Auto Lifts, Automotive and Vehicle Lift

ALI Certified = Proven Quality

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The Automotive Lift Institute, Inc. (ALI) was founded in 1945 as the trade association of U.S. manufacturers of in-ground lifts. By 1988 ALI welcomed members from Canada as well as North American based marketers of automotive lifts produced and distributed globally.

ALI’s mission is to promote the safe design, construction, installation, service, and use of automotive lifts.

It is the stated policy of ALI to provide a high quality, independent, third party Certification Program that promotes the safe design, construction, installation and use of automotive lift products. While quality improvement is the responsibility of every ALI employee, Member Company, and Certification Program Participant, it is the quality control measures within the Certification Program Participation Manual and Quality and Operational Procedures that assure ALI’s industry recognized certification mark maintains a high degree of integrity.

In keeping with the ALI Conflicts of Interest Policy - ALI, the Certification Program Administrator and the testing laboratories supporting the ALI Lift Certification Program do not supply, design or manufacture lift products.

Since ALI’s inception, changes in the marketplace have led the industry to identify lifts with terms such as auto lifts, auto hoists, and vehicle lifts among others. Regardless of how you identify the product, there are now seven (7) types of lifts commonly used in today’s auto equipment garage.

ALI, in cooperation with the National Bureau of Standards, sponsored the first standard governing automotive lifts (CS142) in 1947. Today’s Institute remains diligent with regard to lift safety as a primary activity and pursues a mission of promoting the safe design, construction, installation and use of automotive lift products. Credentialed as a Nationally Recognized Standards Development Organization and as an Accredited Product Certification Program Provider, ALI sponsors several national safety standards and offers a Third-Party Certification Program for automotive lifts. More information regarding standards and other ALI sponsored safety activities can be found throughout the Institute’s website.

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