Poma has installed about 7800 devices for 750 customers worldwide.
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16 Facts About Poma
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The majority of Poma's lifts are used in ski areas in Europe, Asia, and North America, they have installed installations in amusement parks, scenic locations, and industrial transportation applications.
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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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The first Poma chairlifts were built in 1958 in France and the United States.
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The prototype gondola by Poma was the La Daille gondola at Val D'isere and installed in 1966 but replaced in 2018.
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Early Poma chairlifts were installed at Squaw Valley, California for the 1960 Winter Olympics.
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Poma supplied lifts for the Olympic Winter Games at Sarajevo, Yugoslavia in 1984, at Albertville, France in 1992, at Lillehammer, Norway in 1994 and has worked on the lifts for the 2014 Games at Sochi, Russia.
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Poma's fixed grip chairlifts have proven popular throughout the world.
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Poma introduced detachable chairlifts in 1972 in Pralognan-la-Vanoise and Saint-Lary.
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In 1991, Poma unveiled their Omega detachable terminal which was more compact than previous terminals.
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Poma built its first six-passenger detachable chairlift in 1993 and its first eight-passenger lift was constructed in Meribel, France in the year 2000.
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Poma built its first detachable gondolas in Val d'Isere and Queenstown in 1966, and then, its first automatic gondolas in Chalmazel, Les Menuires in 1967.
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In 2003, Poma built the world's largest reversible ropeway to connect the French resorts of Les Arcs and La Plagne, the Vanoise Express.
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In 2010, Poma worked on the replacement of the Roosevelt Island Tramway in New York, using a design based mechanically on the Vanoise Express.
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Poma has built numerous funiculars which are cable driven railways that can climb steep pitches.
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Poma had a partnership with Otis Elevator, known as Poma-Otis Transportation Systems, to build Automated People Movers.
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