equipment founded 1859 headquarters west bend wi united states key people william d. gehl ceo & chairman products construction & agriculture machinery revenue us 457.6 million 2007 1 net income us 24.9 million 2007 1 number of employees 500 website http www.gehl.com a gehl telehandler . gehl company is an american 2 manufacturer of compact equipment headquartered in west bend wisconsin united states north america . 3 the main campus in west bend built on 37 acres 15 ha includes not only the headquarters but also the research and development facilities for the entire enterprise . 4 contents 1 product lines 2 history 3 references 4 external links product lines edit the gehl product lines including skid steer loaders track loaders articulated loaders asphalt pavers compact excavators and telescopic handlers are used worldwide in construction and agricultural markets . 3 gehl is north america s largest manufacturer of agricultural machinery other than tractors . 5 the gehl company owns the rights to manufacture mustang skid steer loaders and previously distributed takeuchi compact track loaders under the names gehl and mustang . 6 history edit gehl was founded by louis lucas in 1859 . 3 gehl was acquired in september 2008 for us 30 a share by the french equipment maker manitou bf . 6 this allowed the company to expand its telehandler market into the us and enter several new equipment markets . 3 7 the company was delisted from nasdaq under its ticker symbol gehl . citation needed in 2007 gehl and the milwaukee brewers announced a naming rights deal for a group party club area in miller park . 8 references edit a b gehl company reports fourth quarter and full year 2007 results ; issues 2008 full year outlook pdf . retrieved 2009 03 03 . http www.gehl.com about us history a b c d gehl products webpage . retrieved 2012 09 16 . manitou americas 2014 . gehl company overview . retrieved on 2014 03 12 from http www.gehl.com about us . gehl products webpage . retrieved 2013 02 08 . a b lamotta lisa . forbes merger . retrieved 2012 09 16 . manitou us products webpage . retrieved 2012 09 16 . walker don 2007 05 10 . brewers gehl co. strike naming rights deal . milwaukee journal sentinel 10 may 2007 . retrieved from http www.jsonline.com blogs sports 31875174.html . external links edit media related to gehl vehicles at wikimedia commons official web site this article related to a manufacturing company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gehl company & oldid 734101681 categories construction equipment manufacturerscompanies based in wisconsinmanufacturing companies based in wisconsinwashington county wisconsinmanufacturing company stubshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2014commons category with local link different than on wikidataall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages e tina edit links this page was last modified on 12 august 2016 at 04 19 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view