Each year, our President, Bob Parr, along with other business leaders, is invited by Home Improvement Retailer Magazine to profer his thoughts about where the industry has been and where it’s going. Last year, he made a few predictions, and we thought it was time to see how well he fared. “Many Home Improvement Retail […]

The times we live and work in are nothing if not unprecedented. The pandemic has had a significant impact on health, businesses and entire sectors. Many businesses have not survived the impact. The construction industry has been lucky – booming in Ontario, BC and across the country. Everywhere you turn, you see a flurry of […]

While Ontario’s GDP is in steep decline, the construction sector has been going up, up, up! And it’s predicted to continue. That’s excellent news for Atlas Polar and our customers. Our HIAB knuckleboom articulating cranes and Moffett truck-mounted forklifts are powering construction projects across the country and are everywhere on Ontario job sites. Downtime is […]

R&D is the heart of any successful manufacturing company. It paved the way for Atlas Polar from our engine designs back in 1938 to our renowned Polar Remote controls and state-of-the-art waterway debris removal systems: Polar Trash Racks, HydroRake® and HydroBrush®, and specialized HiVOLT ALERT™ early warning systems. And it certainly paved the way for […]

Climate change has reached the crisis point, and the heavy equipment and logistics industries need to step up and take some responsibility for the levels of CO2 emissions. It’s driving a new industrial revolution and HIAB is leading the charge. According to experts Oliver Wyman, in their insights on manufacturing industries riding the green wave, […]

The first Multilift Hooklift was delivered in Finland in 1949 when two brothers saw how a lifting and loading task could be made less challenging and the basis of a successful business. The brand has never looked back. Today they’re lighter, simpler, stronger, safer and better than ever – high-performance equipment built and backed by […]

No matter where in the world you live and work, if you have trucks and deliver product, you face the same challenges: productivity, competitiveness, downtime, maintenance, but mostly, getting your deliveries to exactly where they need to get to, safely, in the least amount of time. So while we live and work in Canada, we […]

If your business delivers products out there or up there, truck-mounted articulating cranes can be an essential piece of equipment. These cranes range in capacity, reach, control, safety and performance features to lift heavy loads and deliver your materials on the job site. Also known as knuckleboom cranes, they’re designed to be durable, highly manoeuvrable […]

Everybody loves a hero. A hero can take on things much bigger than themself. A hero has the strength to persevere and endure despite overwhelming obstacles. Steps up whenever needed. Heroes represent the best of what we could be. While it might seem a bit of an exaggeration to talk about a piece of equipment […]