Established in 1932, the company has for many years been among the leading international manufacturers of hydraulic lifting, loading and handling systems. As a multinational company group with its headquarters in Salzburg, Austria, PALFINGER has production and assembly sites in Europe, in North and South America as well as in Asia. Innovation, further internationalisation and diversification of products and services form the strategic pillars of the corporate strategy. In line with this, PALFINGER today stands for innovative lifting, loading and handling solutions at the interfaces of the transport chain. The company’s main guiding principle is to make customers throughout the world more successful. As world market leader in truck-loading knuckle-boom cranes and hookloaders, worldwide number two in transportable forklifts as well as forestry and recycling cranes and unrivalled European technology and market leader in railway applications in the high-tech sector we today face the challenge of operating close to the customer worldwide.

The core product is the truck mounted knuckle-boom crane. The company is the world market leader in this segment with close to 150 models and a market share of 30 percent. In hookloaders too (PALIFT and GUIMA) PALFINGER is the world’s biggest manufacturer. Over the years the product portfolio has been steadily expanded with products such as the CRAYLER mounted forklift, the RATCLIFF and PALGATE tail-lifts, and the BISON truck mounted aerial work platform. In addition, the company develops innovative solutions for railway applications, bridge inspection and recycling. Cranes for use in agriculture, forestry and other off-road applications complete the product range.