Three world debuts for Niftylift at Vertikal Days 2026

Niftylift will use Vertikal Days 2026 to give three machines their first public outing, alongside a seventeen-machine line-up spanning the full Nifty range. The show takes place at Newark Showground on Wednesday 9 and Thursday 10 September.

The HR21E fitted with the new Hydrogen-Electric power option, designated the HR21 H2E, brings fuel cell power to the 20.8m All-Electric platform, extending a technology Niftylift has been developing in the field for several years. The base machine is unchanged; the fuel cell recharges its batteries on board. A single charge delivers more than two days of work, and hydrogen doubles that. As with all Niftylift Hydrogen-Electric machines, the G20 bottle can be easily swapped out with no equipment required, allowing the batteries to be recharged repeatedly as often as the job demands.

The machine is aimed at contractors and hire fleets working in environments where zero exhaust emissions are a condition of the job, but where charging infrastructure or shift patterns make a battery-only machine difficult to operate.

The HR22SE, fitted with the Diesel-Electric power option, designated the HR22SDE, brings the power option to a larger machine for the first time. The HR22SE is Niftylift’s first straight telescopic boom lift, launched in 2024, offering 21.7m working height, 18.8m maximum outreach and an unrestricted 280kg platform capacity, all unchanged on the Diesel-Electric variant. Because the Diesel-Electric system is optimised purely for battery recharge rather than for driving the machine directly, it can use a smaller, quieter and more efficient engine than a diesel-only or hybrid alternative would require.

Neither power option is confined to new machines. Hydrogen-Electric can be retrofitted to all HR15Es, HR17Es and, from this launch, HR21Es, and Diesel-Electric can be retrofitted to the HR22SE. Fleet owners can upgrade machines they already own rather than replace them, allowing work on emissions-restricted sites without waiting on a new purchase.

The third debut is an all-new compact self-propelled boom with a new chassis and a new boom design, exceptionally light for its class and built for work on sensitive surfaces and in confined spaces. Full details will be released shortly before the show.

Also on the stand is a refurbished HR12N Bi-Energy MK1, rebuilt to demonstrate the standard a properly executed refurbishment can reach. Extending the working life of machines already in the field is one of the most effective ways the access industry can reduce its environmental impact, and Niftylift is encouraging fleet owners with older equipment to take a look.

John Keely, managing director at Niftylift, said, “Innovation is only half of what our customers need from us. The other half is making sure the machines already in their fleets keep pace with what the market demands, and that is what these new power options do. Our focus is on giving customers machines that deliver a good return on investment today and are future-proofed against the evolving needs of the market.”

Vertikal Days is free to attend and is open from 10:00 to 17:30 on Wednesday 9 September and from 10:00 to 16:00 on Thursday 10 September. The Niftylift bar will be open across both days, with German hot dogs added to the menu this year.