Innovative Product Award Honorable Mention – Makinex Floor Stripper
Category: Miscellaneous
Product: Floor Stripper
Manufacturer: Makinex Construction Products
Key Innovation: Easy to set up, tool-free set up, and quiet operation floor removal.
Manufacturer’s Description: The Makinex Floor Stripper is a heavy-duty industrial machine designed to remove materials such as vinyl, glued carpet, and cork from floors. It is designed for contractors, hire & rental companies, and renovators with its easy tool-free setup, quiet operation and minimal maintenance.
This unit’s height can be adjusted for easy operator use and compact transportation. It is equipped with a lifting eye for easy lifting in and out of vehicles with our Powered Hand Truck. There is also a removable 30-pound weight in the front for an easier load.
The quality and reliability of the Makinex Floor Stripper sets it apart from the competition. With many units already sold in Australia and overseas, the Makinex Floor Stripper is the outcome of experienced design, rigorous testing, and quality components.
The Makinex Floor Stripper comes with a three-year warranty. Replacement blades are available through Makinex.
About the Author
Michael Roth
Editor
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.