The business 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 known for manufacturing 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, 2008. Bil-Jax is the largest US scaffold manufacturer. At present, Haulotte Group has one plant 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 only 1 km away from the existing factory near Pitesti City in Arges County. The plant is called Arges II. There are also two factories in the United States, the former Bill-Jax.
Pinguely
The company was formed in the year 1881 in Lyon, France by Alexandre Pinguely. The company initially build steam engines. The business eventually evolved into making equipment. During 1892, they supplied a train 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 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 the year 1932, Pinguely began making steam shovels. Production of steam locomotives was stopped and the company began focusing instead on mobile cranes and making earthmoving equipment instead.
Haulotte
Arthur Hualotte established the beginnings of Haulotte in the year 1924, when it was called Ateliers de Construction A. Haulotte. This company specialized in manufacturing 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 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.