Company Profile
Liftomatic Material Handling, Inc. Offers Customers Large And Small, Far And Wide, The Opportunity To Maximize In Drum Handling Operations
Liftomatic Material Handling, Inc. has been leading the industry in providing state-of-the-art equipment for safe, efficient and profitable handling of drums and barrels since 1947. Incorporating the time-tested and proven “Parrot-Beak®” clamping system, a complete assortment of portable devices, forklift attachments, hoist/crane attachments and drum dumping equipment are available for handling steel, plastic and fiber drums from 1 to 8 at a time.
With engineering, manufacturing and customer service locations on three continents and distributor network in more than thirty countries worldwide. With more than a half century experience, Liftomatic Material Handling, Inc.’s original resolve is still intact- To make quality products which perform consistently for the user and to make no attempt at product obsolescence or useful-life engineering.
The Parrot Beak® Story
Liftomatic Material Handling, Inc. was founded in 1947 by two guys armed with an innovative design – a two wheel hand truck that grabbed a drum by the top lip to keep it from falling over during transport. The development was a first in U.S. industry (or perhaps anywhere). That hand truck used an upper and lower jaw arrangement that a customer remarked looked “just like a parrot beak”. Over the years new products for different applications were introduced – still using that remarkably simple “Parrot Beak®” arrangement.
Parrot Beak© Technology
Today, Liftomatic Material Handling, Inc. holds more than a dozen patents on drum handling devices. You can get all kinds of equipment which can lift, palletize, transport, dump and generally manipulate a drum in any fashion that your operations require. Through all that time, the parrot-beak has remained the Liftomatic Material Handling, Inc. symbol of integrity – it’s safe, it’s effective, and it backs up our claim that “you can’t afford to drop a drum!” Contact us today and let us help with your drum handling applications. We look forward to your call.