Company Overview

Handling Specialty, incorporated in 1963, is a private company with its corporate headquarters located in Grimsby, Ontario. It has evolved into a North American leader in the design and manufacture of customized lifting equipment for demanding applications.

Today, Handling Specialty has grown to over 60 employees with sales in excess of $8 million and has expanded its facilities to include a U. S. subsidiary located in Niagara Falls, NY.

The company is an industrial materials handling manufacturer, specializing in custom engineered hydraulic and mechanical lifting equipment. Products include scissor lifts, multi-post lifts, mast lifts, rotators, tilters, up-enders, mechanical lifts, robotic indexing tables and fork truck service lifts.

Handling Specialty is a niche manufacturer focused on establishing itself as the choice of professionals. Credentials include registration with the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario, Canadian Welding Bureau, Canadian Standards Association, and Industrial Accident Prevention Association. The company has also achieved QS-9000: TE Supplement quality registrations. Other registrations include the Controlled Goods Program, the Joint Certification Program, and US Military Cage Codes for both facilities.

Handling Specialty's experience includes success in the entertainment, automotive, aerospace and advanced manufacturing sectors. The company has provided lifts for some of the most prestigious stages around the world - including the Bellagio Theatre (Las Vegas), Neil Simon Theatre(New York), Lyric Opera House (Chicago), and the National Institute of Arts (Taiwan).

In the automotive and aerospace industries Handling Specialty has provided mechanical and hydraulic lifts for projects such as Lockheed Martin's Joint Strike Fighter Program and Sikorsky's RAH-66 COMANCHE Helicopter Program. Automotive companies such as BMW, Ford, Cami and GM regularly integrate Handling Specialty's custom lifts into their automated press and assembly lines.

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Legal Name: Handling Specialty Manufacturing Limited

Number of Employees: 60

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Products

• Custom Hydraulic Lifts

  Engineered-to-order hydraulic lifts including scissor lifts, multi-post lifts, mast lifts, rotators, tilters, and up-enders. We provide creative lifting solutions for heavy-duty, medium-to- large scale applications including those in extreme environments.

• Custom Lifts: Material Handling

  Handling Specialty specializes in engineered-to-order mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic lifting solutions for material handling applications. Examples include: parts handling and positioning, transfer cars, AGV lifts, press feeds, coil cars, stacker/destackers, air cargo lifts, integrated lift/conveyors, to name but a few. We also engineer and build custom rotators, upenders, and tilters.

• Custom Mechanical Lifts

  Handling Specialty's forte is custom mechanical lifting solutions for challenging applications. Please visit our website to view a sampling of our Specialty Solutions.

• Custom Personnel Lifts
• Custom Scissor Lifts

  Handling Specialty provides engineered-to-order custom scissor lift solutions for a variety of challenging applications. Industries served include automotive, aerospace, advanced manufacturing, entertainment, process industries and transportation. We welcome heavy-duty, medium-to-large scale projects.

• Fork Truck Service Lifts

  Handling Specialty manufactures and sells both the Fork-Levator and Excalibur lines of fork truck service lifts. The Excalibur is particularly well-suited for servicing Class 2, low profile vehicles of up to 20, 000 lbs. The Fork-Levator is an extremely safe 4 post lift that can handle fork trucks of up to 40, 000 lbs.

• Lift Truck Accessories

  Handling Specialty supplies both the Fork-Levator and Excalibur fork truck service lifts as well as the Porta-Vator moving system. The Porta-Vator converts a forklift into a powerful in- plant materials moving system for loads of up to 120, 000 lbs. The system consists of a 'porta-arm' hitch and a heavy-duty steel cart.

• Lifts

  Handling Specialty is a firm specializing in custom lifting solutions. Mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic actuation. Scissor lifts, platform lifts, rotators, turntables, tilters, upenders.

NAICS Categories

• 333920 Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing

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