This is a list of the current and former

aerial lift An aerial lift, also known as a cable car or ropeway, is a means of cable transport in which ''cabins'', ''cars'', ''Gondola lift, gondolas'', or Chairlift, open chairs are hauled above the ground by means of one or more Wire rope, cables. Aeria ...

manufacturers. This list includes

surface lift A surface lift is a type of cable transport for mountain sports in which skiers, snowboarders, or mountain bikers remain on the ground as they are pulled uphill. While they were once prevalent, they have been overtaken in popularity by higher ...

manufacturers.

Current

M & M Ropeways
- Leading manufacturers of Aerial Ropeways, Cable Cranes, Conveyors and Winches *Aarconinfra Ropeways & Future Mobility Pvt Ltd, India *Anzen Sakudo – Japan *Axet – Sweden *BMHRI – China *Borer – Switzerland *Usha Breco Limited - India, founded in 1969 ** SunKid – Austria * CCM Finotello – Italy, manufactured ropeways from the 1990s *Damodar Ropeways & Infra Ltd (DRIL) – India *

Doppelmayr Garaventa Group Doppelmayr/Garaventa Group is an international manufacturer of Aerial lift, ropeways and people movers for ski areas, Public transport, urban transport, amusement parks, and material handling systems. As of 2023, the group had produced over 15,400 ...

– Austria, merging of Doppelmayr and Garaventa in 2002 **

CWA Constructions Doppelmayr/Garaventa Group is an international manufacturer of Aerial lift, ropeways and people movers for ski areas, Public transport, urban transport, amusement parks, and material handling systems. As of 2023, the group had produced over 15,400 ...

– Switzerland, manufactured ropeway cabins from 1956, acquired by Doppelmayr in 2001 ** Liftbyggarna – Sweden, founded in 1952, acquired by Doppelmayr Garaventa Group in 2013 ** Carvatech – Austria, acquired by Doppelmayr in 2022 *FOD – Serbia * Gimar Montaz Mautino – France, merging of Gimar and Montaz Mautino in 1989 *Globe – Poland *Graffer – Italy
Him Cableways
– India, founded in 1992 *Inauen-Schätti – Switzerland *Hongji – China *HTI Group – Italy **

Leitner Ropeways Leitner Ropeways is a business that manufactures and distributes products and equipment for ropeways, snow groomers, urban transportation systems, and wind energy in Italy and internationally. The company was founded in 1888 and was recognized in ...

– Italy, founded in 1888 *** Agudio – Italy, founded in 1861 **

Poma Poma, incorporated as Pomagalski S.A., and sometimes referred to as the Poma Group, is a French company which manufactures cable-driven lift systems, including fixed and detachable chairlifts, gondola lifts, funiculars, aerial tramways, peo ...

– France, founded in 1936, acquired in 2000 ***

Leitner-Poma Leitner-Poma of America, known simply as Leitner-Poma, is a United States aerial lift manufacturer based in Grand Junction, Colorado, Grand Junction, Colorado. It is the American subsidiary of French-based Poma, which is owned by the Italian compa ...

– United States **** Skytrac – United States, acquired by Leitner-Poma in 2016 *** Sigma Cabins – France, founded in 1961 *** Skirail – France, founded in 1981, acquired by Poma in 1987 ** Bartholet – Switzerland, manufactured ropeways from 1976, acquired by HTI in 2022 *** Gangloff – Switzerland, founded in 1928, acquired by Bartholet in 2014 *MEB – Italy *MND Ropeways – France **LST Ropeway Systems (Loipolder Seilbahn Technik) – Germany, acquired by MND Group in 2011 *M&M Ropeways – India * Nippon Cable –

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

, founded in 1953 *REAC – Spain, founded in 1961 *Rowema – Switzerland *SKADO – Russia *SkyTrans – United States * Steurer – Austria, manufactured ropeways from 1926 * STM Sistem Teleferik – Turkey, founded in 1998 *Superior Tramway − United States, founded in 1981 *Sztokfisz - Poland * Tatralift – Slovakia, founded in 1975 *Tosaku – Japan, founded in 1991 *TTC – Switzerland *Vintertec – Finland *Von Rotz & Wiedemar – Switzerland *Umel Dalekovodmontaza d.o.o Tuzla -Bosnia and Herzegovina, since 1976, www.udm.ba

Former

*Abig – Germany *American Steel and Wire – United States *Applevage – France, manufactured ropeways between the 1930s and 1962 *ATG – Germany *Australasian Ropeway – Australia, manufactured chairlifts between the 1960s and 1970s *Badoni – Italy *Bell – Switzerland, manufactured ropeways between 1877 and 1968 *BM Lifts – Canada *Breco – United Kingdom *Cables & Monorail – France *CECIL – France *Ceretti & Tanfani – Italy *Constam – Switzerland, founded in 1929 *Creissels (DCSA) – France *De Pretis – Austria *Drago – Italy *Duport – France *Funivie d'Italia – Italy * Giovanola – Switzerland, manufactured ropeways between 1949 and the 1970s *

GMD Müller GMD Müller Lifts AG, known as GMD Müller, was a ropeway manufacturing company based in Dietlikon, Switzerland. GMD stands for Gerhard Müller Dietlikon. Founded in 1947 by engineer Gerhard Müller, who is credited with the invention of the mo ...

