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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Access Equipment |
Founded | 1969 |
Headquarters | McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Key people | Frank Nerenhausen, President |
Products | Aerial Work Platforms and Telehandlers |
Brands | Gradall (1999 - 2006) - Sold to Alamo Group Lull (2003 - 2015) - Discontinued Skytrak (2003 - Present) |
Parent | Oshkosh Corporation |
Website | www |
JLG Industries, Inc., a subsidiary of Oshkosh Corporation, is an American designer, manufacturer, and marketer of access equipment, including aerial work platforms and telehandlers. The company's products are utilized in various industries such as construction, fit-outs, industrial maintenance, material handling, and facilities maintenance. JLG was founded in 1969 and operated independently until its acquisition by Oshkosh Corporation in 2006. With a global presence, JLG is headquartered in McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. The company celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2019.
Founded in 1969, John Landis Grove formed a partnership with two close friends and purchased a small metal fabrication business in McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania. With a team of 20 workers, they constructed and sold the first JLG aerial work platform in 1970. Many of the fundamental design elements of the original lift are still being incorporated into products today.
Since becoming a part of the Oshkosh Corporation Company in late 2006, JLG has had three appointed presidents: Craig E. Paylor, Wilson Jones, and Frank Nerenhausen.
JLG distributors serve the industrial, commercial, institutional, and construction markets worldwide.
JLG has five manufacturing facilities in the United States, as well as four facilities worldwide. These include locations in Leicester, United Kingdom; Fauillet, France; Leon, Mexico; and Tianjin, China. [1] The company provides sales and service support across six continents, including Latin America, the United States, Canada, England, Sweden, Spain, Scotland, Poland, Russia, The Netherlands, Italy, Germany, France, Hong Kong, China, Australia, and New Zealand.
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:
Aerial Work Platforms
Telehandlers: JLG, Lull and SkyTrak
JLG offers three brands of commercial telescopic handlers: JLG, SkyTrak and Lull, which feature all-wheel steering, including two-wheel, four-wheel circle and four-wheel crab to meet various maneuverability requirements. Lull telehandlers have a unique precision placement system called a traversing boom. JLG telehandlers have capacities from 5,500 to 17,000 pounds and heights up to 55 feet. The telehandlers come with a wide variety of attachments to assist with challenges on the job site. JLG telehandlers feature Tier 4i and tier 4 final diesel engines, which meet the EPA's Tier 4 emission standards for nonroad diesel engines. [3] These standards allow for a higher level of fuel efficiency and a reduced impact on the environment.
JLG acquired SkyTrak and Lull in 2003. The last Lull-branded telehandlers were offered in 2015 and are no longer made.
Military Telehandlers
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