Pre-engineered, OSHA-compliant modular access — built by an award-winning U.S. manufacturing team.
The team that builds ErectaStep modular metal stairs, work platforms, and crossovers just earned outside validation that’s hard to ignore: parent company SixAxis, LLC was named 2025 Operational Team of the Year by private equity owner MiddleGround Capital — the firm’s most prestigious portfolio-wide honor, awarded across a portfolio of roughly 18 businesses and 190+ plants.
If you’ve ever ordered an ErectaStep system because you needed safe access now — not in 12 weeks — here’s what that recognition means for the next project on your list.
Why this matters to ErectaStep customers
- TRIR: 0.00 vs. an industry standard of 3.10 — components produced in one of the safest manufacturing environments in the U.S.
- On-time delivery: 97.3% vs. an industry standard near 83% for build-to-order manufacturing. When ErectaStep commits to a ship date, the components are on the truck.
- 98% domestic sourcing with built-in redundancy — zero raw-material “brown-outs” in several years.
Both production facilities are ISO 14001 and SHARP certified. Andrews, S.C. is also ISO 9001 certified.
The manufacturing model behind the speed
ErectaStep components are built inside the SixAxis Production System (SPS) — a proprietary operational playbook built on safety, quality, and morale, with continuous improvement as a company-wide mindset. A mass-customization approach standardizes parts across the catalog, which is why a 4-step unit and a 50-step tower ship from the same pool of precision-cut, powder-coated components. The bolt-together promise works in the field because the parts are highly repeatable and tight-tolerance.
From the COO
“We practice what we preach as a leading provider of safety solutions. Our own safety record demonstrates our dedication to achieving world-class operational safety in U.S. manufacturing. That’s not marketing — that’s continuous improvement as a mindset, every department, every day.”
— Doug Odum, Chief Operating Officer, SixAxis
What it means for your next project
Whether you’re spec’ing a single crossover or a tower for tank access, you’re ordering from a U.S. manufacturing team just designated the gold standard across MiddleGround Capital’s portfolio. Faster lead times. Fewer field issues. Components that show up complete.
