22 June 2010CTE shows the B-FIRE aerial platform range at INTERSCHUTZ 2010

For the first time in its history CTE attended INTERSCHUTZ, the most important international fair in the fire prevention field, held in Leipzig from 7th to 12th  June 2010.
CTE, a leading company since 30 years in aerial platforms, overlooks in fighting sector since 5 years. Thanks to the acquisition of the Bizzocchi brand and its know-how, CTE has been able to develop a new range of aerial platforms from 32 to 55 m called B-FIRE. All this facts has allowed the development of alliances with strategic partners in the sector, and at the same time CTE exports the products into new areas where the name of CTE was not present.

Certainly the most important model of this range is B-FIRE 330: a truck-mounted platform specifically engineered and built for fire fighting and rescue operations. It is assembled on two axles truck GVW 18tons, available with or without the side ladder and comes with a wide range of options to satisfy the most demanding working conditions. The most important technical specifications of this aerial platform are the working height 32,5 metres, the cage capacity 450 Kg and third boom articulation, something new on the fire fighting world.
In general the B-FIRE range of platforms represents the finest technology available for emergency and fire prevention use.
Equipped with an emergency ladder and a water/foam line, the B-FIRE truck mounted is a combination between aerial platform, emergency ladder and fire prevention truck. All fire fighting models are equipped with a 180° articulated section additional to the main jib. The main feature of the machine is the high operating speed, which is always needed by operators during emergency situations.

Equipped with an emergency ladder and a water/foam line, the B-FIRE truck mounted is the best combination between aerial platform, emergency ladder and fire prevention truck. All fire fighting models are equipped with a main jib (non-telescopic) and a second jib. The main feature of B-FIRE is the high operating speed, which is always needed by operators during emergency situations.

MARCO GOVONI, B-FIRE Brand Manager in CTE, says:

“We were pleasantly surprised of constant flow of visitors and a great interest at our booth by the experts. The presence of CTE at Interschutz represents for our company a change. CTE can be compared with other companies in a particular sector that requires top technology. For our company this is a continuous stimulus to test new technical solutions and through some of this experience we will certainly transferred them into aerial platforms for industrial markets.”