– Switzerland, founded in 1947, closed in 1985 *Hamilton – New Zealand *Heuss – Germany * Hopkins – United States, founded in 1962, ropeway division acquired by SkyTrans in 2001 ** Roebling – United States, manufactured ropeways from 1940, acquired by Hopkins in 1965 *Imes – Italy *

Krupp Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp (formerly Fried. Krupp AG and Friedrich Krupp GmbH), trade name, trading as Krupp, was the largest company in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century as well as Germany's premier weapons manufacturer dur ...

– Germany * Marchisio – Italy, founded in 1951, acquired by CCM Finotello in 1993 *McCallum – Australia, manufactured T-bars and chairlifts in the 1960s and 1970s *Mécalift – France, founded in 1976, closed in 1981 **Transcâble – France *Miner-Denver – United States, founded in 1967, closed in 1970 * Mostostal – Poland, manufactured T-bars and chairlifts * Murray-Latta – Canada *Nascivera – Italy *NSD Niederberger – Switzerland, founded in 1881, acquired by Inauen-Schätti in 2007 *Odermatt – Switzerland *Pullman-Berry **Huntsinger Skilifts *PWH – Germany **Pohlig-Heckel-Bleichert (PHB) – Germany, merging of Pohlig, Heckel, and Bleichert *

Riblet The Riblet Tramway Company of Spokane, Washington, which operated from 1908 to 2003, was once the largest ski chairlift manufacturer in the world. History The company was founded by Byron Christian Riblet, who was born in Osage, Iowa, in 1865 ...

– United States, founded in 1908, closed in 2003 ** Ski Lift International – United States, founded in 1965, acquired by Riblet in 1973 *Ringer – Germany, founded in 1950, closed in 1953 *Sacif – Italy *Samson – Canada, manufactured ropeways between the 1960s and 1988 *Sakgiproshakht – Soviet Georgia, founded in 1946, closed in 1990 **Geospectrans – Georgia *Skima – Switzerland *Skyway – Canada, manufactured ropeways during the 1970s *Stemag – Austria *Streiff – Switzerland, acquired by Inauen-Schätti *Swoboda – Austria, ropeway division founded in 1956 *

Tbilisi Aircraft Manufacturing Tbilisi Aircraft Manufacturing (TAM), also known as JSC Tbilaviamsheni (formerly known as 31st Aviation Factory), is a Georgia (country), Georgian aerospace development and manufacturing company, which also partially manufactures APCs and IFVs. ...

– Georgia *Teletrasporti – Italy *Tiegel – United States, founded in 1959, ceased manufacturing ropeways in 1968 *Transporta Chrudim – Czechoslovakia *Transtélé – France, founded in the 1970s, closed in 1979 *Trojer – Italy *Vöest Alpine – Austria *Weber – France *Wiesner – Czechoslovakia *Wito – Austria **Dolomitenwerk – Austria *Wopfner – Austria, founded in 1952, closed in 1996 *Wullschleger – Switzerland *Yac – France, manufactured platter lifts * Yan Lift – United States, founded in 1965, closed in 1996 *Zemella – Italy

Acquired by Doppelmayr Garaventa Group

* CTEC – United States, founded in 1978, merged with Garaventa in 1992 ** Partek – United States, founded in 1996, acquired by Doppelmayr CTEC in 2005 ***Borvig – United States, closed in 1993 **

Thiokol Thiokol was an American corporation concerned initially with rubber and related chemicals, and later with rocket and missile propulsion systems. Its name is a portmanteau of the Greek words for sulfur () and glue (), an allusion to the company ...

– United States, ropeway division founded in 1971 and closed in 1977 *Girak – Austria, acquired by Garaventa in 1996 *Hölzl – Italy, founded in 1945, acquired by Doppelmayr in 2002 **Agamatic – Italy, founded in 1981, merged with Doppelmayr in 2002 *Küpfer – Switzerland, founded in 1948, merged with Garaventa in 1985 * Von Roll – Switzerland, ropeway division acquired by Doppelmayr in 1996 **Bühler – Switzerland, founded in 1962, acquired by Von Roll in 1975 ** Habegger – Switzerland, manufactured ropeways from 1945, acquired by Von Roll in 1982 ***Brändle – Switzerland ****Sameli-Huber – Switzerland ***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, manufactured ropeways from 1957, acquired by Garaventa in 1991 **Tebru – Switzerland, acquired by WSO Städeli

Acquired by HTI Group

* Baco – Switzerland, founded in 1950, acquired by Poma in 1981 * Carlevaro & Savio – Italy, acquired by Agudio *Heron – United States, acquired by Poma *Montagner – France, founded in 1968, acquired by Poma in 1994 * SACMI – France, founded in 1960, acquired by Poma *

Waagner-Biro Waagner Biro is a Vienna-based group of companies formerly part of the same group which have developed into separately owned, independent companies operating in steel and mechanical engineering. Collectively, the companies have about 1000 employees ...

– Austria, ropeway division acquired by Leitner Ropeways in 1999

Notes

External links

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list of brands {{SkiLift

Aerial Lift An aerial lift, also known as a cable car or ropeway, is a means of cable transport in which ''cabins'', ''cars'', ''Gondola lift, gondolas'', or Chairlift, open chairs are hauled above the ground by means of one or more Wire rope, cables. Aeria ...