10 Years Ago: Dur-A-Lift Cuts Ribbon on Manufacturing Facility
April 22, 2015 – Iowa Governor Terry Branstad and Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds attended the grand opening of Dur-A-Lift’s manufacturing facility.
A Decade Ago
On April 22, 2015, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad and Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony, which marked the grand opening of a Dur-A-Lift’s new production facility. This 26,000-square-foot building was built to serve as a “homebase” of Dur-A-Lift operations. It’s construction also signaled a new chapter of growth: solidifying Dur-A-Lift’s place as a rising leader in the aerial lift industry.
Today
Dur-A-Lift’s production plant now neighbors a much larger facility to its north. This new 150,000-square-foot manufacturing facility houses both Dur-A-Lift and Sudenga operations, both of which are underneath the umbrella of parent company Diversified Technologies (DTI). As Dur-A-Lift continues to grow, this new space has provided the opportunity to perform our operations on a larger scale.
Over the last ten years, our entire team has remained grateful for this facility. It has enhanced our processes in a number of different ways, and has overall improved the satisfaction of our customers and our team.
Wade DeKam, Parts & Service
Gov. Reynolds returns to Dur-A-Lift
Since her initial visit in 2015, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has since returned to Dur-A-Lift. Her most recent visit was in March of 2022, as part of her 99 County Tour. During this visit, Govenor Reynolds spoke about a Manufacturing 4.0 Workforce Innovation Grant that was awarded to Dur-A-Lift from the state of Iowa. You can read more about that story here.