In early 2013, Gartec launched their ground-breaking product – the Aritco 9000 Cabin Lift.
Based on their highly successful Aritco 7000 platform lift, the Aritco 9000 Cabin Lift has a fully enclosed cabin, combining the feel of a passenger lift with the ease of installation and cost benefits of a platform lift.
Installing an Aritco 9000 works out to just 60% of the cost of a typical passenger lift installation.
The Aritco 9000 is also ideal for fitting into buildings where space is at a premium and where a conventional lift would simply not be possible, having a market-leading pit depth of only 75mm and a headroom requirement of just 2400mm. The Aritco 9000 takes just three days to install, largely due to being delivered within its own shaft enclosure and requiring only minimal building work.
Since 2013, Gartec has had an unexpected bonus of customers choosing to upgrade their existing Aritco 7000 open platform lift to the enclosed 9000 model. A very inexpensive way to access all the benefits of an enclosed passenger lift experience, as the 9000 is based on exactly the same footprint, therefore allowing for a very quick transformation with minimal downtime.
The majority of new orders have come from retail; from Boots to Selfridges; followed by Secondary and then Primary schools who have been early adopters, upgrading for the enhanced sense of safety that the fully enclosed cabin provides.
