AUSTRALIA larger booms : “ We have to get this material into Korea to our suppliers to bend and weld the sections . A lot of these companies are mid-size family businesses , so there ’ s a lot of ramp-up planning with them as they put more people on and increase their capacity .” By 2021 Kobilke would like to establish a facility in the Korea Free Trade Zone that will enable ACM to do its own steel work . By then , he says , the target is to reach an output of around 85 machines a year . ACM Hire is going to be expanded , organically and , if necessary , by further acquisition , until it has a fleet of around 300 machines in Australia , and this in itself will create demand for the factory , which will need to be producing around
40 units a year as replacements . Meanwhile , Kobilke and his colleagues will be extraordinarily busy . He is in the process of hiring two more engineers , a further megatronic engineer and a design engineer for vehicles , bringing in the best available skills from Europe and Australia . And the rail units , which started this discussion , will not be neglected : they will be showcased at the Building Owners and Managers Association International show ( Boma ) at Austin , Texas in 2018 . Electrification is not unique to Australia : by developing the best , customised EWPs and cranes for all its markets at competitive prices , the European and North American markets are there for the taking .
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