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JLG Industries

JLG Industries, Inc. began in 1969 as a pioneer in high-reach equipment and grew to become the world's leading manufacturer of mobile aerial work platforms and specialized material handling equipment.

The product concept on which JLG was founded was a result of observations made at construction and industrial sites where workers struggled with the inefficiencies of scaffolding and ladders. The founders reasoned that a mechanical device to place workers in the air quickly and safely would save countless dollars for industry. The product needed was a mobile aerial work platform.

A small metal fabrication business in McConnellsburg, PA, named Fulton Industries, Inc., was purchased in 1969 to develop the prototype required to launch this new product concept. An original crew of 20 dedicated workers began the tradition of pride and quality workmanship as they completed the original JLG® lift product in 1970. With a platform height of 27 feet, this original aerial work platform embodied many basic design concepts still in use today, although there have been countless mechanical, electrical and hydraulic design improvements.

Throughout its history, JLG has continued to develop new machines and expand its product offerings to meet the changing needs of its customers and end users.

The rapid growth of the U.S. market for aerial work platforms led JLG to search for expansion opportunities overseas. JLG established a European presence in 1977 and, in 1983, secured a production facility in Port MacQuarie, Australia, to expand distribution on that continent.

Beginning in 1999, with the acquisition of Gradall Industries, JLG expanded its product portfolio to include telehandlers, a natural complement to aerial work platforms. With the addition of telehandlers along with the rapid construction growth in the late 1990's, JLG crossed the $1 billion sales threshold in fiscal year 2000.

Despite the economic recession from 2001 to 2003, the Company continued to strategically invest in its future, opening a new manufacturing facility in Belgium, introducing the European-design telehandler product family, and raising $300 million in two separate bond offerings.

JLG further expanded its product portfolio in August 2003 when the Company acquired the Lull® and SkyTrak® brand telehandlers, along with the military telehandlers used primarily by the U.S. Army and Marine Corps.

In 2004, JLG acquired Delta Manlift and Liftlux large scissor lift products and launched the first ServicePlus® operation in Houston, Texas, with services ranging from preventive maintenance programs to general repairs to the reconditioning of any brand of JLG equipment.

Also in 2004, JLG established the Commercial Solutions Group ("CSG") to provide dedicated resources to our customers in commercial and industrial markets. CSG helps these customers meet operational challenges and enhance productivity with access equipment designed for their applications and a lower cost of ownership through innovative financing and service programs.

In 2005, JLG entered into a global alliance with Caterpillar Inc. to design and produce Cat-branded telehandlers exclusively for Caterpillar dealers. Shipments of the Cat-branded TL Series of telehandlers began in October 2006. In 2006, JLG opened the Atlanta, Georgia location of ServicePlus to provide customers in the Southeast with a range of services including repairs, maintenance programs, parts and training.

On December 6, 2006, JLG Industries, Inc. was acquired by Oshkosh Truck Corporation (NYSE:OSK), a leading manufacturer of specialty vehicles and vehicle bodies, creating a company with a combined $6 billion in revenue. JLG operates as the fourth and largest segment of the Oshkosh family of companies.

JLG Industries, Inc. is the world's leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of access equipment. The Company's diverse product portfolio includes leading brands such as JLG® aerial work platforms; JLG, SkyTrak®, Lull® and Gradall® telehandlers; and an array of complementary accessories that increase the versatility and efficiency of these products. JLG is a subsidiary of Oshkosh Truck Corporation [NYSE: OSK]

Our Mission
JLG Industries, Inc. is committed to being the provider of choice worldwide for access equipment.

Our Vision
Through leadership, teamwork and dedication, we will provide world-class excellence in quality, service and delivery to our distributors and customers, opportunity and enrichment for our employees; and superior performance for our shareholders.

Our Values
We will adhere to these core values as we pursue our mission and vision:

  • Customer Focus: We recognize that our leadership in the industry depends on our ability to respond to the needs of customers. We desire a partnership culture that opens the way for never-ending, two-way dialogue. Each contact with a customer is another opportunity to better understand their needs and improve the merits of JLG.
  • Highest Quality Standards: We expect to be identified by our customers as #1 in terms of quality and service. Quality will be achieved by meeting or exceeding our customers' expectations with all products and services offered by JLG, and with the specific goal of delivering a defect-free product on time, every time.
  • World Class Products: We provide products that demonstrate the highest price and performance value in meeting customers' needs throughout the world. We will strive to introduce products that address or anticipate new opportunities in all the markets we serve.
  • Uncompromising Integrity: We conduct ourselves with a high degree of ethics. We strive to be good citizens in our communities and to be sensitive to the needs of customers, employees, suppliers and shareholders.
  • Constant Pursuit of Excellence: There is no "norm" at JLG. We continually ask questions and challenge the way we do things. Our desire is to promote innovation, responsiveness and flexibility that will keep us focused on excellence in all we do.
  • Teamwork: JLG will reach higher levels of success only by a team commitment in an atmosphere that builds individual self-confidence and encourages everyone associated with JLG to contribute constructive ideas toward our constant pursuit of excellence.