P&H Mining history

In 1895, when a recession cooled the demand for overhead cranes, Pawling & Harnischfeger begins to develop a product line that includes earth-moving machines.

The photographs capture not only the cranes, but also people working, including photos of the P&H offices, the nurses' station, and the P&H product display at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904.

In 1910, Pawling & Harnischfeger developed a line of earth-moving machines for construction and mining operations.

In 1911 Alonzo Pawling’s health took a turn for the worse and he decided to sell his interest in the business to his partner, Henry Harnischfeger.

In 1914, the Harnischfeger Corporation is founded.

In 1921, Joannes Montabert founded Montabert S.A. in Lyon, France, as a manufacturer of pneumatic equipment.

In 1934, the Harnischfeger Fund is started with $50,000 from the estate of Henry Harnischfeger to support civic and cultural groups in Milwaukee.

In 1938, Joy shipped its first shuttle car (model 2ET-1D).

In 1948, Stamler is founded and supplies feeders and feeder-breakers around the world.

In 1952, Komatsu began production of motor graders.

Introduced the first parallel boom assembly for underground drilling, known as the "burn cut" method in 1963.

In 1965, Komatsu began production of wheel loaders.

In 1969, Joy introduced the low-seam shuttle car (model 21SC).

The world's first hydraulic out-of-the-hold drifter in 1970 (Montabert)

Flexible conveyor train (model 1FCT-3BH) in 1976 (Joy)

Custom tunneling solution, using multiple booms on multiple drilling rigs, which allows simultaneous rock breaking in a semi-circular pattern, in 1978 (Montabert)

In 1986, Joy created a low-seam shearer (model 4LS).

In 1988, the walking dragline product line of Page Engineering - the creators of the first practical dragline in the industry - was acquired.

In 1994, Harnischfeger Industries (later known as P&H Mining Equipment) purchased Joy Mining Machinery.

Joy purchased Longwall International in 1997

Mid-seam high-voltage continuous miner (model 14CM27) and two other machines in 2000 (Joy)

High production flexible conveyor train (model 4FCT) in 2002 (Joy)

OptiDrive for in-use shearers, continuous miners and flexible conveyor trains and machine-to-surface communications for room and pillar operations in 2004 (Joy)

Wethead system for continuous miner cutterheads in 2005 (Joy)

In addition to expanding its solutions, Joy Mining also purchased the Stamler Group in 2006 and opened its first Smart Services center in South Africa to serve customers.

In 2009, Hewitt-Robins and Goodman Conveyor merge to form Goodman-Hewitt.

Also in 2012, the introduction of an industry first – a hybrid excavator – blends the high productivity of electric mining shovels with the mobility and flexibility of diesel hydraulic excavators.