About SANO Handtrucks

Built so one person can do the heavy work safely.

SANO started in an Austrian garage in 1989 with a simple goal: get heavy loads up and down stairs without anyone getting hurt. Today our stair climbers and hand trucks are engineered in Austria and made by SANO Handtrucks in Loganville, Georgia, where our US team sells, supports and services every machine.

Founded

1989

Countries with a SANO team

Made in Loganville, GA

Since 2023

Meet the team ↓

The SANO Handtrucks team at the shop in Loganville, Georgia, where every US machine is made.

Our story

From a garage in Austria to a shop in Georgia.

Thirty-seven years of building stairclimbers and hand trucks that let one person handle a job that used to need a crew.

1989

A garage in Austria

Founder Jochum Bierma set out to move heavy loads up and down stairs without hurting anyone. That idea became SANO GmbH and the first SANO stairclimbers.

2000s

Growing across Europe

From its Austrian headquarters, SANO added subsidiaries in Germany and the United Kingdom, and the LiftKar® became the stairclimber that delivery crews across Europe reached for.

2023

Made in Loganville, Georgia

Jeroen van der Ploeg launched SANO Handtrucks LLC to bring the line to the US. Since 2023 every SANO machine sold here has been made in Loganville, Georgia, and backed by the team below.

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Leadership

Meet the SANO Handtrucks team

Our team in Loganville handles sales, shipping, support and service for every SANO machine in the US. When you call, you reach someone who knows the equipment.

Jeroen Van der Ploeg

Managing Director

Traci Van der Ploeg

Marketing Director

Blair Kilgore

Office Administrator

Nick Waycaster

Sales Director

Harrison Brown

Logistics Coordinator

Jordan Barrett

Ecommerce Specialist

Mission and vision

Why we build what we build

Our mission

Build hand trucks, powered and manual, that take the strain off the person doing the lifting. Fewer injuries and fewer two-man jobs on last-mile work.

Our vision

Be the name people in material handling trust first, because the machines hold up for years and the ideas keep coming.

What drives us

Doing the job right. Every idea on this team goes toward a safer way to move something heavy.

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There’s no other tool like the SANO Hand Truck that has the stair climbing capabilities and the lifting system on it. You’re able to accomplish basically twice as much work.

Close-up of the LiftKar Cabinet Pro climbing stairs with a strapped cabinet

Chris Mason

Owner, Frame Zero Custom Cabinetry · LiftKar® Cabinet Pro

Video

A look inside SANO Handtrucks

A four-minute walk through the Loganville shop, the people who work here and the machines we build.

SANO worldwide

Headquartered in Austria, with teams in four countries

SANO has subsidiaries in Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States. Outside the US? The SANO team in your country can help.

United States

SANO Handtrucks LLC
Loganville, GA · you’re here

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2330 Pro-Tec Way

Loganville, GA 30052

Monday–Thursday

8 am–4 pm

Friday

8 am–12 pm

Saturday–Sunday

Closed

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