EquipmentWatch has awarded Genie the EquipmentWatch Highest Retained Value Award for Articulating Boom Lifts, Telescopic Boom Lifts, and I.C. Scissor Lifts.

Additionally, Genie also received the Lowest Cost of Ownership Award for Articulating Boom Lifts. These industry awards leverage third-party, unbiased data to identify equipment that is projected to best hold its value and/or offer the lowest cost of ownership in the next five years.

Simon Meester, Genie COO affirmed:

“The Genie team continues its 50+ year focus on delivering quality in everything we do — quality equipment, quality parts and accessories and quality support. The awards from EquipmentWatch for Genie boom and scissor lifts are a nice confirmation that we don’t just say things because they sound nice, but because that’s what we truly stand for. Our customers are and will always be the center of our universe, and we live by that by producing equipment that is durable, reliable, retains its value over time and provides the best possible cost of ownership.”

Three Genie Products Receive Highest Retained Value Award

Winners in the EquipmentWatch Highest Retained Value category represent the model within its respective equipment type projected to retain the highest percentage of its original value after a five-year period, based on the comprehensive EquipmentWatch market activity database.

Three Genie products received the EquipmentWatch Highest Retained Value Award:

• Genie S telescopic boom lifts include the Genie J series family of booms lifts introduced last year — which are ideal for most everyday work-at-height jobs and offer the benefits of simplified maintenance and a low total cost of ownership — as well as the popular, heavy-lifting XC boom lifts;

• Genie Z articulating boom lifts, which include the versatile and efficient Genie FE fuel-electric hybrid booms, as well as all-electric booms lifts;

• Genie scissor lifts. Last November, Genie announced it was bringing its all-new brushless, maintenance free AC electric drive to the entire lineup of slab scissor lifts. Genie E-Drive delivers increased run time per battery charge, reduced maintenance costs and industry-leading performance.

Genie Articulating Boom Lifts Also Awarded Lowest Total Cost of Ownership

In addition to receiving the Highest Retained Value Award, EquipmentWatch also awarded Genie articulating boom lifts the Lowest Cost of Ownership Award. Winners in this category represents the model within its respective equipment type with the lowest five-year total cost of ownership, identified using proprietary EquipmentWatch Ownership Cost data.