January 21, 2025; Linamar Corporation’s (TSX:LNR) Skyjack division has announced the expansion of their latest range of E-Drive scissors for the European, Australian and New Zealand markets. Following the successful launch of AC brushless electric drive scissors in the North American market in 2023, Skyjack has brought the E-Drive line to Europe, Australia and New Zealand. The new models feature a designation carrying “E” to signify E-Drive, for example “SJ3219 E”.

The simply electric range is designed to give users more, with improved efficiency, controllability, and torque. The innovative drive system provides exceptional duty cycles and fully proportional controls, which offer a superior drive experience. This means that productivity is boosted with an improvement of up to 20% in runtime per charge. E-Drive provides consistent power, traction and torque, with over 25% gradeability, so that climbing loading ramps is easy, and excellent all-round job site performance is achieved.

“We’re proud to offer the latest expansion of our E-Drive line,” shared Charlie Patterson, Skyjack President. “With this latest launch we now offer both our DC scissor range and our rough terrain articulated booms with E-Drive technology, allowing us to empower users with more.”

Skyjack’s E-Drive range provides users with more; more runtime per charge, more profit from lower maintenance costs, more resale value, and more return on investment. E-Drive models boast exceptional maneuverability, while Skyjack’s unique scissor stack design makes these scissor lifts an ideal choice for a wide range of indoor and outdoor construction, maintenance, and industrial applications.

“Throughout the development of this latest line we focused on giving our users more,”
said Mark Trowman, Product Development and Project Manager EAME, Skyjack Europe. “For example, cost of ownership is reduced significantly with maintenance free, brushless AC electric drive motors; while uptime is maximized with more runtime per charge with less power consumption and lower battery maintenance.”    

In addition, the new range will carry Skyjack’s ECO mark as rental companies and major contractors face increasing demands for sustainability information. Skyjack has introduced its ECO mark to support its customers by providing products that deliver benefits in environmental performance and long-term sustainability. Skyjack’s E-Drive scissors ECO benefits include;
•    Up to 16% operational carbon saving compared to previous models,
•    Up to 20% improvement in duty cycle,
•    Zero emissions,
•    Inherently quiet machines, white noise alarm optional,
•    Leak containment (ECOTRAY) optional,
•    Biodegradable oil optional.