Lift and Access Seeks Entries for 2011 LLEAP Awards

Lift and Access Magazine is seeking entries for its 2011 Leadership in Lifting Equipment and Aerial Platforms (LLEAP) Awards competition, which will evaluate and honor innovative products that were introduced to the industry between April 1, 2010, and March 31, 2011, and that are innovative or have advanced the state of the lifting equipment and access industry.

Winners will be selected by a panel of judges that includes equipment-rental professionals, industry consultants, equipment managers, and other experts. The panel rates each entry based on innovation, leadership, influence, and benefit.

Each entry will be judged on leadership, influence, benefits, and innovation. The categories include:

• Aerial lifts: Self-propelled boom or scissor lifts, manually or self-propelled vertical lifts, specialty lifts, trailer- or truck-mounted aerials.
• Material handlers: Rough-terrain telescopic or straight-mast forklifts.
• Cranes: Rough-terrain, all-terrain, truck, telescopic boom crawlers, crawler cranes, boom trucks, and self-erecting cranes with capacities less than 100 tons.
• OEM-Developed Features/Essential Components for OEMs: Features developed by an OEM for a new or existing aerial work platform, material handler, or crane.
• Aftermarket Support Products or Services: Products and services developed and sold specifically for end users.

The judging panel will select one first-place (gold) and one second-place (silver) award winner in each category. The judges will also choose one machine and one support product for best all-around innovation.

LLEAP Award winners will be recognized in the November-December 2011 issue of Lift and Access.

Equipment manufacturers and component suppliers may nominate their own equipment, designs, or products, and the Lift and Access staff or the judging panel may also submit nominations.

How to nominate a product or service

To enter a product or service in the LLEAP Awards competition, send a high-resolution (300-dpi) photo or diagram of your product, your company logo, a description of the product’s features and capabilities, and the processing fee to Lift and Access.

The description should include model name; price; when the product or service was introduced; any important specifications, such as capacity and platform height; features, such as safety lockouts and ergonomics; and benefits for the owner or user. Product literature, videos, and other visual aids are preferred but not required.

E-mail the completed entry to: Lift and Access editor Mike Larson at mlarson@maxcapmedia.com by Friday, July 1. If you have questions about entry material, contact Mike by email or phone at 480-329-5773.

Send a nomination fee of $450 for the first product or service nominated and $250 for each additional product or service you are nominating to: Barbara Benton, Maximum Capacity Media, 1003 Central Ave., Fort Dodge, Iowa 50501. If you have questions, contact Barbara at 800-231-8953 or bbenton@maxcapmedia.com.