Leitner-Poma of America is a North American aerial lift manufacturer based in Grand Junction, Colorado. It is the North American subsidiary of French-based Poma, which is owned by the Italian company Leitner Technologies, part of the Leitner Group. The North American company was formed in 2000 when the Seeber Group, owner of Leitner, bought Poma. Leitner-Poma's competitors are Doppelmayr CTEC, which is based in Salt Lake City, and SkyTrac. Leitne...
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Leitner-Poma of America is a North American aerial lift manufacturer based in Grand Junction, Colorado. It is the North American subsidiary of French-based Poma, which is owned by the Italian company Leitner Technologies, part of the Leitner Group. The North American company was formed in 2000 when the Seeber Group, owner of Leitner, bought Poma. Leitner-Poma's competitors are Doppelmayr CTEC, which is based in Salt Lake City, and SkyTrac. Leitner-Poma supplies lifts to the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia.
Jean Pomagalski invented the detachable Pomalift surface tow in 1936, and first brought it to North America in 1952. The first North American Poma brand chairlift was installed in 1958 in Squaw Valley, California, for the 1960 Winter Olympics.
Poma's Grand Junction, Colorado, manufacturing facility was opened in 1981 in order for Poma to better serve the North American market.
In 1973, the company built its first Gondola in the United States at Big Sky Resort in...
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