MEC Purchases Volvo Telehandlers
December 2, 2005 • Successfully reviving Mayville Engineering Co.'s defunct scissor lift product line in 2004, MEC Aerial Work Platform Sales is having its hand bringing another product back to the market. The Selma, Calif.-based MEC has purchased Volvo Construction Equipment's telehandlers, which Volvo acquired from UpRight in 2002 but had never launched the line under the Volvo brand name.
According to Jim Tolle, president of MEC, the company was ready to take the next step in its product development. “We asked our dealers what direction we should go in,” he said. While boom lifts would have been a natural fit for the aerial work platform manufacturer, MEC's dealers instead expressed a dire need for telehandlers. From there, Tolle said that MEC went looking for a product line to suit both the company's and dealers' needs.
What MEC came up with was Volvo's telehandlers, which had gone through extensive testing and redesign after they were acquired by the manufacturing giant but had never been relaunched. Featuring European styling with North American features, the telehanders are what Tolle calls truly turnkey. “We went over them with a fine tooth comb for updates but didn't find anything,” he said. “These are sleek and modern machines but still rough and durable for
The 6,000-pound capacity TH60 and 8,000-pound capacity TH80 • both with 42-foot boom lengths • will be painted red, branded as MEC, and officially launched next month at World of Concrete.
