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PRODUCT FEATURE

US Hoists: Making the Big Haul, Italian Style he process of ef? ciently lifting called Acme Marine Hoist,” said Teb- on spares, repairs and refurbishments, Tebbens is hopeful that the relation- and moving boats on land is an bens. At the time of the acquisition, positioning the company for new build ship, built on a solid base of service and

T age-old conundrum. While ‘US Acme Marine Hoist was 42-year-old business when the time was right. support, will eventually lead to a deal for

Hoists’ is a relatively new name in the company headquartered in Bayport, NY. a license to build their hoists and carts boat lift sector, in reality it blends more “Acme Marine Hoist was one of the ? rst Italian Style (& Substance) in the U.S. For the moment though, the than four decades of boat lift experience manufacturers of boat hoists and boat While ACME Boat Hoist was his en- focus is on repairs, spares and service, with some of the most modern, auto- lifts in the northeast (US).” trance into the boat lift market, Tebbens and to that end US Hoists invested to en- mated boat lift technology on the planet. While Tebbens and his crew are rela- cannot hide his enthusiasm for the line of sure that it maintains an adequate stock

Thomas A. Tebbens II, president of US tively new to the boat lift business, Teb- products offered via his new partnership of parts in the U.S., ready for installation

Hoists Corporation, explains. US Hoists bens is a third generation owner of Teb- with Italy’s Boat Lift SRL, a company should the need arise. Boat Lift mobile

Corp. of Calverton, NY recently teamed bens Steel based in Calverton, a family which custom designs its boat lifts and boat haulers come standard with a num- with Boat Lift SRL of Italy to deliver company started in 1944 by his grandfa- carts, offer a palate of standard design ber of features designed to enhance ef- the Italian company’s innovative marine ther Alfred Tebbens, a company that has features that includes a 90-degree steer- ? ciency and safety, including: hoists and shuttle machines to North evolved with the times and today stands ing system with electronically synchro- • 90-degree steering system

America, providing parts and service as a supplier in the high-end residential nized winches; sliding lifting points and • Radio controlled domestically for Boat Lift customers. construction business on the East end of remote control equipped with display • 4 steering wheels, 2 steering wheels

Thomas A. Tebbens II, president of U.S. Long Island. “The boat hoist business is and remote assistance service. or sideways movement

Hoists Corporation sees the partnership similar, but at the same time it is very “When I took over (ACME Boat Hoist) • Electronically synchronized as the perfect conduit and the ? rst step different,” said Tebbens. in 2009, I set a goal of the type of equip- winches in his plan to expand the company’s boat Tebbens initial attempt to buy Acme ment I would like to build, looking at our lift business, starting with parts and ser- Marine Hoist in 2005 was rebuffed by the competition and saying ‘Whatever they vice supply, extending to refurbishments owner. But subsequently, after the owner can do, we’re going to do it better,’” said (*The maneuverability and ease of driving the motorized cart lift and transport system was con- and rebuilds and culminating in new unit passed away and the owner’s grandson Tebbens. “And when I went to Italy, ? rmed, as Maritime Reporter was given the op- sales and manufacturing. took on the business, the wheels for sale they were already doing it!” portunity to take a unit for a ‘test drive’ across US were set into motion. So US Hoists entered an agreement as

Hoist’s parking lot in Calverton. While we didn’t

The “New Old” Company While he inherited some new build the sales agent and as the sole provider lift a boat, the driving and overall handling was “The company US Hoist was started contracts with the company acquisition, of parts and services for Boat Lift’s intuitive and simple to master. • G. Trauthwein) in 2009 when we took over a company the tactic from the outset was to focus hoists in North America. 64 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • MAY 2015

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