It’s All About the People
As we celebrated Genie turning 50 in 2016, a lot of people asked what our secret was; how have we succeeded in the aerial industry for over 50 years?
Continue ReadingGo to the Place, Go to the Person, Go to the Process
Celebrating 50 years in business is a major accomplishment, and if there is one thing I believe has gotten Genie to this point, it’s the people.
Continue ReadingAerial Pros Minute: Drive Systems, Part 1
Learn more about drive systems in this month's Aerial Pros Minute
Continue ReadingInnovation through rROIC
As a leader in the aerial equipment industry, we are always looking for ways to continue “Building the Future.” It’s more than our 50th anniversary slogan; it’s how we do business.
Continue ReadingFollowing Other Industries’ Trends
Ever wonder how equipment manufacturers come up with the next big thing?
Continue ReadingInnovation with Customer Input
For 50 years, customers’ needs have driven our company’s product innovations —and that process never ends.
Continue ReadingAlways Focusing On Our Customers
As we continue to journey through our company’s 50th year in business, it is important to keep coming back to the reason we got into business and are still in business today: To serve our customers.
Continue ReadingWhat’s Next?
Celebrating 50 years in business can’t be all retrospective, we need to also look forward: What’s next?
Continue ReadingFailures Lead to Successes
To have been in business for 50 years means that Genie has achieved its share of success. But along with those successes have also been failures.
Continue ReadingCase Study: Genie Partners with WWCC to Proactively Train New Service Technicians
According to upcoming changes to the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and Canadian Standards Association (CSA), only a qualified person should inspect and maintain mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations.
Continue ReadingBold Moves
Continue ReadingLeading by Example
"Do the right thing for the customer, and you'll be successful."
Continue ReadingEvolution of Aerial Safety and Training Programs
When I started working in a rental yard on aerial equipment in May of 1976, today’s training and safety programs didn’t exist yet because the industry wasn't very big at the time.
Continue Reading“Building the Future” – Genie Pioneers 50 Years of Innovations
Marking half a century of serving aerial markets around the world, Genie is celebrating our five-decade legacy of “Building the Future” through industry leadership and innovation this year.
Continue ReadingMeeting a Legend: An Interview with Bud Bushnell, Founder of Genie Industries
Webster’s dictionary defines legend as “An unverified popular story handed down from earlier times.”
Continue ReadingFrom Distributor to Rental, How Genie Embraced the Change in Aerial Equipment Distribution
I was asked awhile back about how I think Genie shaped the industry in the last 50 years.
Continue ReadingSolving the Access to Access Challenge
Fifty years is a significant milestone for any company. For Genie, it is even more momentous because the aerial industry has grown at the same time.
Continue ReadingReact Quickly, Solve Problems, Take Action
In preparing for our company’s anniversary celebrations this year, someone asked me why I thought Genie has not just survived but thrived in the last 50 years.
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