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| Industry | Cable-driven lift systems |
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| Founded | 1936 |
| Founder | Jean Pomagalski |
| Revenue | €343 million (2016) |
Number of employees | 1100 |
| Parent | HTI Group |
| Subsidiaries | Leitner-Poma |
| Website | poma |
Poma, incorporated as Pomagalski S.A., and sometimes referred to as the Poma Group, is a French company which manufactures cable-driven lift systems, including fixed and detachable chairlifts, gondola lifts, funiculars, aerial tramways, people movers, and surface lifts. Poma has installed about 7800 devices for 750 customers worldwide.[1]
Poma's only major competitor is the Doppelmayr Garaventa Group which is based in Austria and Switzerland. Italy's Leitner Ropeways was historically another competitor until 2000 when Poma became part of Seeber Group (now HTI).[2] Poma and Leitner remain independent, but formed a strategic partnership which includes the combined purchase of raw materials and the formation of Leitner-Poma as a joint venture in North America.
The majority of Poma's lifts are used in ski areas in Europe, Asia, and North America (as Leitner-Poma), they have also installed installations in amusement parks, scenic locations, and industrial transportation applications.
In some areas Poma lift is used as a generic term for a platter lift, as this was the company's first and most popular product.
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