JLG Industries Inc. announces that parent company Oshkosh Corp. has completed the acquisition of AUSACorp S.L. (AUSA), adding the brand’s compact all-terrain machines for transportation and material handling to the company’s Access segment. Following the acquisition of Hinowa in 2023, the AUSA acquisition further supports the Oshkosh accelerated growth strategy and strengthens the JLG equipment portfolio.
Established in 1956, AUSA specializes in designing, manufacturing and selling wheeled dumpers, rough terrain forklifts and compact telehandlers for the residential, civil and road construction industry and the transportation and handling of industrial and agricultural materials. The acquisition includes AUSA’s 250,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Barcelona, approximately 350 team members and access to 200 equipment dealers worldwide.
“AUSA’s culture of innovation and quality matches the same standards we hold,” said Mahesh Narang, president, JLG. “And our shared core values around safety, productivity and sustainability position us well for the future. Together, we will work diligently, as both companies always have, to meet the needs of our customers.”
JLG and AUSA have collaborated since 2020, bringing the SkyTrak 3013 to market together. With the acquisition, AUSA products will enhance JLG’s line of telehandlers and complement Hinowa’s line of tracked dumpers and forklifts. Both acquisitions help accelerate JLG’s growth into the specialty equipment, agriculture and landscaping markets while providing its construction and materials handling customers with an even broader array of products — all backed by JLG’s robust training, support and service infrastructure.
“Our combined capabilities, market leadership positions and complementary product offerings provide a more comprehensive solution to address market needs, expand our operational footprint and unlock growth opportunities worldwide,” said Narang. “The acquisitions of AUSA and Hinowa help JLG create an organization that can better serve customers globally.”
For more information on JLG, visit JLG.com.
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Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.