Successful aerial lift history - written by TEUPEN

For more than 45 years, TEUPEN produces and sells class leading height access systems. Technical expertise and unconventional creative thinking combined with the high standards of German craftsmanship have since been the strengths of the TEUPEN team allowing a history of groundbreaking technical innovations for the safety and comfort of our customers.

1977

The company is founded by Bernd Teupen with a product range of furniture hoists

1978

TEUPEN develops its first trailer-mounted work platform

1981

The first furniture hoist using hydraulics and flex channels are engineered and manufactured

1982

The first 3-point articulated aerial work platform is launched

1987

TEUPEN, now a company with 40 employees, launches the first aerial work platform on a rubber track chassis

1994

The first LEO26 with remote control is launched

2004

Launched the first LEO50GT at the bauma show in Munich, Germany

2005

Project “Lehrter Bahnhof” - TEUPEN delivers the complete access solution for the new train station in Berlin

2009

TEUPEN USA is founded as sales and service subsidiary in Charlotte, NC

2016

Presentation of the PUMA42GTX

2018

Presentation of the LEO30Tplus

2019

Launched the LEO35Tplus at the bauma show, in Munich, Germany

2020

Presentation of the LEO34GTplus at Conexpo in Las Vegas

2022

Foundation of TEUPEN ELEVANT as a production site in Krefeld

2024

Altec has acquired TEUPEN