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, trailer mounted work platforms, vertical mast-work platforms and scissor lifts.
On the 24th of July, 2008 the Haulotte Group obtained Bil-Jax, who was the US' biggest scaffold manufacturer. At present, Haulotte Group has three factories in France, one plant in Spain, one factory in Romania, near the City of Pitesti. There is a new factory that opened in the winter of 2008. This plant is 1 km away from the existing factory near the city of Pitesti within Arges County. 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 1881 within Lyon, France by Alexandre Pinguely. The company first build steam engines. The business evolved into making equipment eventually. During the year 1892, they supplied a train to the Chemin de Fer de St Victor a Thizy.
The company supplied 7 steam engines to the Voiron-Saint-Beron railway. Pinguely was not considered a major locomotive manufacturer in terms of numbers produced. The company provided a steam train to the Chemin de Fer du Haut-Rhone in the year 1930 and by 1932, Pinguely started manufacturing steam shovels. Steam locomotive production was stopped and the company began concentrating instead on mobile cranes and manufacturing earthmoving machinery instead.
Haulotte
During the year 1924, Haulotte was established in L'Horme by Arthur Haulotte. The company was called Ateliers de Construction A. Haulotte. This business specialized in manufacturing aerial platforms, mobile cranes and derricks.
Pinguely-Haulotte
It was decided that the actual manufacturing was to be sub-contracted to Pinguely-Haulotte. They were to be responsible for the marketing and engineering, design, research and development. All products were abandoned by Saubot so that the company can focus on self-propelled aerial work platforms.