The History of the Aardwolf Lifters
From farm boy in Trundle, N.S.W. Australia, to stonemason in South Africa, to mechanical engineer in Vietnam…
The Aardwolf Lifter was invented and developed by James Edmund Corbett.
A full range of lifters were further developed in 2002 and sold worldwide under the trademark Aardwolf.
Aardwolf Industry has continuously improved its products throughout its history to ensure users achieve three core goal of Quality, Efficiency and Safety.

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A production prototype lifter at about the time Jim filed his patent application in March 1995.
James Edmund Corbett invented the Aardwolf Slab Lifter Automatic.

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