Entertainment and Handling Specialty

Need an automated solution for your theatre’s newest sensation? Heavy-duty, custom equipment isn’t only found in manufacturing and assembly operations. Though these do make up the lion’s share of where Handling Specialty’s material handling work ends up, a company that has been customizing massive and complicated equipment to build tier 1 companies’ products is also […]

Advanced Manufacturing and Handling Specialty

Advanced Manufacturing – A Shared History with Handling Specialty Advanced manufacturing increasingly integrates new and innovative technologies in both products and processes. In essence, this is an industry which is always evolving and exists within many businesses. In order to keep up with new designs and technologies within the advanced manufacturing sectors, companies like Handling […]

QR Code Service Stickers

Ordering replacement parts or making a service request should be the easiest step in having your Handling Specialty equipment serviced. Though we’ve always made it simple, today, every new piece of equipment will include multiple QR code stickers to contact the Handling Specialty Parts & Services Group. Just point and scan from any smartphone. You’ll […]

The Evolution of Plant 2

Handling Specialty added 80,000 square feet to our manufacturing capabilities in 2007 by renting space in Hamilton, Ontario. This addition was necessary to manage the influx of work coming in through our earlier decision to diversify the company’s portfolio with respect to the industries served. With massive engine lifts, rotators, stage lifts, and automated guided […]

Time-lapse: Bringing Equipment to Life

Because of the sheer size and escalating complexities of Handling Specialty material handling equipment, filming a build with time-lapse photography gave marketing a new tool to get across the magnitude of what HSML does day-to-day. This is an example of a large four-post lift designed to hold and position an aero-engine. Included are support cranes, […]

Automotive Turntables

From entertainment to the automotive industry, manual and automated turntables play a role in multiple industries. Building from the perspective of our client’s needs is where Handling Specialty’s technical sales expertise and engineering department shine. Automotive requirements for turntables have varied over the years; a recent custom piece of material handling equipment to leave our […]