Blue Giant Equipment Corporation

Blue Giant History

2011

Blue Giant Equipment Corporation has added a new model to its widely acclaimed and award-winning StrongArm™ vehicle restraint series. The StrongArm™ EVR303 electric vehicle restraint.

2011

Blue Giant Equipment Corporation has produced another industry first: a completely air-powered dock system. The patented Air Cylinder Series (ACS).

2011

Blue Giant Equipment Corporation is pleased to announce the May 16 opening of a new state-of-the-art dock equipment and parts stocking location in Atlanta, GA.

2011

Blue Giant Equipment Corporation is pleased to announce the formation of a joint venture with Big Dock and Door to sell, stock, and service Blue Giant dock products in Southern California.

2011

Blue Giant Equipment Corporation has entered into a strategic partnership with Big Lift LLC to exclusively distribute the Big Joe brand of material handling equipment in Canada.

2010

Blue Giant is voted #1 in PDD's Best of Business Dealers Choice Poll in the Loading Dock Equipment category for the 2nd year ina row!

2010

December - Blue Giant launches their new Air Cylinder dock leveler. An industry FIRST!

2010

August - Blue Giant launches their new Airbag dock leveler.

2010

April - Blue Giant launches their new U-Series dock leveler platform for Hydraulic, Vertical and Mechanical

2010

Blue Giant joins the USGBC, offering LEED literature for all thier Loading Dock Products.

2010

Blue Giant wins Bronze in Plant Engineering's Product of the Year Award, 2009.

2009

Blue Giant is voted #1 in PDD's Best of Business Dealers Choice Poll in the Loading Dock Equipment category.

2009

Blue Giant introduces the StrongArm SVR303 Vehicle Restraint , StrongArm Dock Lip Barrier and the Blue Genius Touch Control Panels

2009

Blue Giant introduces new design featuring more information and easier navigation to their website.

2008

Blue Giant is featured on 21st Century television news program

2008

Blue Giant Celebrates 45 years manufacturing loading dock equipment - click here for pictures

2007

Blue Giant awarded 3 major projects in Dubai - 256 dock levelers and 8 dock lift products working in action

2005

Blue Giant adds 20 service vehicles to its ever growing fleet, becoming the largest OEM service company of dock products in Canada

2003

Blue Giant acquires the Rol-Lift brand name and expands distribution of dock products in North America.

2002

250,000th dock leveler product is manufactured worldwide

2001

Blue Giant launches the XDS Extra Dock Safety series to market, the only 3 in 1 offering that protects the dock and the door from the dangers of the drop zone

2000

Blue Giant acquired by TBM Holdings

1998

Blue Giant formalizes licensee partnership manufacturing dock equipment in Mexico.

1997

Blue Giant begins to private brand lift trucks for Clark Materials Handling

1997

Certification to AWS welding standards

1996

Blue Giant ISO9001:1994 registered (between 1996 to 1999) and subsequently implements an ongoing internal quality policy

1995

Blue Giant redesigns the industrial truck offering with ergonomic handles and sleeker body styles

1994

Blue Giant awarded the largest single order contract for 309 mechanical dock levelers for the Singapore Port Authority

1993

500,000th hand pallet truck rolls off the assembly line

1991

Blue Giant formalizes licensee partnership manufacturing dock equipment in South East Asia

1985

Blue Giant introduces the first non-impact ICC-bar vehicle restraint to North American market

1984

Blue Giant expands their existing manufacturing operation in Brampton , Ontario from 35,000 to 100,000 SQF

1978

Blue Giant expands manufacturing and distribution with a 120,000 SQF operation in Alabama

1977

Blue Giant formalizes licensee partnership manufacturing dock equipment in South Africa. Over 6,000 dock levelers installed within seven years

1973

Blue Giant introduces dock lifts and scissor tables to an already expanding product offering

1972

Blue Giant formalizes licensee partnership manufacturing dock equipment in Australia . Blue Giant dominates the market for over 20 years

1971

Blue Giant introduces electric pallet trucks and stackers to the product mix

1963

Blue Giant was founded on May 30th, specializing in the manufacture of dock levelers and hand pallet trucks



© Copyright 2012 All Rights Reserved, Blue Giant