MEC Wins 2023 IAPA Product of the Year in Scissor Lifts and Vertical Mast Platforms
MEC Aerial Work Platforms received the 2023 IAPA Product of the Year in Scissor Lifts and Vertical Mast Platforms for the MMAE16 (MEC Mast All-Electric 16 Foot). The IAPA (International Award for Powered Access) is recognized as a prestigious award in the powered access industry. Judges commented that MEC’s new vertical-mast technology is a combination of direct electric drive, electric linear actuator steer, electric actuator lift with electric release holding brake delivering great energy efficiency and zero possibility of hydraulic oil leaks.
The award-winning eco-friendly mast has a compact design and eliminates the potential risk of an oil leak for environmentally safe applications because of zero hydraulic oil. With all-electric lift, steer, and drive, the MMAE16 delivers sustainability applications while requiring less charge time and achieves more up time with no compromise to performance. At an indoor working height of 22 feet and 18 feet outdoors, the new mast is designed for data centers, hospitality, food, and pharmaceutical applications.
Along with being lightweight at 2,170 pounds, and low ground pressure, the machine is suited for standard elevators and utilization across a wide range of sensitive floor types. At 78 inches tall and with no folding rails, it is easy to get through standard door frames. Like the rest of the MME Series, the MMAE16 mast comes with a standard glide out deck extension of 20 inches to make it easier to reach difficult areas.
The MMAE16 has already provided a positive impact on the market’s drive for lower emissions and eco-friendly solutions. Along with being all-electric the MMAE16 will deliver a better cost of ownership for rental companies and increase productivity for their customers.
MEC Aerial Work Platforms is a manufacturer of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) in Kerman, Calif. MEC's portfolio of MEWPs ranges from all-electric and direct electric drive slab scissors and vertical masts to rough terrain scissors and booms with patented and award-winning design features. For more information on MEC Aerial Work Platforms, visit www.MECawp.com.
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Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.