Company Bijol d.o.o. was established in 1996, with the main activity of representing, assembling and servicing cranes of the company Palfinger GmbH. Today the company employs 40 full-time workers and some contract workers.
Company Palfinger with headquarters in Salzburg, Austria is a well-known manufacturer of lifting-loading equipment.
Palfinger’s loading technology is powerful because of its excellent kinematics and geometry of mobility. Their products have been continuously improving and with numerous patents and innovations, the company has played an important role in the development of lifting techniques.
Truck mounted knuckle-boom cranes Palfinger and timber and recycling cranes Palfinger Epsilon represent the largest business share in Bijol. The company’s program also consists of tail lifts, aerial work platforms, container handling systems, transportable forklifts, trailers for special transport and for the needs of the Army. In addition to Palfinger, Bijol also represents other companies such as Huffermann, Sennebogen, Exte, Stepa, BMF, MUS-MAX and others.
In 2004, Bijol gained first business for the Slovenian Army on the public competition in cooperation with company Dumida d.o.o. Within that year a new assembly-services workshop specifically for projects in the military industry was built.
In 2006 the company also renovated other production facilities and built new offices.
First project for Slovenian Army was relatively large; it consisted of assembling 48 container handling systems Palfinger
This project was followed by number of others such as, purchase of knuckle-boom cranes with baskets for decontamination of vehicles, purchase of special transportable forklifts Palfinger Crayler and also radar systems for which the basics of hydraulic lifting and descending was constructed and manufactured in the company. The cooperation between Slovenian Army and Bijol was not closed with those projects. The company still provides regular services and maintenance.
Bijol has relatively large range of activity, so each customer from this technical field can find something suitable. Company’s staff listens to their customers, advise them and offer quick and efficient services. With their extended knowledge of engineering, they work on difficult projects that require unique solutions. Bijol’s research and development focus is now on multipurpose vehicles, where they are trying to find innovative solutions for using one vehicle for different kind of activities.
Bijol’s references from Military program:
- PALIFT load handling solutions
- Working basket with Decontamination system
- Hydraulic system for mobile radar
- Crayler forklift for military applications
- Loader crane
- Recovery vehicle with two winches and semi-trailer
- Loader crane
- Loader crane on the Military boat
