Leitner-Poma
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| Founded | 2000 |
| Headquarters | Grand Junction, Colorado |
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Key people
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Rick Spear, President |
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Number of employees
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75 |
| Website | leitner-poma.com |
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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 only competitor is Doppelmayr USA, which is based in Salt Lake City. 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 Montana (removed in 2008). In the following years, Poma built gondolas at Whistler-Blackcomb, British Columbia; Squaw Valley, California (replaced by North America's only funitel); Stowe Mountain Resort, Vermont; and Stratton, Vermont, among others. In total, the company built 205 chairlifts, surface lifts, and gondolas before merging with Leitner.
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