With the fast development of logistics industry and the rapid growth of industrial production in China, the demands on construction equipment, industrial vehicles, vehicle parts and electric energy also increased dramatically. In recent years, as the construction industry developed, lots of famous overseas aerial work platform manufacturers targeted at Chinese market and expanded their business to China which is full of abundant resources and profound development potentials, making Chinese market to be so popular among the international giants who pursued long-term development. As a globally famous brand of scissor aerial work platform from Canada, Skyjack Inc. announced recently to enter Chinese market.

Early since in 1986, Skyjack Inc. began to manufacture scissor lifts, and succeeded in capturing 30% market shares in the 1990s, becoming one of the leading brands in the field of aerial work platform. During years' development, Skyjack kept their pace in terms of innovation to face with the fast changes on the market so as to stand steadily ahead of the competitors in fierce market competition.

The self-propelled scissor lift produced by Skyjack reaches a working height of 56 feet, and is renowned for the features of durability, high quality and reliability, which are highly praised by the customers.

Relying on the high quality and safety of the products, Skyjack earns the trust of the professionals and customers in the industry, while the scissor lifts are recognized as the best in the same class and sold all around the world. In August 2002, the leading automotive parts manufacturing company Linamar Group acquired Skyjack, providing powerful and steady support in terms of finance for Skyjack. Nowadays, Skyjack open production factories in Canada, America and Hungary, and keeps a continuous development momentum on Asian and European markets. In 2010, Skyjack established business office in Shanghai, China, aiming at going further on Chinese market.

As for the Chinese customers, Skyjack is not a stranger. At bauma China 2010 held in Shanghai the other days, Skyjack showed their products as an exhibitor, successfully attracting a lot of visitors to inquire about the products.

At present, the main manufacturing enterprises and famous brands of aerial work platform on Chinese market are all from foreign countries. As the developed countries are the focal markets for aerial work platforms, the delivery of new aerial work platforms every year amounts to be more than 10,000 sets and the annual sales income of the whole industry reaches several billion dollars. Meanwhile, the aerial work platforms on domestic China are mainly applied to manufacture the ships, maintain the large-scaled sites and check the safety situation of the airports. Compared with the circumstances of foreign industries, there still exists great deficiency of mechanism. Moreover, domestic aerial work platform market is mostly occupied by the internationally famous brands such as Genie, JLG, IXYS, Aichi and JUNJIN.

Skyjack in its own right is an excellent cross-country company in the field of aerial material handling industry. Products such as aerial work platforms and telehandlers have been widely used in West Europe and North America where the worker resource is rather expensive, but in China these equipments are still quite narrow in use. Besides traditional forklifts, boom forklift, telescopic forklift and telehandler consist an unexplored market among material handling equipment. With the entrance of Skyjack, there will undoubtedly be more opportunities and challenges brought into the Chinese material handling equipment market which has already been full of fierce competition.

Skyjack business office in China locates at Room 808 on the 8th floor, Lane II, Building E of Jinhongqiao Square, No. 686 of Wuzhong Road in Shanghai City. It is reasonably believed that Skyjack will walk out their own way in China depending on the excellent products and first class after sales service in the coming years.

About Skyjack

Skyjack began manufacturing scissor lift work platforms in 1986 and through the 1990’s grew to over 30% market share to become a world leader in this sector of the aerial lift industry. Skyjack remains a dominant player who has adapted rapidly to the changing face of the industry.

Quality and reliability are the hallmarks that have given Skyjack a solid reputation as the manufacturer of the best scissor lifts in the world. Skyjack products are manufactured, sold and supported worldwide. In August 2002 Skyjack was purchased by Linamar Corporation (LNR, TSX), a leading manufacturer of precision-machined components, assemblies and modules. Linamar’s solid balance sheet gives Skyjack increased strength and long-term stability. Currently, Skyjack has production facilities in Canada, the United States, and Hungary with support offices in Europe and Asia.

Skyjack produces a full line of self propelled scissor lifts with elevated work heights reaching up to 56ft. Skyjack became the industry leader by providing machine features combining durability, quality, and serviceability, making Skyjack scissor lifts world renowned for product reliability. Skyjacks current Boom lift model lineup consists of telescopic booms featuring work heights ranging from 45 to 71ft with plans to further expand the boom lift product line.

Most recently, the acquisition of Volvo’s Material Handling Equipment business complements the acquisition of Carelift Equipment completed in August of 2007. This Expands Skyjack’s Telehandler product offering resulting in the VR series and Zoom Boom series telehandlers and provides additional manufacturing capacity to further the company's growth.

Skyjack continues leading the industry engineering reliable lift solutions by people who care.