List of aerial lift manufacturers

This is a list of the current and former aerial lift manufacturers.

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Current
  • Anzen Sakudo – Japan[1]
  • BMF Bartholet – Switzerland, manufactured ropeways from 1976[2]
    • Gangloff – Switzerland, founded in 1928, acquired by BMF Bartholet in 2014[note 1]
  • BMHRI – China
  • Borer – Switzerland
    • SunKid – Austria
  • CCM Finotello – Italy, founded in 1977
  • Carvatech – Austria[note 1][note 2]
  • Ceretti Tanfani – Italy
  • Damodar Ropeways & Infra Ltd, DRIL – India
  • Doppelmayr Garaventa Group – Austria, merging of Doppelmayr and Garaventa in 2002[note 3]
    • CWA Constructions – Switzerland, manufactured ropeway cabins from 1956,[6] acquired by Doppelmayr in 2001[note 1]
    • Doppelmayr Cable Car – Austria
    • Doppelmayr Transport Technology – Austria
  • Gimar Montaz Mautino – France,[7] merging of Gimar and Montaz Mautino in 1989
  • Globe – Poland
  • Him Cableways – India, founded in 1992[8]
  • Inauen Schätti – Switzerland
  • Hongji – China
  • HTI Group – Italy[note 4]
  • LST Ropeway Systems – Germany, acquired by MND Group (France) in 2012
  • M&M Ropeways – India
  • Nippon Cable – Japan, founded in 1953, licensee of Doppelmayr since 1977[15]
  • REAC – Spain, founded in 1961
  • SkyTrans – North America
  • Steurer – Austria, manufactured ropeways from 1926[16][note 8]
  • STM Sistem Teleferik – Turkey, founded in 1998[17]
  • Superior Tramway − United States, founded in 1981[18]
  • Tatralift – Slovakia
  • Tosaku – Japan, founded in 1991[19][note 9]

Former
  • American Steel and Wire – United States
  • Australasian Ropeway – Australia, manufactured chairlifts in the 1960s and 1970s
  • Baco – Switzerland, founded in 1950, acquired by Poma[20][note 10]
  • BM Lifts – Canada
  • Carlevaro-Savio – Italy, acquired by Agudio
  • De Pretis
  • Giovanola – Switzerland, ropeway division closed in the 1970s
  • GMD Müller – Switzerland, founded in 1947, closed in 1992
  • Hamilton – New Zealand, the Hamilton Model B was the standard nutcracker tow across NZ and Australia in the 1950s and 1960s
  • Marchisio – Italy, acquired by CCM Finotello in 1993
  • McCallum – Australia, manufactured T-bars and chairlifts in the 1960s and 1970s
  • Mostostal – Poland, manufactured T-bars and chairlifts
  • Murray-Latta – Canada
  • NSD Niederberger – Switzerland, founded in 1881, closed in 2007
  • Pohlig-Heckel-Bleichert – Germany, merging of Pohlig, Heckel, and Bleichert
  • Pullman-Berry
    • Huntsinger Skilifts
  • Riblet – United States, founded in 1908, closed in 2003
  • Roebling
  • Sakgiproshakht – Soviet Georgia, founded in 1946 in Chiatura and later moved to Tbilisi. Until 1990 it was in charge of developing and implementing almost 95% of cable cars built in former Soviet Union Republics
    • Geospectrans – Georgia, Tbilisi-situated division, now in charge of repairing and renovating Soviet time cable cars in Georgia
    • Tbilisi Aircraft Manufacturing – Manufacturing cabins for "Sakgiproshakht" developed ropeways from 1946 to 1990. Now in charge of replacing old cabins with the new ones keeping same design in Georgia
  • Skyway
  • Stemag
  • Streiff
  • Swoboda – Austria, ropeway division founded in 1956[note 2]
  • Wito
  • Waagner Biro – Austria, ropeway division acquired by Leitner Ropeways in the late 1990s
  • Wopfner – Austria, founded in 1952, closed in 1996[note 11]
  • Yac – France, manufactured platter lifts
  • Yan Lift – United States, also known as Lift Engineering, founded in 1965, closed in 1996

