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