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. They offer a large variety of products, including aerial tramways, bicable and tricable ropeway, gondola ropeways and detachable and fixed-grip chairlifts. The group was founded in 1888 and was recognized in 2003 to be owned by the Leitner Group, later the HTI Group. The company also provides spare parts, repairs and testing.
Products
Leitner Ropeways manufactures various types of ropeways, such as fixed-grip and detachable chairlifts; monocable, bicable, and tricable gondola lifts; telemix; surface lifts; aerial tramways; funiculars; and inclined elevators.
History
In 1888, Gabriel Leitner established the business, specializing in farm machinery, ropeways for material transportation, waterwheels and sawmills. In 1925 tt grew from a workshop employing 10 employees to a factory to produce agricultural machinery. In 1947 the company build its first chairlift in Corvara, Italy. In 1970, agricultural machinery production ceased, and was replaced by snow groomer engineering. In 1980 a production plant was built. In 1983 the LEITNER detachable grip was developed. In 1985 the first detachable gondola lifts were made in Brunico and Valtournenche, Italy. The first 4-seater chair was made in Obereggen, Italy. In 1999 The company Acquired Waagner Biro. In 2003 a company-wide reorganization resulted in the Leitner Group being formed. In the same year the Leitwind wind turbine was released. In 2008 the MiniMetro was first built in Perugia, Italy.
Agudio
In 2015, Agudio was integrated into Leitner Ropeways, however the brand was retained.
Sites
The company has five sites. The Sterzing site located in Sterzing/Vipiteno, Italy, serves as the headquarters of Leitner AG / SpA. The Sterzing-Unterackern site is also located in Sterzing/Vipiteno, Italy. Leitner GmbH is located at the site in Telfs, Austria. Leitner France SAS is located at the site in Montmélian, France. Leitech s.r.o. is located at the Stará Ľubovňa site in Poprad, Slovakia.
