From its inception in 1954 to the present day, Florlift of NJ, Inc. has been a leader in the elevator and lift field. In 1954 Florlift of NJ was started as a division of the Essex Conveyor company, located in Nutley, NJ. With an innovative design, Florlift introduced the FL-100 model of casket and mortuary lifts. With its newly introduced “hole less” hydraulic design, Florlift quickly became the industry leader and soon captured the market in casket lifts with i-pad cover its reliable and trouble free design. In fact the design was so solid that the original lift sold in 1954 is still in service today and has given its owners over 55 years of continuous and trouble free operation.

In 1977 Frank Sandola and his son in law Casper "Sonny" Vivona Jr. purchased the rights to the Florlift name and design, and this family owned company has been producing these lifts from the original design since, now known as Florlift of NJ, Inc. They began the business operating in a back yard garage in Nutley but soon out grew the facilities. In the early 1980’s Florlift expanded its design to branch in the handicapped accessibility field and its handicapped cycle clothing lift designs were one of the first to be certified by the New York City Buildings Department and issued a NYC MEA certification for its innovative design and safety features.

As Florlift’s market continued to grow, it soon outgrew the garage space it occupied, and in 1984 the operation was moved to a larger manufacturing facility in East Orange, NJ. During the 1980’s and 90’s Florlift continued to expand in the handicapped lift and material lift fields, and also began its elevator division. Working to build strong alliances with elevator manufacturing companies monster beats studio such as ThyseenKrupp, Cemco, Dover Elevator, Custom Elevator, Federal Elevator and specialty manufacturing companies such as, DA Matott, Air Tech, Access Industries, PFlow, Langley, Florlift has continued to expand its product line to serve the needs of industry and private individuals whatever their lifting needs.

Florlift of NJ, Inc. is now located in a modern facility which is newly remodeled and offers the cutting edge in the planning, production, installation servicing and inspections of all the equipment we offer. Florlift is a certified New York City elevator inspection agency, and we offer inspections and supervision of our product installations worldwide. Thailand, Guam, the Philippines, Kuwait and all across Europe, Bermuda, Antigua, St. Thomas, Puerto Rico and Mexico are just a few of the locations that Florlift has installed equipment in. With commercial customers such as NJ Transit, The National Park Service, The Army Corps of Engineers, Dunkin Donuts, Panera Breads, Neri Bakery, Calandra Bakery, Bed, Bath and Beyond, Pier 1 Imports, just to name a few, Florlift vast diversity in products and its capability of designing custom equipment that is not available from other “brand name” elevator companies.