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