Company profile

Established in 1932, the company has for many years been among the leading international manufacturers of hydraulic lifting systems in the line of commercial vehicles and in the maritim field.

As a multinational company group with its headquarters in Salzburg, Austria, PALFINGER has manufacturing and assembly sites in Europe, in North and South America and Asia as well as over 5,000 sales and service centres located in over 130 countries across five continents.

With its approx. 8,030 employees, PALFINGER has generated total sales of approx. EUR 1,063.4 million in 2014.

Products and services

PALFINGER is technology leader and number one worldwide for loader cranes, EPSILON timber and recycling cranes, hooklifts and cranes in the offshore wind energy industry.

Furthermore the company is one of the leading manufacturers of marine and offshore cranes as well as launch and recovery systems, boats and winches. With railway applications and bridge inspection units PALFINGER is European technology and market leader in this high-tech sector.

Products such as truck mounted forklifts (worldwide number two), tail lifts, access platforms, truck bodies and pick-up tail lifts complete the product portfolio.

Chronicle

From a fitter‘s workshop to a global, local player

1932

Richard Palfinger establishes a metalworking and repairs workshop for agricultural trailers, tippers and vehicle bodies.

1968

The first crane in serial production comes off the line. Switzerland and France are the first export countries.

1999

PALFINGER goes public with its stock market launch in June. Another milestone in the history of our company. PALFINGER takes over the French company Guima S.A., the world’s second largest manufacturer of hookloaders.

2012

Another great milestone. The joint venture with SANY, the leading Chinese construction machine manufacturer, PALFINGER consolidates its position on the world market for the next decade.

2014

As a pioneer in the field of sustainability, PALFINGER published its first integrated annual report, which not only presents PALFINGER’s economic development but also contains information on ecological and social aspects of the PALFINGER Group.

PALFINGER AG
Address
Franz-Wolfram-Scherer-Strasse 24
5020 Salzburg

Map

Phone
+43 662 4684-82260
Fax
+43 662 4684-82280
Email
h.roither@palfinger.com
Internet
http://www.palfinger.ag
Established
1932
Employees
8.893
Export/Foreign share
95%
Export Markets
over 5,000 sales and service centres located in over 130 countries across five continents
Contact person
Hannes Roither
company spokesman

Worldwide, PALFINGER stands for the most innovative, reliable and cost-effective lifting solutions for use on commercial vehicles and in the maritime field. Although PALFINGER is a multinational company group and has manufacturing and assembly sites in Europe, in North and South America and Asia, it still remains an Austrian Company. We feel proud and honoured for being authorized to bear the Austrian national coat of arms for many years now. It is an appreciation of our former achievements but also an incentive to meet future expectations.

Herbert Ortner, CEO
PALFINGER AG

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