The corporation Pinguely-Haulotte was just named the Haulotte Group during the year 2005. The change in name was the first time within 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 the 24th of July, 2008. Bil-Jax is the biggest US scaffold manufacturer. Now, Haulotte Group has three plants in France, one factory in Spain, 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 just 1 km away from the existing plant near the city of Pitesti in the County of Arges. The factory is called Arges II. There are also two factories within the USA, the former Bill-Jax.
Pinguely
Alexandre Pinguely established the Pinguely Company during the year 1881 within Lyon, France. At first, they constructed steam engines. 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 provided 7 trains to the Voiron-Saint-Beron railway. Pinguely was not considered a major steam engine manufacturer when it comes to numbers produced. The company provided a steam locomotive to the Chemin de Fer du Haut-Rhone in the year 1930 and by 1932, Pinguely started manufacturing steam shovels. Production of steam locomotives was stopped and the company started concentrating instead on mobile cranes and manufacturing earthmoving equipment instead.
Haulotte
Arthur Hualotte formed the beginnings of Haulotte during 1924, when it was called Ateliers de Construction A. Haulotte. This business specialized in manufacturing aerial platforms, mobile cranes and derricks.
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 can focus on self-propelled aerial work platforms.