Legacy PPM
Terex Cranes Legacy Brands
PPM
- Stands for Potain Poclain Manutention
- Manufacturer of Telescopic Boom All Terrain Cranes, Truck Cranes and Reach Stackers with lifting capacity from 35 to 60 tons.
- Based in Montceau-Les Mines in Burgundy, France.
- Terex-PPM products are sold worldwide.
Historical Overview
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1967
Potain & Poclain join lifting and hydraulics technologies forming PPM.
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1984
PPM was taken over by "Case-Tenneco"
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1988
P&H mobile cranes brand integrated into PPM / North America by way of license from Harnischfeger Corporation
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1988
PPM was acquired by "Legris Industries" group
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1995
Terex acquires PPM as an affiliate operating as Terex PPM.
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2004
Terex-PPM becomes Terex Cranes France
Product | Past | Current |
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All Terrain Crane | x | |
Truck Crane | x | |
Reach Stacker | x | |
Rough Terrain Crane | x |
Distinguished Historical Accomplishments
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1974
Pioneer of the "city" concept, PPM creates the first rapid, self-powered single-cab crane which can reach up to 60 km/h.
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1976
Launch of the first all terrain cranes onto the market. Equipped with two cabs, they can reach speeds of up to 70km/h.
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1981
PPM widens its activity with the launch of the Stacker. Today, we are the manufacturers with the longest experience in containers handling activity.
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Specialist in the design of booms, Terex-PPM manufactured the longest-ever boom for AC40 in 2004 and AC60 in 2005.
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2007
A step ahead of our competitors with the launch of the Superstacker TFC 46M. Terex-PPM is the only manufacturer to stack six 9’ 6’’containers in the first row and five in the second row.
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Mobile cranes and Stackers fulfil demanding requirements of army departments throughout the world, such as for The U.S., UK and Syria.