09.07.2015

Manlift relocates and expands

Manlift Manufacturing, the US based specialist aerial work platform producer, has relocated its plant and offices from Cudahy, Wisconsin, to Shelby, North Carolina.
Please register to see all images

Manlift Manufacturing's new plant in Shelby, NC

The new 22,000 square metre facility, includes the company’s offices and production facility, it was acquired by Manlift’s parent company, Universal Manufacturing, with the recent acquisition of contract manufacturer Ultra Machine & Fabrication and Ultra Armoring, a defence contractor from the founder and owner Frank Stewart. The factory was scheduled to close before the last minute acquisition by Universal.
Please register to see all images

The offices and main entrance

The Manlift management team will relocate to North Carolina and manage all three companies as a single operation. The merger with the Ultra businesses, also provides Manlift with state of the art production equipment and a mature quality control department, which will be headed up by Graeme McWilliams, a 25 year veteran of the defence contracting industry.
Please register to see all images

One of the fabrication halls

Since moving into the new plant, Manlift has tripled the size of the engineering team, and hired a new vice President of engineering - Callum Sullivan, who has a background in the aerospace market.

Other new appointments the move of Manlift’s production floor leader Eric Tindall to head the aftermarket sales and service department.

Manlift chief executive Phil Sprio said: “We are excited to move to a facility that allows us to take our business to the next level and increase our manufacturing capacity. We expect that our customers will be happy with the increased aftermarket support capabilities and larger engineering team we are building.

"This opportunity allows us to take our core manufacturing and engineering strengths and not only improve our current operations, but also branch out into new projects and opportunities. We have always worked hard to provide our customers with solutions that provide increased safety and productivity. We now look forward to helping our war fighters increase their safety and be more productive as well.”

“We are taking full advantage of this opportunity to grow and improve Manlift Manufacturer. Our long term customers have seen major improvements when new management was brought to the company three years ago. The new facility will enable us to build leaner, faster and cheaper because of the new state of the art equipment, but we also have the opportunity to make sure our leadership team, systems, and processes are producing the results and solutions our customers need.”