IN FOCUS / BAB ENGINEERING
HELPING TO MAKE THE CONSTRUCTION MORE EFFICIENT AND SAFER Late last year, the crane loading deck market was turned on its head when Active Crane Hire launched its electro hydraulic loading deck range featuring BAB Engineering’s innovation.
Matt Gye (centre) and the team at BAB Engineering.
BAB’S PRODUCT HAS BEEN MET WITH BOTH swift and overwhelmingly positive response from the construction sector. When you look at the company behind the design and manufacturing of the electro hydraulic loading deck (HLD), the somewhat groundbreaking response could be summed up as no surprise. BAB Engineering is headed up by Gerd Altmeyer, who boasts a long and successful career manufacturing scissor lifts. His righthand person is Evelyn Klein, who likewise has worked, lived, and breathed hydraulics with Altmeyer over the decades, both in their homeland of Germany and in Australia. With such a positive market response, it was obvious to Altmeyer and Klein that their business needed a dedicated sales and marketing manager; enter Matt Gye. www.cranesandlifting.com.au
He too has a background in hydraulics and has worked with BAB Engineering and watched the business develop. Gye takes up the story. “I spent the early part of my career in hydraulics and I was involved in the design and manufacture of Australia’s first snow board manufacturing machine before I moved into media, film making and television production,” he said. “In October 2021, I was introduced to BAB Engineering by being commissioned to help brand their new business. After a few meetings and over a coffee, Gerd and Evelyn discussed the potential of me working for BAB Engineering in sales and marketing. “My understanding of hydraulics and the way these electro-hydraulic crane loading decks are designed, manufactured,
and operate, I could see no flaw in the concept, and I truly believe BAB’s decks will make construction better. “In mid-December I started talks with a number of potential customers who currently operate and offer manual decks and the interest was instant, as electro HLDs are a no-brainer in any tier of building that use crane loading decks. “In terms of the design and the performance being on point, it stems from the concise manufacturing process and BAB’s decision to integrate the best possible available components from around the globe. Therefore, the locallymanufactured end product is a winner,” he said. Altmeyer is a partner and the director of BAB Engineering, and he has a distinguished career in manufacturing of March/April 2022 CAL / 31
