The New Waltco. Together. Stronger.
Waltco Lift Corp. is the leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of hydraulic lift gates for truck and trailer applications.
Waltco Lift Corp. was formed by the merger of Waltco Truck Equipment and Ultron Lift Corp and operates in Canada as Waltco Lift Inc. The new liftgate company has emerged into a dynamic and customer-driven company determined to become the leader in the North American liftgate industry. Manufacturing has been consolidated in the Tallmadge, Ohio facility with sales and warehouse locations in Tallmadge, Ohio; City Of Industry, California; and Toronto, Ontario, Canada. We have sales and service representatives strategically located across North America.
Waltco Lift Corp. as a combined force now offers the industry’s broadest product line of liftgates, with more than 50 standard models ranging in lift capacity from 1,250 to 6,600 lbs. and over 100 years of combined expertise in engineering, sales and service. Waltco’s focus is to provide its distributors with a stronger selling advantage to help them grow their business.
Waltco has a fully staffed replacement lift gate parts department in two locations, Tallmadge, Ohio and City of Industry, California to provide truck equipment distiributors, lift gate installers, fleets and end users with the best lift gate parts selection and service in the industry.
Waltco stands out in the trucking and transportation industry with some of the most advanced liftgate innovations designed into delivery solutions. Our combined industry knowledge, engineering expertise and on-time product delivery has resulted in greater competitive advantages, higher profitability and a quicker return on investment.
A tale of two companies:
Waltco originated in Gardena, California, in 1954 as a division of Waltco Engineering. A manufacturer of parts for the aerospace industry, Waltco Engineering entered the liftgate manufacturing business at the request of one of its major customers – the U.S. Department of Defense. Since 1989 the corporate headquarters has been located in Tallmadge, Ohio, also the site of its manufacturing operations.
Soon the company grew to also supply liftgates to a wide range of customers, including major leasing companies such as Ryder and Hertz. By the mid 1980s Waltco had become one of the largest manufacturers of hydraulic liftgates in the United States.
Waltco made a name for itself by offering strong product designs and by designing and building a broad line of flipaway, hybrid slider/flipaway and railgate products backed by the best customer service team in the industry. Waltco was purchased by Zepro Tail Lifts in 1986. Zepro Tail Lifts is part of the Hiab load handling division of Cargotec Corporation based in Finland with U.S. headquarters in Perrysburg, Ohio.
Ultron Lift Corp, formerly DEL Liftgates was founded by Jack Martin in 1945 as a division of DEL Hydraulics in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It included a manufacturing and sales operation in the U.K. Purchased by Militello Holdings in 2000, it moved its corporate offices and North American manufacturing operations to Buffalo, New York.
Ultron Lift Corp dominated the Canadian market with its innovative products and successfully introduced and sold the DV series of hydraulic liftgates, featuring series hydraulic design, a lifetime warranty on slide pads and the lowest cost of ownership of any railgate on the market. Ultron medium duty and heavy duty railgates were sold in the U.S. under a private label agreement and were widely accepted. Ultron’s full line of railgate products, from pickup truck applications to heavy duty hydraulic railgates, are recognized as industry leading designs and form the backbone of the newly combined railgate product offerings from the new Waltco. Two companies – Together. Stronger.
