

One has to wonder what Stehouwer sees for the long term. Since then the company has maintained a far lower profile. Last May Stehouwer split with van Oosten who joined Nifty Lift The company then decided to move into narrow aisle heavy duty wheeled scissor lifts, bring them into head to head competition with Holland Lift and JLG Liftlux. In order to move into the mainstream market he established Omega Lift with Mark van Oosten, Designing a standard range of more modest crawler mounted units that sold in small numbers. Leen Stehouwer with another of his designs Leen Stehouwer has produced some of the most amazing self propelled work platforms the world has ever seen, including massive 360 degree crawler mounted scissor lifts with platforms that even dwarf those found on larger mast climbers. In order to cope with the expansion that the company anticipates, it is planning to move to new 6,000 square metres production facility in De Lier, which is located between The Hague and Rotterdam. The HTN scissor has 180 degree rotation and hydraulic levelling Special customised aerial work platforms Articulating boom lifts from 12 to 21 metres Wheeled scissor lifts from eight to 26.5 metres Tracked scissor lifts from seven to 18 metres The Omega range of which will going forward consist of: Omega Platforms takes over from Omega and HTN The company will also take over the Merlo telehandler sales activity of HTN, many of which are shipped with special modifications, including self propelled work platforms.Īll aerial lifts will in future carry the Omega brand name, the company also says that it is adding articulating boom lifts to its product range.

The new company will take over all existing activities of its predecessors, including production, after sales service and sales. Leen Stehouwer, owner of scissor lift producer Omega lift PLC and Hoogwerker Techniek Nederland PLC, producers of the highly specialized HTN crawler mounted scissor lifts that are used primarily in major green house construction, are to be merged into a single business Omega Platforms PLC.
