Jelcz
{{Short description|Polish vehicle manufacturer}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Jelcz
| logo = Jelcz_Logo.svg
| logo_size = 150px
| image = Jelcz 883.57.jpg
| caption =
| type = Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością
| foundation = 28 March 1952 (2014 Jelcz Sp. z o.o.)
| location = Jelcz-Laskowice, Poland
| key_people = Władysław Czubak CEO
| industry = automotive, defence
| products = trucks
| num_employees = 600 (2021)
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.jelcz.com.pl/}}
| Emplyees =
}}
Jelcz (pronounced like Yelch after the town of the same name) is a Polish manufacturer of trucks, buses, trolleybuses and different types of dedicated chassis.
Since 2013, the company has been part of the Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa{{Cite web |last= |title=Lead companies |url=https://grupapgz.pl/en/partnerships-2/ |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa |language=en-GB}} and focuses on manufacturing off-road military vehicles.
History
In 1952, a decision was made to use a former German armaments factory in Jelcz-Laskowice near Wrocław for production in western Poland. A company called Zakłady Budowy Nadwozi Samochodowych (Automobile Chassis Works) was established. After the factory was rebuilt, the company started to develop and build bus bodies for Lublin and Star trucks, including buses such as the Jelcz PR110D.
In 1974, the Polish expedition to Lhotse used a Jelcz 316 car to travel from Warsaw to Nepal. In 1975, the expedition of the Wrocław Mountain Club to Broad Peak Central, in Pakistan, used a Jelcz 315-M car to travel from Wrocław to Islamabad, driving up to 9,000 km between 2 and 21 May.
Since 2004, Jelcz Sp. z o.o. has concentrated on producing military trucks, mainly for the Polish Armed Forces (for example, the WR-40 Langusta MLRS).
Since 2012, the sole owner of Jelcz sp. z o.o. has been Huta Stalowa Wola, which is a part of the Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa.{{Cite web |title=About us |url=https://jelcz.com.pl/en/about-us/#1559816079584-4f9b3f6c-d553 |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=Jelcz Sp. z o.o. |language=en-GB}}
File:K239PL MSPO23 140102275.jpg prototype on Jelcz P882.57 chassis]]
In 2023, the Jelcz P882.57 8x8 chassis was selected as the base chassis in the Polish Homar-K multiple launch rocket system program. The vehicle has been integrated with the TOPAZ combat management system, the Fonet digital vehicle communication platform, the Radmor radio communication system and the K239 rocket launcher module.{{cite news |url=https://defence-industry.eu/hanwha-to-deliverchunmoo-launchers-tactical-ballistic-missiles-to-poland/ |title=Hanwha to deliver Chunmoo launchers, tactical ballistic missiles to Poland }}
At the MSPO military fair in 2023, the company presented the advanced third-generation P883.57 chassis for the first time, which is dedicated to the future standard chassis in the Polish Armed Forces.{{Cite web |title=MSPO 2023 – premiera wojskowych Jelczy trzeciej generacji |url=https://zbiam.pl/artykuly/premiera-wojskowych-jelczy-trzeciej-generacji/ |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=Wydawnictwo militarne ZBIAM |language=pl-PL}}
Gallery
File:Jelcz 043 and P01 Poznań RB1.JPG|Jelcz 043 and Jelcz P01
File:Jelcz truck towing a trailer.jpg|Jelcz 315
File:1101 Jelcz 325 1986.jpg|Jelcz 325
File:GCBA 5 24 Jelcz P422 of OSP Krynica Morska.jpg|Jelcz
File:Trolejbus Jelcz 120ME Gdynia 1.jpg|Jelcz 120ME
File:Jelcz T120-2 in Kraków.jpg|Jelcz T120-2
File:Jelcz S442D28 MSPO2010.jpg|Jelcz S442.D28
File:Polish military vehicle DSC 2350.JPG|Jelcz P662 "Jaśmin"
File:Jelcz P882 D53 z systemem Multilift.JPG|Jelcz P882.D53
File:WR-40 Langusta, MSPO 2007.JPG|WR-40 Langusta on Jelcz P662.D35
File:Jelcz 442 01.jpg|Jelcz P442.28 "Bartek"
File:Jelcz P662D43 z wyrzutnia.JPG|Jelcz P662.D43
File:Jelcz P662 D35 dla NDR.JPG|Jelcz P662.D35
File:Jelcz C642D.43.JPG|Jelcz C642.D43
File:Jelcz 883.57.jpg|Jelcz 883.57
See also
References
{{reflist}}
- [http://www.przegubowiec.com/bus/katalog/kmkm/ogorcy.htm Jelcz of KMKM Warszawa]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130131043307/http://historiajzs.bloog.pl/kat,516662,index.html History of JZS]
External links
{{Commons category|Jelcz vehicles}}
- [http://www.jelcz.com.pl/ Jelcz Sp. z OO website] (Polish)
- [http://www.jelcz.com.pl/index.php?lang=en Jelcz en. website] (English)
{{Automotive industry in Poland}}
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Category:Truck manufacturers of Poland
Category:Defence companies of Poland
Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1952