CORTLAND — The Automotive Lift Institute (ALI) announced that it formally opened its new headquarters and LiftLab near Cortland on Oct. 12 with a grand-opening celebration. ALI says it is an organization “dedicated to the safe design, construction, installation, service, inspection, and operation of vehicle lifts used in automotive and heavy-duty vehicle repair shops throughout […]
CORTLAND — The Automotive Lift Institute (ALI) announced that it formally opened its new headquarters and LiftLab near Cortland on Oct. 12 with a grand-opening celebration.
ALI says it is an organization “dedicated to the safe design, construction, installation, service, inspection, and operation of vehicle lifts used in automotive and heavy-duty vehicle repair shops throughout North America.” ALI offers a wide range of vehicle lift safety training resources and materials.
The new 8,500-square-foot headquarters at 3699 Luker Road in the town of Cortlandville is more than four times larger than the organization’s previous Cortland office, according to an ALI news release. It includes 3,475 square feet of renovated office and conference space, as well as a modern classroom for up to 20 participants.
The grand opening was attended by ALI members, lift inspectors, suppliers, and other guests from the vehicle lift and workplace safety industries,
The organization says that growth of ALI lift-safety initiatives like the ALI Lift Inspector Certification Program “drove the need for a larger multipurpose facility.”
A key feature of the new building is its new LiftLab. ALI member manufacturers have provided and installed 12 vehicle lifts in the “expansive” LiftLab area. They range from the smallest motorcycle lift to the most common two-post style — all the way up to heavy-duty inground and mobile column lifts.
This is the only facility in North America that brings together such a broad range of operational lifts from various manufacturers and makes them available for hands-on industry training, the institute contends.
“Through the generous support of the ALI member companies that produce North America’s certified vehicle lifts, we are able to facilitate opportunities for candidate lift inspectors, product safety engineers and others to come to a single location to examine two-post, multi-post, scissors, inground, mobile column and low-rise lifts,” R.W. (Bob) O’Gorman, ALI president, noted in the release. “This will enable lift inspector candidates to more expediently meet the requirements of the ALI Lift Inspector Certification Program, which will help address increasing customer demand. At the same time, we can improve the technical skills and knowledge of the experts charged with testing and certifying future vehicle lifts.”
ALI was started by nine lift manufacturers in 1945 and had its office in New York City until relocating to Indialantic, Florida, in 1993. ALI then moved its headquarters to Cortland in 2005 and has since grown from two employees to eight as the organization has expanded its safety-focused activities. Membership has also grown — there are now 21 member companies and six non-member firms producing ALI certified gold label lifts.
The organization adds that there are 465 ALI certified lift inspectors and a total of 842 individuals from around the world currently participating in some stage of the certification process.
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CORTLAND — The Automotive Lift Institute (ALI) announced that it formally opened its new headquarters and LiftLab near Cortland on Oct. 12 with a grand-opening celebration.
ALI says it is an organization “dedicated to the safe design, construction, installation, service, inspection, and operation of vehicle lifts used in automotive and heavy-duty vehicle repair shops throughout North America.” ALI offers a wide range of vehicle lift safety training resources and materials.
The new 8,500-square-foot headquarters at 3699 Luker Road in the town of Cortlandville is more than four times larger than the organization’s previous Cortland office, according to an ALI news release. It includes 3,475 square feet of renovated office and conference space, as well as a modern classroom for up to 20 participants.
The grand opening was attended by ALI members, lift inspectors, suppliers, and other guests from the vehicle lift and workplace safety industries,
The organization says that growth of ALI lift-safety initiatives like the ALI Lift Inspector Certification Program “drove the need for a larger multipurpose facility.”
A key feature of the new building is its new LiftLab. ALI member manufacturers have provided and installed 12 vehicle lifts in the “expansive” LiftLab area. They range from the smallest motorcycle lift to the most common two-post style — all the way up to heavy-duty inground and mobile column lifts.
