E-ONE ENTERS INTO EXCLUSIVE AGREEMENT WITH BRONTO SKYLIFT
E-ONE®, Inc., a leader in first responder apparatus, has entered into an agreement with Bronto Skylift Oy Ab of Tampere, Finland (“Bronto”), to be the exclusive distributor of Bronto Skylift® RLPs in the United States and Canada. Bronto parts and service for firefighting applications will also be made available exclusively through E-ONE’s independent dealer network.
“Having sold more than 100 Bronto devices in North America since 2000, E-ONE understands the unique opportunities this world-renowned articulating aerial platform affords departments,” said Jay Johnson, Vice President of Sales and Product Management for E-ONE. “We are excited to renew this relationship with Bronto and look forward to utilizing our vast experience with this product as well as our knowledgeable dealer network to meet the needs of customers.”
“North American customers are familiar with both E-ONE and Bronto and of their strong commitments to quality” said Esa Peltola, Bronto’s Managing Director. “We are looking forward to adding to that reputation with our range of joint products.”
The E-ONE Bronto Skylift product range will include the RLP 100, 114, 134, F118 HDT-ER, and the new F116 RLP+ articulating aerial platforms. Bronto’s “RLP+” denotes an optional state-of-the-art control system which offers advanced color displays to enhance operator capabilities and features technology to automatically adjust the operating envelope based on the placement of the jacks.
The Bronto devices will be available on E-ONE Cyclone® II and Quest® chassis, two of the industry’s most durable custom cabs, with an array of body options to complement the articulating aerial platform’s compact, maneuverable design.
To learn more about E-ONE products or to find your local dealer, visit www.E-ONE.com.
As a leading manufacturer of first responder vehicles, E-ONE engineers, manufactures mission-critical vehicles including custom and commercial pumpers tankers, Water Master vacuum tankers, aerial ladders and platforms, command and communication apparatus, quick attack units, industrial trucks, and aircraft rescue firefighting vehicles. The company sells its products world-wide and is headquartered in Ocala, Florida. E-ONE is an ISO 9001 registered and CCC certified manufacturer. For more information, visit www.e-one.com.
Back in March of 2011, Pierce signed an agreement to be the exclusive US distributor, effectively taking it away from E-ONE at that time.
#1 by Dennis on August 22, 2014 - 8:19 AM
There is no way Chicago will ever own something like this. Could you imagine going on 10-15 runs a day with this thing downtown.
#2 by Crabby Milton on August 22, 2014 - 6:00 AM
It also should be noted that BRONTO has been part of the FEDERAL SIGNAL empire since 1995 the company that used to own EONE. Now I guess they liked them too much so FEDERAL or not, they are back together again.
#3 by Crabby Milton on August 22, 2014 - 5:51 AM
PIERCE seems to have the market covered with everything else and they seem to have a single source mentality where E-ONE may not have. Should work just fine for both E-ONE and BRONTO.
#4 by Brian on August 21, 2014 - 10:30 PM
I think the best option may be with smeal and their now owning the snorkel product line.
#5 by Bill Post on August 21, 2014 - 9:28 PM
This a surprise and the question is what happened with Pierce? Apparently either Bronto was unhappy with E/One or E/One was unhappy with Bronto so Pierce had become the new US distributor of Bronto Sky Lift but now that seems to have been reversed once again.
Was Pierce that unhappy with Bronto or was it that E/One was that desperate to get the Skylift distributorship back? Or was it that Bronto was unhappy?
In my opinion the Sky Lift should be more aggressively market to larger cities like Chicago. I can see a city like Chicago purchasing a few 134 foot Bronto Skylifts (perhaps in a few years) after we finally get some new tower ladders in service. The 134 foot Bronto Skylift is the ideal replacement for the 135 foot high aerial ladders that Chicago used to have at Aerial Tower 1 until the mid 2000’s and at former Aerial Tower 3 until around 1995 when they were wrecked in a truck versus building accident,
The Bronto Skylift can even be used to replace the 85 foot reserve Snorkel that eventually is going to need to be replaced.
Spartan/ Erv now has been the American distributor of the Telstar fire/rescue articulated boom by Gimaex which is similar to the Bronto Sky Lift 134 foot boom except the Telstar is 136 foot but they are both articulated and are made in Europe. As the Telstar is distributed by Spartan/Erv the Telstar would probably have an edge in the Chicago markets.
Currently Chicago probably couldn’t afford these large Snorkel type devices but perhaps a few years down the road Chicago could purchase one or two of them.