rental Industry, 13 of those years were with Wreckair Hire, acquired by Coates Hire in 2002, before he decided to “cross the line” and spend the past 19 years with Access manufacturers (OEM’s), with the last 10 years as the General Manager of Australia and New Zealand for JLG.

Bob Mules commented: “I’m excited to join such a dynamic company that is driven by innovation and providing the highest standard in safety in daily use. The AlmaCrawler products, with their self-leveling capability are definitely industry leading. Being able to combine my years at the helm of a leading company in the sector with Almac’s technological initiative, is an exciting challenge and opportunity.

Considering the strong appreciation of the customers towards  the  quality and after sales support of the Almac products, I look forward to working closely with our National Retailers – United Fork Lift Equipment, Youngman & Richardson and Alfasi Hire, the rental companies and service  providers. I aim to strengthen our current partnerships and to ensure that we provide them an exceptional customer experience on a daily basis.”

Andrea Artoni, General Manager and Owner of Almac Sri. commented: “Nowadays after 7 years of our history, Almac is being recognized as one of the most innovative and dynamic companies within the AWP industry, as shown by its numbers, growth rate, and the expansion of its product range and increasing sales network worldwide.

The Pacific region is an extremely strategic area for Almac. In fact, our products have already been implemented in the rental fleets of the biggest players. For this reason, today our Company wants to organize, consolidate and reinforce its presence, especially looking at the upcoming development of our range in the next three years.

So, I’m very happy that Bob Mules is joining our Almac Pacific’s team. He will definitely bring his experience and market knowledge to support us in making this next step. The appointment of Bob compliments the new recent strategy that saw us establish our new operational headquarters near Melbourne. This dedicated warehouse, for spare parts and products’ stock, has been set up to support our direct customers and our national retailers, United Equipment for Australia, Youngman & Richardson in New Zealand and Alfasi Hire in Malaysia.”

Mules will assume responsibility for the Almac-Pacific business, starting on May 4th. 

All of the Almac team are really excited about the future and looking forward to the challenges ahead as we build our business throughout the market of Australia and New Zealand.

The first JIBBI 1250 EVO is coming in Australia!

Almac introduce in our range the revolutionary JIBBI 1250 EVO, the self-propelled telescopic boom with unique performances and winner of Product of the Year at the IAPA AWARDS in the category “Self Propelled Booms & Atrium Lifts”. This machine have a working height of 12.2m and equipped with a dynamic and automatic levelling system, that ensure to operate on rough terrain and / or on steep slopes. The fist JIBBI will coming in Australia at Duralift in October 2019!

AlmaCrawler wins at IAPA AWARDS as a product of the year

We are pleased to announce our victory at the IAPA AWARDS 2019 in the “Self Propelled Booms & Atrium Lifts” category with the new JIBBI 1250 EVO. With a large number of technological innovations, the JIBBI looks like a self-propelled telescopic boom with excellent performance. This machine guarantees a working height up to 12.2 m and a outreach from 5.5m to 7m. This victory, like that of 2016, is a reason of pride and satisfaction, pushing us to improve every day.

JIBBI 1250 EVO candidate as a product of the year

AlmaCrawler has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious IAPA awards, with its new self-propelled telescopic boom JIBBI 1250 EVO, which thanks to its characteristics and excellent performance competes as best product in the category “Self Propelled Booms & Atrium Lifts”.The International Awards for Powered Access (IAPAs) and the IPAF Summit conference will be held in Dubai UAE on the 6 March 2019.

October 2019

Inauguration of a new direct branch and partnership with United Forklift and Access Solutions

Almac has arrived on the important Australian market creating a new company, Almac Pacific Pty Ltd, a company that will manage customers and businesses on the territory, with the aim of further improving the presence services in Australia.

Furthermore, Almac has signed an agreement with United Forklift and Access Solutions, an Australian leader in the sector, to establish a strong presence also on the retail market.

Mr. Andrea Artoni, AlmacCrawler General Manager, declares “The prospects for the future, combined with the high level of our deliberations, brought us to the decision to establish a direct presence on the market and open Almac Pacific Pty Ltd to support strategic and executive customers. Consequently, it was very important to identify a high-quality partner to service and support the Retail Market”