The Haulotte Group, Europe's biggest supplier of people and material lifting equipment, is expanding its presence in the Middle East and North Africa with new offices in Libya in 2009 and Algeria in 2010. Haulotte's ongoing expansion reflects the unprecedented growth of the construction market across the region and an increasing demand for safe working platforms on construction sites. Haulotte Middle East has recently launched their new telescopic big boom, an aerial working platform with a six metre telescopic jib, an outreach of 23 metres and the capacity to lift rapidly up to 350 kilograms, according to a press statement.