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Liftomatic Opens New Headquarters in Asia

Drum handling manufacturer prepares opening of Asian offices

DC Velocity Staff
By DC Velocity StaffMar 21, 2018
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Buffalo Grove, IL, Liftomatic Material Handling, Inc., an industry leading material handling equipment manufacturer, has just announced the opening of their Asian headquarters in the near future.

The move-in date is rapidly approaching for Liftomatic's headquarters in Wuhan, China. Located in the Jiang-an district, which translates as "River Bank," the city is conveniently located in central China. With over 10 million residents, Wuhan is the capital of Hubei province and is a banking, production, and transportation hub for much of the country and the region. The new offices will house sales, administration, and engineering, and accounting personnel for the company's core staff in Asia. Celebrating 30 years in the Asia Pacific region in 2018, Liftomatic serves markets throughout all of Asia, the Indian sub-continent and the Middle East from their China location.

Todd Berg, Liftomatic's chairman, commented on the expansion saying, "We had a very early start in developing the budding material handling market in China in the late 1980's. The growth and development in this region has quite honestly been staggering. We are excited to move into our new headquarters before mid-year and continue our mission to develop relationships and provide safe and profitable drum handling solutions to our customers as the region grows and matures further in the next 30 years."

Liftomatic Material Handling, Inc. is an acknowledged leader in the design and manufacture of drum handling equipment. Headquartered in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, Liftomatic maintains manufacturing, engineering, and sales facilities around the globe. Liftomatic currently sells products in over 40 countries and sells to more than 400 of the Fortune 500 companies.


For more product information, please contact:
George Gambini
Liftomatic Material Handling
700 Dartmouth Lane
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
sales@liftomatic.com
847-325-2930 ext. 1226
www.liftomatic.com

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