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The Doppelmayr Garaventa Group is an Austrian-Swiss company that manufactures chairlifts, cable cars, gondolas, surface tows for ski and amusement parks as well as urban people movers and material handling systems. To date, Doppelmayr and Garaventa have produced over 13,700 installations in 78 countries. The Doppelmayr Garaventa Group was formed in 2002 when Doppelmayr of Wolfurt, Austria merged with Garaventa AG of Switzerland to form the world's largest ropeway manufacturer. In North America, the company operates under the name Doppelmayr (North America).

History

Doppelmayr was founded in Wolfurt Austria in 1892. Artur Doppelmayr, the son of the founder, took over in 1967. In 1996, Doppelmayr's holding company purchased Von Roll, a Swiss maker of gondolas and cable cars. In 2002, Doppelmayr acquired CWA, a Swiss maker of gondola and cable car cabins. The merger of Doppelmayr and Garaventa was announced in 2001 and completed in 2002.

The company was selected in April 2011 as one of a consortium to build London's

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Cable Car system.

Doppelmayr Seilbahnen

Doppelmayr's core ropeway products include cable cars, gondolas, detachable chairlifts, fixed grip chairlifts, and teleskis that are sold under the Doppelmayr, Garaventa, and Von Roll brands. The company pioneered the "3S" tri-cable gondola located in Kitzbühel

Kitzbühel

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(Austria), Koblenz (Germany) and Whistler-Blackcomb (Canada). It has also introduced innovative products such as heated seats on ski lifts.

Doppelmayr Transport Technology

Doppelmayr Transport Technology develops and sells material ropeway systems. Initially, these systems were similar to cable cars and chairlifts designed for people, but fitted with specially designed carriers. In the early 2000s, Doppelmayr developed a cable driven material handling ropeway called RopeCon. RopeCon is a conveyor system that can transport materials over long distances with little ground disturbance. RopeCon installations can be found in Papua New Guinea, Jamaica, Switzerland, and Austria.

Doppelmayr Cable Car

Doppelmayr Cable Car builds automated people movers for airports and other urban settings. The first installation was completed at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas in 1999. Other installations can be found at Pearson International Airport in Toronto and Birmingham International Airport in the United Kingdom. Contracts have been awarded for Doppelmayr Cable Car to install systems in Mexico City, Mexico; Doha, Qatar; Venice, Italy; and Caracas, Venezuela.

CWA Constructions

CWA Constructions of Olten, Switzerland manufactures gondola and people mover cabins for Doppelmayr installations as well as for other company's systems. The cabins of the Felseneggbahn are constructed by CWA.

ABS Transportbahnen

Produce local transport funiculars, which are different in that they are designed as mountain elevators to enable people to move around at resort level.

Input

The Input Projektentwicklungs GmbH division produces amusement rides such as the experimental Mountain Glider roller coaster in Walibi, Belgium. This project was plagued with problems and the ride was eventually removed.

LTW Intralogistics

Doppelmayr Garaventa's LTW division produces automated warehouse technology.
www.LTWUSA.com

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