Terex Utilities was founded in 1945 with the advent of the groundbreaking Tel-E-lect digger derrick and has been rooted in the growth and maintenance of utility infrastructure for more than 80 years. Terex has seen the good times, and the bad, and through it all the company has been there for its customers. Terex has listened to the challenges faced by utility companies and has turned them into new innovative equipment and products.
Terex Utilities has a legacy of innovation that has changed the industry - from the first hydraulic digger derrick to the industry's first all-electric bucket truck. As Terex looks to the future, the company will continue to provide state-of-the-art utility equipment to the crews who build and maintain the electric power grid around the world. It is what makes Terex Utilities Built. Different.
The first Terex products are introduced as Telelect develops the first mechanical digger derrick.
First to introduce fiberglass boom as live line work take hold. Bucket trucks used instead of climbing poles.
Fiberglass third section on digger derricks introduced to eliminate pin-on third sections.
First to introduce ergonomic single stick controller.
First to design a hydraulic lift for aerials: 13 feet and 15 feet first, and then later a double 25 foot.
First to design a two-foot platform lifter for bucket trucks and a hydraulically-compensated boom.
Terex Corporation purchases Telelect. April 1997 name changes to Terex-Telelect.
The Linesman Series debuts with the first TM105; a transmission bucket truck with a working height of 105 feet.
First HyPower hybrid ePTO utility truck launched.
Terex Tru-Level tilting pedestal improves working on slopes and reduces operator fatigue.
The introduction of the Terex Optima Series of bucket trucks. First in the industry to develop an overload alert system for aerial devices.
Terex Utilities opens new state-of-the art manufacturing facility in Watertown, South Dakota.
First Terex all-electric bucket truck with WorkForce Power Take-Off by Viatec introduced on International Class 7 eMV chassis.
2023
Flex Pro controls for digger derricks introduced offering several electronic control consoles and a half dozen radio remote control options.