Rotary Lift assistPRO™ Service Expands Digital Offerings to Meet Growing Demand

MADISON, Ind., May 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Rotary Lift's free assistPRO^™ professional facility planning assistance service is being expanded to give customers additional options for creating custom shop layouts. The expansion comes as demand for the free service hits an all-time high, with more shops now utilizing assistPRO than ever before.

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Available to any Rotary Lift customer, assistPRO helps maximize shop efficiency and technician productivity by determining the optimal number, placement and arrangement of vehicle lifts for a new or remodeled facility. Rotary Lift's in-house assistPRO team works with individual customers and architects to create custom facility layouts.

At the beginning of this year, the assistPRO team took on 35 percent more jobs than it did over the same period in 2013. The number of shops taking advantage of the program has more than doubled over the past five years as the economy has improved.

"Dealers and independent shops have recovered from the recession and are starting to invest in their facilities again," says Larry Kendall, assistPRO technical information specialist – facility planner for Rotary Lift. "No matter if they are expanding, moving into new buildings or just upgrading old equipment, it pays to utilize assistPRO. When you include lifts in your shop layout upfront, there is less of a chance you will need to go through a costly redesign and delay the project."

After determining a facility's intended use, the assistPRO team draws a floor layout with lifts placed for maximum productivity. Turning radii and traffic flow are matched to the types of vehicles serviced so technicians will be able to quickly pull into and out of the bays. Rotary Lift provides assistPRO layout drawings in CAD or PDF electronic formats or as color prints, based on customer preference. Turnaround is fast (usually seven to 10 days), so users can get to work on their new spaces as soon as possible.

assistPRO is expanding its digital offerings to include 3-D SketchUp models of Rotary Lift vehicle lifts. The models will be available for download through SketchUp's 3D Warehouse at https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/ later in 2014. Rotary Lift currently offers CAD blocks, 3-D BIM models and written specifications for its products through ARCAT, and the SketchUp models will give architects and distributors an additional easy-to-use resource for helping customers.

To learn more about assistPRO, contact your local Rotary Lift distributor, visit www.rotarylift.com or call (800) 640-5438. You can also find Rotary Lift on Facebook, www.facebook.com/RotaryLift; Twitter, twitter.com/RotaryLift; YouTube, www.youtube.com/user/RotaryLiftVideos; and Vimeo, http://vimeo.com/groups/rotary.

About Rotary Lift

Rotary Lift is the leading brand of vehicle lifts and equipment designed to increase technician productivity. Founded in 1925 by the inventor of the first automotive hydraulic lift, Rotary Lift offers the broadest line of lifts for use in professional automotive service, commercial truck and transit, and enthusiast/residential customer segments. There are more Rotary Lift products used in vehicle repair shops around the world than any other brand.

Rotary Lift is a Vehicle Service Group (VSG) brand. VSG comprises nine major vehicle lifting and collision repair brands: Rotary Lift, Chief^® Automotive Technologies, Forward^® Lift, Direct-Lift^®, Hanmecson^®, Revolution^® Lift, Elektron, Blitz^® and nogra^®. Based in Madison, Ind., VSG has operations worldwide, including ISO 9001-certified manufacturing centers in the U.S., Europe and Asia.

SOURCE Rotary Lift