Haulotte Group

Infobox Company
company_name = Haulotte Group
company_
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company_type = Public (Euronext|PIG)
foundation = 1995 (Pinguely-Haulotte)
founder = Alexandre Pinguely
location_city = L'Horme
location_country =
location =
origins = Pinguely (1881),
Haulotte (1924)
key_people = Pierre Saubot
area_served =
industry = Construction
products =
revenue = EUR648.1 million (2007)
operating_income =
net_income =
num_employees = 1970 (2007)

parent = HAULOTTE France Sarl
subsid = ABM Industries SA,
HAULOTTE Australia Pty Ltd,
HAULOTTE GmbH,
HAULOTTE Iberica SL,
HAULOTTE Italia Srl,
HAULOTTE Netherlands BV,
HAULOTTE Portugal,
HAULOTTE Scandinavia AB,
HAULOTTE UK Ltd,
HAULOTTE US Inc.
owner =
slogan =
homepage = [http://www.haulotte.com www.haulotte.com]
dissolved =
footnotes =

Haulotte Group is a major French aerial work platform manufacturer, the third-largest company in the world in this area of products.

History

Haulotte Group was formed from the merger of Pinguely and Haulotte in 1995, and renamed Haulotte Group in 2005.

Pinguely

Pinguely was formed by Alexandre Pinguely in Chambéry, France in 1881. At first they made steam locomotives, but diversified into making equipment. In 1892, they supplied a locomotive to the Chemin de Fer de St Victor à Thizy.cite web | url = http://www.irsociety.co.uk/Archives/27/CL_3.htm| publisher = Industrial Railway Society| title = Corpet-Louvet, Chapter 2, THE CLASSIC SIX-COUPLED TANK| accessdate = 2008-03-20] In 1895, Pinguely supplied seven locomotives to the Voiron - Saint-Béron railway.cite web | url = http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/peclegg/sncf/article_2003_06.html| publisher = P E Clegg| title = "The Railroad runs through the middle of the house"| accessdate = 2008-03-20|format=PDF] Pinguely was not a major locomotive manufacturer in terms of numbers produced..cite web | url = http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/58/Pinguely-Haulotte-SA.html| publisher = Net Industries LLC| title = History of Pinguely-Haulotte SA| accessdate = 2008-03-21 ] Fact|date=April 2008 In 1930, Pinguely supplied a steam tram locomotive to the Chemin de Fer du Haute Rhône.cite web | url = http://www.lococarriage.org.uk/train_tram.htm| publisher = The Locomotive & Carriage Institution| title = The Train Tram Concept, PART 1 - HISTORICAL CONTEXT| accessdate = 2008-03-21] By 1932, Pinguely was also making steam shovels.cite web | url = http://www.haulotte.com/CMS/Files/HaulotteTime/8/Haulotte time 8-uk.pdf| publisher = Haulotte Group| title = The handlerrevolution| accessdate = 2008-03-20|format=PDF] Production of steam locomotives was stopped, and the company concentrated on manufacturing earthmoving equipment and mobile cranes.

Haulotte

Haulotte was formed in 1924 in L'Horme by Arthur Haulotte, the company being "Ateliers de Construction A. Haulotte". They specialised in the production of aerial platforms, derricks and mobile cranes.

Creusot-Loire

Pinguely and Haulotte were both taken over by the steel conglomerate Creusot-Loire. Creusot-Loire went bankrupt in 1984, and the future of Pinguely and Haulotte was in doubt. In 1985, both companies were bought by Pierre Saubot. Saubot had spotted a new market for aerial work platforms, and that work was assigned to Haulotte. Pinguely manufactured tower cranes in the meantime, mainly to fulfill a contract with the French Army. By the mid-90s, Haulotte was the leading manufacturer of aerial work platforms in France. The companies were kept separate through the 80s, and in 1995 became Pinguely-Haulotte. It was decided to concentrate on the aerial platform business, although Pinguely had won a contract worth FF300 million to supply equipment to the French Army.

Pinguely-Haulotte

Saubot decided to abandon all products and concentrate on self-propelled aerial work platforms, with the actual manufacturing sub-contracted out. Pinguely-Haulotte doing the design, research, development, engineering and marketing. In 1997, the last of the equipment for the French Army was delivered. The company was struggling to keep up with demand by this time, and subsidiary companies were set up in Germany and the United Kingdom. In 1998, Pinguely-Haulotte went public, sales having risen from EUR25 million in 1995 to EUR56 million in 1998. By 1999, Pinguely-Haulotte were producing 3,000 units a year, and in 2000 a new plant in Reims was acquired, raising production to 6,000 units. During this time, Pinguely-Haulotte were expanding their manufacturing base to include Australia, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. In 2000, Pinguely-Haulotte were in negotiations to acquire the European operations of Terex in the United States. This would have brought factories in Ireland and the Netherlands into Pinguely-Haulotte's ownership but the deal fell through the following year. By the end of 2001 production was up to 10,000 units a year and sale were EUR246 million. Pinguely-Haulotte expanded into Brazil, Singapore, Sweden and the US in that year. by mid-2002, Pinguely-Haulotte were the world's third biggest manufacturer of aerial work platforms, with a global share of 17%.

Haulotte Group

Pinguely-Haulotte was renamed Haulotte Group in 2005, thus bringing the end of the Pinguely name after 124 years. Their main business is the manufacture of articulated work platforms, scissor lifts, telescopic work platforms, trailer mounted work platforms and vertical mast-work platformscite web | url = http://www.rentalmanagementmag.com/newsart.asp?ARTID=2000| publisher = Rental Management| title = 50 years of growth| accessdate = 2008-03-20]

On July 24, 2008 Haulotte Group acquired [http://www.biljax.com Bil-Jax, Inc.] , the largest U.S. scaffold manufacturer.cite web|url=http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080726/BUSINESS03/807260368/-1/BUSINESS|title=Archbold maker of scaffolding has new owner|publisher=Toledo Blade| accessdate=2008-08-02] cite web|url=http://www.biljax.com//News/NPage124.aspx|title=Bil-Jax, Inc. Acquired by the Haulotte Group, SA|publisher=Bil-Jax|accessdate=2008-08-02] cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2008/07/28/afx5258455.html|title=Haulotte says unlikely FY sales will top 2007 or net margin will be 2 digit|publisher=Forbes.com|accessdate=2008-08-02]

Locomotives

Preserved Pinguely locomotives

References