The company Pinguely-Haulotte was just named the Haulotte Group in 2005. The name change was the first time in 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.
On the 24th of July, the year 2008 the Haulotte Group acquired 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 Pitesti City. There is a new plant that opened in the winter of the year 2008. This plant is 1 km away from the existing plant near Pitesti in the County of Arges. The plant is called Arges II. There are also two plants within the United States, the former Bill-Jax.
Pinguely
The company was formed during the year 1881 within Lyon, France by Alexandre Pinguely. The company first constructed steam locomotives. The company evolved into making machines eventually. In 1892, they provided a train to the Chemin de Fer de St Victor a Thizy.
Pinguely supplied 7 trains to the Voiron-Saint-Beron railway. When it comes to numbers produced, Pinguely was not a major locomotive manufacturer. The company supplied a steam train 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 manufacturing earthmoving machines instead.
Haulotte
In the year 1924, Haulotte was established in L'Horme by Arthur Haulotte. The company was known as Ateliers de Construction A. Haulotte. This company 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 engineering and marketing, research, design and development. All products were abandoned by Saubot so that the business can concentrate on self-propelled aerial work platforms.