Handling Specialty Blog - lift equipment
Want to know what it's really like to work at a custom, engineered-to-order material handling equipment company? To work with clients as interesting and unique as Cirque du Soleil or Lockheed Martin, and in industries as varied as aerospace, defence, rail, nuclear energy or automotive? Watch this blog space regularly as we share our experiences, expertise and thoughts about what life is like at Handling Specialty.
Learn what it means when we say: "We build big things to help our customers build big things."

Custom Work Cells for Engines and Gensets
Designing flexible, robust, reliable and safe production assembly systems is what Handling Specialty does.

Automotive Handling Equipment
Stamping is the process of placing flat sheet metal in either blank or coil form into a stamping press where a tool and die surface forms the metal into a set shape....

Manufacturing for Manufacturers
Who Manufactures Equipment for the Manufacturers? Every large, complex product requires an equally complex design around the manufacturing of said product.

Custom Dock Lift for Theatre
Entertaining Toronto Theatre Goers Handling Specialty doesn’t just specialize in custom stage lifts and rotators.
Three Axis Mast Lift
These eight robust, Three Axis Mast Lifts were custom engineered for an aerospace manufacturer to ergonomically position technicians during their upper wing panel sealing process.

360 access to equipment
Roll-Over Vehicles Offer Unlimited access to Equipment Handling Specialty has developed a solid reputation for delivering safe, intelligent and robust material handling equipment for the Energy industry.

Turnkey Projects are Our Specialty
Turnkey Projects are Our Specialty Handling Specialty has been designing and manufacturing Custom material handling systems for more than fifty years.

New Blast & Paint Booth Grand Opening
New Blast & Paint Booth Grand Opening - Christmas Came Early for Handling Specialty The new paint booth and blast booth gracing Handling Specialty’s plant 2 in Hamilton, Ontario expand on...

Customizing automotive lifts
Customizing automotive lift and positioning product design Customizing automotive lift and positioning product design is Handling Specialty’s wheelhouse.

Meet our Project Manager
I am now in my sixth year as project manager with HSML, having joined in July 2013 to lead a Nuclear project.

Rotating Stage Lifts and Platforms - Handling Specialty
Rotating Stage Lifts and PlatformsHandling Specialty has designed and built rotating set designs for multiple industries over the years, and the entertainment industry is a big one for rotation stages! With...

Updated Manufacturing Website
Updated Website Handling Specialty is proud to announce the website www. handling.
MGV-AGV for Assembly of Engines
Where ergonomics and efficient factory design meet heavy-duty lift and transfer equipment. That’s Handling Specialty’s wheelhouse. Robust, Custom material handling equipment built for specific applications for multiple industries.

Rail car shunting locomotives
Recently Handling Specialty held a training session where two Zephir Crab 5000 E models were included to assist in the performance of maintenance duties.

Custom Designed Stage Lifts
It’s timely to be talking about custom stage lifts today as we solidify another aqua-theatre stage project with our friends at Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.

MGV lifts and traverses 40,000 lbs
Handling Specialty continues to excel in designing custom manually guided vehicles for our diverse customer’s specific applications.
Custom Whiting Electric Jacks
Found in Locomotive maintenance shops and rail yards the world over, the Whiting Portable Electric Jack is the industry standard that continues to outlast the competition.

Aerospace engine dress bay lifting systems
Aerospace engine dress bay lifting systems Handling Specialty builds robust, Custom material handling equipment for multiple, international aerospace companies.

Our Professional Services Specialist
Meet Marek Cybula, Handling Specialty’s Professional Services Specialist. Mareks employment with Handling Specialty commenced in May of 2002, entering the company from the steel industry.