Acquired by Doppelmayr Garaventa Group
  • CTEC – United States, founded in 1978, merged with Garaventa in 1992[note 12]
    • Partek – United States, founded in 1996, acquired by Doppelmayr CTEC in 2005
      • Borvig – United States, closed in 1993, rights acquired by Partek
    • Thiokol – United States, ropeway division founded in 1971, ropeway division closed in 1977, rights sold to CTEC in 1978
  • Girak – Austria, acquired by Garaventa in 1996[note 13]
  • Hölzl – Italy, founded in 1945, merged with Agamatic and Doppelmayr Lana to form Doppelmayr Italia[note 3] in 2002
    • Agamatic – Italy, founded in 1981 as a joint venture between Hölzl and Doppelmayr Lana, merged in 2002
  • Küpfer – Switzerland, founded in 1948, merged with Garaventa in 1985[note 14]
  • Von Roll – Switzerland, ropeway division acquired by Doppelmayr in 1996
    • Bühler – Switzerland, acquired by Von Roll in 1975
    • Habegger – Switzerland, founded in 1950, acquired by Von Roll in 1982
      • Oehler – Switzerland, ropeway division acquired by Habegger in the 1970s
    • Hall Ski-Lift – United States, founded in 1954, merged with Von Roll in 1982
  • WSO Städeli – Switzerland, acquired by Garaventa in 1991

Notes
  1. Company only manufactures cabins.
  2. Swoboda Seilbahnbau GmbH ceased manufacturing ropeways, and was renamed Carvatech Karosserie- und Kabinenbau GmbH, known as Carvatech, in 2005.
  3. Doppelmayr Holding SE operates various subsidiaries worldwide under the Doppelmayr and Garaventa brands. Seven of these are responsible for manufacturing parts,[3] namely Doppelmayr Seilbahnen GmbH (Austria), Garaventa AG (Switzerland), Doppelmayr Canada Ltd., Sanhe Doppelmayr Transport Systems Co., Ltd. (China), Doppelmayr France SAS, Doppelmayr Italia Srl, and Doppelmayr USA, Inc.[4] Doppelmayr has manufactured ropeways from 1937; Garaventa was founded in 1928.[5]
  4. No ropeways are manufactured under the HTI Group brand, however the company operates several subsidiaries manufacturing ropeways.
  5. Leitner AG / SpA operates several subsidiaries worldwide manufacturing ropeways under the Leitner Ropeways brand, namely Leitner GmbH (Austria), Leitner France SAS, and Leitech s.r.o. (Slovakia).[9]
  6. Leitner-Poma of America, Inc. is registered in the United States, and is operational throughout North America, with a subsidiary in Canada called Leitner-Poma Canada Inc. The company was founded in 1981 as Poma of America.[11]
  7. Sigma Cabins is incorporated as Sigma Composite SA.[13]
  8. Ludwig Steurer Maschinen und Seilbahnenbau GmbH & Co KG is registered in Austria, and operates a subsidiary in Switzerland called Steurer Seilbahnen AG.
  9. Tosaku is incorporated as Tokyo Cableway Co., Ltd.[19]
  10. Baco AG ceased manufacturing ropeways, however the company is still active, representing Leitner Ropeways and Poma in Switzerland.[21]
  11. Wopfner declared bankruptcy and ceased manufacturing in 1996. The company was succeeded by Seilbahnsysteme GmbH in 2004, which was renamed Seilbahn-Landschaft-Technik GmbH in 2011. This company licenses design rights to BMF Bartholet, LST Ropeway Systems, and STM Sistem Teleferik.
  12. CTEC merged with the Garaventa's United States subsidiary in 1992 to form Garaventa CTEC, which later merged with the Doppelmayr's United States subsidiary in 2002 to form Doppelmayr CTEC, and became Doppelmayr USA, known simply as Doppelmayr, from 2011.
  13. 50% of Girak was acquired by Garaventa in 1996 and became Girak-Garaventa. The remainder was acquired by Doppelmayr Garaventa Group in 2002 and the Girak name was discontinued.
  14. The company manufactured some lifts as Garaventa-Küpfer for a few years following the merger.

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