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Aerial Lift Manufacturers
Current Lift Manufacturers
Doppelmayr
CTEC:
Doppelmayr CTEC was formed in 2002 when Doppelmayr of Austria
aquired Garaventa of Switzerland. However, because Garaventa
and CTEC merged in 1993, this new merger formed Doppelmayr
CTEC in North America. Its headquarters are located in Salt
Lake City, UT with other offices in St. Jerome, Quebec and
Kelowna, British Columbia.
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Leitner
- POMA:
Leitner-POMA was formed in 2001 when Leitner's parent company
purchased the POMA Group. Located in Grand Junction, Colorado,
Leitner-POMA is one of North America's biggest aerial lift
manufacturers.
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Former Lift Manufacturers
CTEC
Inc.:
Founded by former Thiokol employees, Jan Leonard and Mark
Ballantyne in 1977, CTEC quickly grew in popularity and by
1982, it was the second largest aerial lift manufacturer in
North America. A lot of CTEC's early lift designs are based
off of Thiokol's, which Jan and Mark purchased when Thiokol
got out of the aerial lift industry.
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Hall
Ski-Lift Co.:
Founded by Victor E. Hall in 1954, Hall was once one of the
largest ski lift manufactuers in North America with over 800
lift installations. Today, many of its lifts are still in
operation and can be found throughout North America.
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Miner-Denver:
Miner-Denver was a small aerial lift manufacturer located
in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1967, it closed only 3 years
later in 1970, but managed to install 17 lifts in North America
at ski resorts like Steamboat, A-Basin and Squaw Valley.
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Partek:
Partek Ski Lifts was founded in 1996 by Hagen Schulz, the
son of Gary Schulz who owned Borvig Ski Lifts. Partek was
basically the new Borvig, but it's time was short and it was
purchased by Doppelmayr CTEC in 2005.
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Ringer:
Founded in 1950 by a German engineer named Karl Ringer, the
company only lasted a short time before closing its doors
in 1953. Ringer was known for its unique Double-Swivel chair
design and was also credited for installed the first monocable
detachable lift in North America.
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Tiegel:
Tiegel manufacturing was a small chairlift company located
in Belmont, California that manufactured double chairs and
surface lifts. Today, Tiegel is no longer in the aerial lift
business, but some of its lifts can still be found at Homewood
Ski Area in California.
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