{"id":16617,"date":"2026-06-02T13:35:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T13:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/?p=16617"},"modified":"2026-06-02T13:35:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T13:35:45","slug":"ipaf-publishes-annual-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/ipaf-publishes-annual-report\/","title":{"rendered":"IPAF Publishes Annual Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF)\u202fhas released\u202fits <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipaf.org\/annual-report\">Annual Report<\/a> for the year 2025, coinciding with its Annual General Meeting (AGM).<\/p>\n<p>Continuing\u202fa mission to promote and enable the safe and effective use of powered access equipment worldwide,\u202fin 2025,\u202fIPAF\u202fmembership grew by 8.6% (a record net 157), bringing total membership to 1,957 across 83 countries. Bangladesh and Guatemala became the latest territories to join IPAF, while Iraq dropped off.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16618\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16618\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/OG8A3847-IPAF-Meeting.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/OG8A3847-IPAF-Meeting.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/OG8A3847-IPAF-Meeting-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/OG8A3847-IPAF-Meeting-400x222.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/OG8A3847-IPAF-Meeting-440x244.jpg 440w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/OG8A3847-IPAF-Meeting-650x361.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/OG8A3847-IPAF-Meeting-585x325.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/OG8A3847-IPAF-Meeting-684x380.jpg 684w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictured (left to right): Peter Douglas, CEO &amp; MD of IPAF; Julie Houston Smyth, Director of LOLEX Ltd; Kai Schliephake, IPAF President (newly appointed); and Pedro Torres, Vice President of Alayan Rentals.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Despite this, 2025 was a difficult year for the IPAF training programme \u2014 five years on from the Covid-19 lockdowns, fewer operators renewed their PAL Cards, as training was not permitted for parts of 2020. IPAF members trained 228,796 people during the year, which was 1,568 less than in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facts and figures:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Safety First\u202f\u2014 IPAF\u2019s\u202fStop Overturns!\u202fglobal safety\u202fcampaign raised awareness on risks associated with unsuitable ground conditions.<\/li>\n<li>Digital Growth\u202f\u2014 More than 1 million downloads of the IPAF\u202fePAL\u202fapp, across 205 countries, with 72% of licences issued digitally.<\/li>\n<li>Global Milestone \u2014 For the first time, over 50% of IPAF\u2019s revenue was generated outside the UK.<\/li>\n<li>Award-Winning Training \u2014\u202fThe new and improved MEWP Operator Training Course won four awards, and IPAF released a new MEWP Spotter Training Course.<\/li>\n<li>Global Reach\u202f\u2014 New markets in Guatemala and Bangladesh; 39% of training applications from outside the UK; with the addition of Greece in 2025.<\/li>\n<li>Financials\u202f\u2014 Turnover decreased by \u00a329.9k\u202f(-0.3%), largely due to a reduction in training volumes.<\/li>\n<li>Audits\u202f\u2014 New audit system Cluetec introduced to enhance efficiency, transparency and value for members.<\/li>\n<li>Safety Resources \u2014 IPAF released four new or revised technical guidance documents, seven Toolbox Talks, two safety videos, two safety campaigns and its Global Safety Report 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Looking ahead, IPAF\u202fremains\u202fcommitted to driving safety, digital innovation, and global training expansion.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The IPAF Annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipaf.org\/annual-report\">Report<\/a> 2025 has been published to coincide with the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and\u202fis available in multiple languages as a digital download via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipaf.org\/annual-report\">https:\/\/www.ipaf.org\/annual-report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF)\u202fhas released\u202fits Annual Report for the year 2025, coinciding with its Annual General Meeting (AGM). Continuing\u202fa mission to promote and enable the safe and effective use of powered access equipment worldwide,\u202fin 2025,\u202fIPAF\u202fmembership grew by 8.6% (a record net 157), bringing total membership to 1,957 across 83 countries. Bangladesh and Guatemala&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/ipaf-publishes-annual-report\/\" class=\"excerpt-read-more\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,10],"tags":[3646,2724,45,14473,14472,13641,1784,1702],"class_list":["post-16617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage-featured","category-news","tag-aerial-lift","tag-international-powered-access-federation","tag-ipaf","tag-ipaf-annual-report","tag-ipaf-training","tag-pal-cards","tag-powered-access","tag-working-at-height"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IPAF Publishes Annual Report - Find A Distributor Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/ipaf-publishes-annual-report\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IPAF Publishes Annual Report - Find A Distributor Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF)\u202fhas released\u202fits Annual Report for the year 2025, coinciding with its Annual General Meeting (AGM). 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