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 popular for manufacturing articulated work platforms, telescopic work platforms, scissor lifts, trailer mounted work platforms and vertical mast-work platforms.
The Haulotte Group acquired Bil-Jax, Inc. on the 24th of July, the year 2008. Bil-Jax is the biggest scaffold manufacturer in the US. Currently, Haulotte Group has one plant in Spain, three plants in France, one in Romania, near Pitesti City. There is a new factory which opened in the winter of 2008. This factory is 1 km away from the existing plant near Pitesti within Arges County. The plant is called Arges II. There are also two plants within the USA, the former Bill-Jax.
Pinguely
The company was formed in the year 1881 within Lyon, France by Alexandre Pinguely. The company initially build steam locomotives. The business eventually evolved into making machinery. In the year 1892, they provided a train to the Chemin de Fer de St Victor a Thizy.
Pinguely provided 7 locomotives to the Voiron-Saint-Beron railway. In terms of numbers produced, Pinguely was not a major locomotive manufacturer. The company supplied a steam train to the Chemin de Fer du Haut-Rhone in 1930 and by the year 1932, Pinguely started manufacturing steam shovels. Production of steam locomotives was stopped and the company started focusing instead on mobile cranes and making earthmoving machines instead.
Haulotte
Arthur Hualotte formed the beginnings of Haulotte in 1924, when it was called Ateliers de Construction A. Haulotte. This business specialized in manufacturing aerial platforms, mobile cranes and derricks.
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.