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Published on: 10/18/2000
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Greg Harmon is president of National Wheel-O-Vator Co.Inc. in Roanoke, Ill., one of the nation's leading manufacturers of stairlifts.He says his firm and others in the field have a unique opportunity to make life better for people with limited physical ability.
"I'm proud of our industry as a whole because we are providing a solution to a very important need," he says.Stairlifts can range in price from $2,000 to $10,000, depending on how much weight needs to be lifted and the difficulty of installation.Larger lifting units, including stairlifts for wheelchairs or even in-home elevators, can range from $4,000 to $15,000, Harmon notes.
"Basically, in this business, one size fits all," he says of stairlifts, "so the difference in price involves such things as better and more comfortable chairs, two armrests instead of one, and the type of drive system that's used.
"A stairlift is one of those products where the need has been identified before you begin to look seriously at buying a unit.
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