This is the only facility in North America that brings together such a broad range of operational lifts from various manufacturers and makes them available for hands-on industry training, the institute contends.
“Through the generous support of the ALI member companies that produce North America’s certified vehicle lifts, we are able to facilitate opportunities for candidate lift inspectors, product safety engineers and others to come to a single location to examine two-post, multi-post, scissors, inground, mobile column and low-rise lifts,” R.W. (Bob) O’Gorman, ALI president, noted in the release. “This will enable lift inspector candidates to more expediently meet the requirements of the ALI Lift Inspector Certification Program, which will help address increasing customer demand. At the same time, we can improve the technical skills and knowledge of the experts charged with testing and certifying future vehicle lifts.”
ALI was started by nine lift manufacturers in 1945 and had its office in New York City until relocating to Indialantic, Florida, in 1993. ALI then moved its headquarters to Cortland in 2005 and has since grown from two employees to eight as the organization has expanded its safety-focused activities. Membership has also grown — there are now 21 member companies and six non-member firms producing ALI certified gold label lifts.
The organization adds that there are 465 ALI certified lift inspectors and a total of 842 individuals from around the world currently participating in some stage of the certification process.
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CORTLAND — The Automotive Lift Institute (ALI) announced that it formally opened its new headquarters and LiftLab near Cortland on Oct. 12 with a grand-opening celebration. ALI says it is an organization “dedicated to the safe design, construction, installation, service, inspection, and operation of vehicle lifts used in automotive and heavy-duty vehicle repair shops throughout […]
CORTLAND — The Automotive Lift Institute (ALI) announced that it formally opened its new headquarters and LiftLab near Cortland on Oct. 12 with a grand-opening celebration.
ALI says it is an organization “dedicated to the safe design, construction, installation, service, inspection, and operation of vehicle lifts used in automotive and heavy-duty vehicle repair shops throughout North America.” ALI offers a wide range of vehicle lift safety training resources and materials.
The new 8,500-square-foot headquarters at 3699 Luker Road in the town of Cortlandville is more than four times larger than the organization’s previous Cortland office, according to an ALI news release. It includes 3,475 square feet of renovated office and conference space, as well as a modern classroom for up to 20 participants.
The grand opening was attended by ALI members, lift inspectors, suppliers, and other guests from the vehicle lift and workplace safety industries,
The organization says that growth of ALI lift-safety initiatives like the ALI Lift Inspector Certification Program “drove the need for a larger multipurpose facility.”
A key feature of the new building is its new LiftLab. ALI member manufacturers have provided and installed 12 vehicle lifts in the “expansive” LiftLab area. They range from the smallest motorcycle lift to the most common two-post style — all the way up to heavy-duty inground and mobile column lifts.
This is the only facility in North America that brings together such a broad range of operational lifts from various manufacturers and makes them available for hands-on industry training, the institute contends.
“Through the generous support of the ALI member companies that produce North America’s certified vehicle lifts, we are able to facilitate opportunities for candidate lift inspectors, product safety engineers and others to come to a single location to examine two-post, multi-post, scissors, inground, mobile column and low-rise lifts,” R.W. (Bob) O’Gorman, ALI president, noted in the release. “This will enable lift inspector candidates to more expediently meet the requirements of the ALI Lift Inspector Certification Program, which will help address increasing customer demand. At the same time, we can improve the technical skills and knowledge of the experts charged with testing and certifying future vehicle lifts.”
ALI was started by nine lift manufacturers in 1945 and had its office in New York City until relocating to Indialantic, Florida, in 1993. ALI then moved its headquarters to Cortland in 2005 and has since grown from two employees to eight as the organization has expanded its safety-focused activities. Membership has also grown — there are now 21 member companies and six non-member firms producing ALI certified gold label lifts.
The organization adds that there are 465 ALI certified lift inspectors and a total of 842 individuals from around the world currently participating in some stage of the certification process.
