JLG Telehandler

JLG Telehandler Training Mississauga - In the late 1960's John L. Grove, with his wife Cora embarked on on a cross country journey in their RV. Newly retired, after spending many years working with his brother to assemble their crane business into an market leader, John had no idea that fateful trip would allow JLG Industries, Inc to emerge. The world leader of mobile aerial work platforms and precision materials handling equipment was the end consequence of a road trip.

During their journey, John reacquainted himself with past business connections along the way. In combination with these conversations and a significant event; two workers were tragically electrocuted on scaffolding when the Groves were passing through the Hoover Dam. John uncovered a vast market for a product that could promptly and safely lift individuals in the air to accomplish maintenance and other construction services.

After returning from their vacation, John set up a joint venture with two of his friends and obtained a metal fabrication company in McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania. Starting with a small crew of twenty employees, they produced and sold their first JLG aerial work platform in 1970. The company incorporates some of the basic design elements of that original lift into existing versions.

Since then, JLG Forklifts have come a long way from when Mr. John L. Grove returned from his fatefull cross-country journey and since the first JLG aerial platform entered the market. As of today, the company has expanded itself into several global marketplaces and continues to develop innovative machinery to guarantee that consumers are able to become safer and more efficient within their workplace.

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