60 years of MaroloWith its origins going back to 1958, French workshop specialist Marolo Test is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year and welcomed its worldwide distributors, partners and press to its Cholet headquarters near Nantes in July.
Started by Paul Marrolaud, the company was established to design, produce and sell what is believed to have been one of the first dynamometers specifically for the PTW market - a test bench for mopeds - with one of the first motorcycle-specific test benches in the industry introduced in 1973.
In 1987 the company developed the first in what would go on to become one of the best selling and technically advanced workshop lift programmes and a complementary range of equipment for workshops and franchise dealers with turn-key service shop installations, in manufacturer colours if required.
In 2008 the company launched its MaroloBio environmentally friendly workshop parts washers, and after a 2009 factory extension went back into the dynamometer market in 2010 in collaboration with Fuchs.
Fast forward to 2018, and the company employs around 20 people at its 2,500 sq m facility, with annual sales in excess of 5m euro, more than 25 percent of which is exported. Marolo Test sells to 10,500 customer accounts in more than 60 countries.
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