Enter the Dragon: MEC aims to capitalise on Dingli firepower to expand product range

Lindsey Anderson Editor, Access, Lift & Handlers

17 March 2025

US-based aerial work platform specialist MEC is planning for global growth, boosted by its Chinese owner Dingli. Lindsey Anderson caught up with the company’s senior management team at the ARA show to find out more.

In a world of global trade wars and a slowing US construction market, one might expect US-based Chinese-owned aerial work platform specialist MEC to be taking a cautious approach to business.

Yet the California-based firm, which is wholly-owned by Chinese multinational Dingli and manufactures its machines in China, says…

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