Nicolas Industrie

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NICOLAS Industrie SAS
Industry Logistics
Founded1855 in Auxerre, France.
Headquarters Champs-sur-Yonne, France
Area served
Worldwide
Products Trailers
Hydraulic modular trailer
SPMT
Parent Transporter Industry International
Website https://www.nicolas.fr/
Nicolas Tractomas D75 in South Africa Rotran Set Nicolas Tractomas.jpg
Nicolas Tractomas D75 in South Africa

Nicolas Industrie S.A.S. is a French manufacturer of heavy trucks, trailers, HMT and SPMTs, mostly intended for oversize loads. Nicolas has been located in Champs-sur-Yonne since 1969, which is also when they started to develop vehicles meant particularly for very heavy loads. [1] Their trucks, sold under the Tractomas brand, are built to single order. They most often incorporate Renault cabs and other parts, as well as a number of proprietary parts from manufacturers around the world. The Nicolas Tractomas TR1010 D100 currently holds the record as the world's largest road going truck, weighing in at 71 tonnes.

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History

Founded in 1855 as a manufacturer of agricultural trailers, Nicolas developed itself as a heavy haulage trailer specialist in Europe. In 1971 Nicolas delivered its one of first hydraulic modular trailer consisted of two modules of 10 axles each 80 wheels in total with a combined payload of 600 tons. [2] In 1973 Nicolas became licensed distributor of York Trailers UK, one of largest trailer manufacturer in the time [3] by this time the company manufactured self powered heavy hauler units which were capable of moving 500 tons with help of a girder frame on multiple axles operated by a crew of three was named the biggest trailer ever built at the time. [4]

In 1979 Nicolas came up with Tractomas a ballast tractor lineup which was specially manufactured for oversize load transportation powered by 400 plus hp engines with payload of 200 ton offered with 6x6 and 8x8 configuration. [5] In 1989 Nicolas manufactured its first SPMT named HY-SPEC (Hydraulic, Self Powered, Electronically Controlled) unit consisted of two modules of 4 and 6 axles configuration with total of 80 wheels with payload of 300 tons with help of a Deutz 450hp engine without employing a ballast tractor. [6]

In 1994 Otto Rettenmaier acquired Nicolas and since then the company has been under the wing of Tii group which also owns Scheuerle Fahrzeugfabrik and Kamag Transporttechnik.[ citation needed ]

From 190 Employees in 2012, it now has below 40 employees and stopped all production, which made its glory, in order to focus of after sales for Tii group. A serious hit for the local economy since Nicolas was the biggest industry in the French "département Yonne".[ citation needed ]

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