Sullair In Alliance With Acme Lift

Sullair, a manufacturer of compressed air solutions since 1965, announced an alliance with Acme Lift Co., a wholesale rental company, to offer 700-1600 cfm portable air compressors in its fleet. Acme Lift rents high-reach booms and telehandlers to rental companies throughout the United States and Canada.

The alliance with Sullair will expand Acme Lift’s offerings into other machines that align with the needs of its re-rental customers in the mining, petroleum, industrial and construction industries.

“The alliance between Sullair and Acme Lift gives us yet another avenue to expand our large portable line,” said Stefan Brosick, vice president of Sales for Sullair. “We are pleased to offer our channel partners an additional option outside of purchasing outright and the ability to supplement their operations by performing service and warranty work on the units. It also presents our channel partners with new opportunities to bid larger jobs without having to invest significant capital.”

As part of the alliance, Acme Lift will hold the inventory, while the rental company performs its own service and maintenance work, billing back Acme Lift. Acme Lift also keeps all units non-branded, allowing rental companies to easily integrate the units into their fleets.

Acme Lift’s service center in Mesa, Ariz., manages and monitors the movement of its fleet through the use of GPS technology equipped on each unit. The system allows Acme Lift to provide its retail rental customers with real-time equipment usage data, increasing their ability to capture actual rental revenue and improve overall profitability for their business, said Sullair.

“The Sullair large portable air compressor line is an ideal wholesale rental product,” said Mike Crouch, Acme Lift president and CEO. “Renting through Acme Lift allows our customers to expand their fleets to include these specialized units when their customers demand them. And our customers won’t have to tie up significant capital expenditures for these machines. This alliance is mutually beneficial, allowing Acme Lift and Sullair to expand their customer bases.”

The air compressors offered by Acme Lift include the Sullair 700HH iT4, 750H iT4, 900H iT4, E900H electric, 1600H iT4 and the high-pressure 900XHH/1150XH iT4. Acme Lift also will carry Sullair Reman compressors that have the same factory warranty as a new unit, including the 900H T2/T3, 1600H T2/T3 and 900XHH/1150XH T2/T3.