The corporation Pinguely-Haulotte was recently named the Haulotte Group in the year 2005. The name change was the first time in 124 years the name has not included Pinguely. The Haulotte Group is popular for manufacturing telescopic work platforms, articulated work platforms, vertical mast-work platforms, scissor lifts and trailer mounted work platforms.
The Haulotte Group obtained Bil-Jax, Inc. on July 24th, the year 2008. Bil-Jax is the largest US scaffold manufacturer. At present, Haulotte Group has one factory in Spain, three plants in France, one plant in Romania, near Pitesti City. There is a new plant which opened in the winter of the year 2008. This factory is just 1 km away from the existing factory near Pitesti in Arges County. The plant is known as Arges II. There are also two factories within the United States, the former Bill-Jax.
Pinguely
The company was formed in 1881 within Lyon, France by Alexandre Pinguely. The company initially constructed steam engines. The company eventually evolved into making equipment. In the year 1892, they provided a locomotive to the Chemin de Fer de St Victor a Thizy.
Pinguely provided 7 locomotives to the Voiron-Saint-Beron railway. When it comes to numbers produced, Pinguely was not a main steam engine manufacturer. The company supplied a steam locomotive to the Chemin de Fer du Haut-Rhone in the year 1930 and by the year 1932, Pinguely began making steam shovels. Production of steam locomotives was stopped and the company started concentrating instead on mobile cranes and manufacturing earthmoving machinery instead.
Haulotte
Arthur Hualotte established the beginnings of Haulotte in the year 1924, when it was referred to as Ateliers de Construction A. Haulotte. This company specialized in manufacturing derricks, aerial platforms and mobile cranes.
Pinguely-Haulotte
Manufacturing it was decided to be sub-contracted to Pinguely-Haulotte, who was to be responsible for the marketing and engineering, design, research and development. All products were abandoned by Saubot so that the company could concentrate on self-propelled aerial work platforms.