The corporation Pinguely-Haulotte was just named the Haulotte Group during the year 2005. The name change was the first time within 124 years the name has not included Pinguely. The Haulotte Group is known for manufacturing telescopic work platforms, articulated work platforms, trailer mounted work platforms, vertical mast-work platforms and scissor lifts.
The Haulotte Group obtained Bil-Jax, Inc. on July 24th, 2008. Bil-Jax is the biggest scaffold manufacturer in the US. Currently, Haulotte Group has one factory in Spain, three factories in France, one in Romania, near the City of Pitesti. There is a new factory which opened in the winter of the year 2008. This factory is 1 km away from the existing factory near Pitesti City within Arges County. The plant is known as Arges II. There are also two factories in the USA, the former Bill-Jax.
Pinguely
Alexandre Pinguely formed the Pinguely Company in the year 1881 within Lyon, France. At first, they built steam locomotives. The business evolved into making machinery eventually. In 1892, they supplied a locomotive to the Chemin de Fer de St Victor a Thizy.
The company supplied 7 locomotives to the Voiron-Saint-Beron railway. Pinguely was not considered a major locomotive manufacturer in terms of numbers produced. The company provided a steam locomotive to the Chemin de Fer du Haut-Rhone during 1930 and by 1932, Pinguely started making steam shovels. Production of steam locomotives was stopped and the company began focusing instead on mobile cranes and manufacturing earthmoving machines instead.
Haulotte
During the year 1924, Haulotte was formed in L'Horme by Arthur Haulotte. The company was known as Ateliers de Construction A. Haulotte. This business specialized in manufacturing derricks, aerial platforms and mobile cranes.
Pinguely-Haulotte
It was decided that the actual manufacturing was to be sub-contracted to Pinguely-Haulotte. They were to be responsible for the engineering and marketing, research, design and development. All products were abandoned by Saubot so that the company could concentrate on self-propelled aerial work platforms.