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An aerial lift, [1] also known as a cable car or ropeway, is a means of cable transport in which cabins, cars, gondolas, or open chairs are hauled above the ground by means of one or more cables. Aerial lift systems are frequently employed in a mountainous territory where roads are relatively difficult to build and use, and have seen extensive ...
In 1980 a production plant was built. In 1983, the company developed a detachable grip for chairlifts and gondola lifts. In 1985, the first detachable gondola lifts were made in Brunico and Valtournenche, Italy. The first 4-seater chair was made in Obereggen, Italy. In 1999, the company acquired the ropeway division of Waagner Biro.
HTI Group – Italy [N 4] Leitner Ropeways – Italy, founded in 1888 [N 5] Agudio – Italy, founded in 1861; Poma – France, founded in 1936, [17] acquired in 2000 Leitner-Poma – United States [N 6] Skytrac – United States, acquired by Leitner-Poma in 2016 [19] Sigma Cabins – France, founded in 1961 [N 2] [N 7]
The first Poma single-seater chairlift was built in 1955 in Chamonix, France, using parts from drag lifts, and the first 2-seater chairlifts were built in 1958 in France and the United States. 1966-67 brought the first detachable gondolas built by Poma. The prototype gondola by Poma was the La Daille gondola at Val D'Isere and installed in 1966 ...
As of 2023, the group had produced over 15,400 installations in 96 countries. [2] Their annual revenue in 2022/2023 was 946 million euros. The Doppelmayr/Garaventa Group was formed in 2002 when Doppelmayr of Wolfurt, Austria merged with Garaventa AG of Switzerland to form the world's largest ropeway manufacturer. [3] [4]
Category: Aerial lifts. 18 languages. ... Cable car disasters (8 P) Chairlifts (2 P) G. Gondola lifts (1 C, 18 P) P. Proposed aerial lifts (3 P) Pages in category ...
The tragedy caused the death of 43 people, and four lift officials were jailed for charges regarding the accident. [37] On April 15, 1978, a cable car at Squaw Valley Ski Resort in California came off from one of its cables, dropping 75 feet (23 m) and violently bouncing up. It collided with a cable which sheared through the car.
JLG 1200SJP Boom Lift. JLG introduced its first scissor lift in 1973, and in 1979, scissor lift production began in JLG's Bedford, Pennsylvania location. The firm's current product line includes the following types of items: Mast booms and boom lifts (aerial work platforms) Towable & trailer mounted boom lift trucks and telehandlers; Vertical ...