Case Poclain is the name the French excavator maker Poclain carried after the American Case company bought into it. The film below shows a Case Poclain 350B, and the old post for the Case 1188 also leads here.
Case Poclain at a glance
| Company founded | 1927, by Georges Bataille, as Ateliers de Poclain |
|---|---|
| Place | Le Plessis-Belleville, France |
| First excavator work | 1948, a loader unit on a Dodge 4×4 chassis |
| TU | 1951, a hydraulic excavator on a two-wheeled trailer |
| TO | 1956, over 400 sold by 1961 |
| TY45 | 1961, 360-degree excavator on a three-wheeled undercarriage; 30,000 built in 21 years |
| Case stake | 40% in 1977, 98.7% by 1987 |
| Poclain Hydraulics | the hydraulics side kept by the Bataille family |
| Machine in the film | Case Poclain 350B |
The Case 1188 post redirects here as another Poclain-built Case excavator; the sources describe the Poclain range rather than that model.
History of the Case Poclain
The Batailles
Georges Bataille founded Ateliers de Poclain in 1927 at Le Plessis-Belleville, near Paris, as a workshop for farm machinery repairs. The company moved into excavators after the war: in 1948 it built a loader unit on a Dodge 4×4 chassis, and in 1951 the TU, a hydraulic excavator carried on a two-wheeled trailer and driven from the towing tractor. Over a thousand were sold before the TO replaced it in 1956.
The TY45
In 1961 Poclain introduced the TY and TYA for the German market and, the same year, the TY45: a full 360-degree excavator on a three-wheeled tricycle undercarriage. It was the company’s commercial triumph, with 30,000 built over the next 21 years. Poclain machines were also built under licence in Argentina, Czechoslovakia, India, Japan and Korea, with subsidiaries in Brazil and Mexico.
Case takes over
A 1975 agreement with Volvo opened Scandinavia and Austria, and in 1977 Case, then expanding its construction equipment division, bought 40% of Poclain. Case took charge of distribution in the United States and Canada, and by 1987 it held 98.7% of the company. The Bataille family kept the hydraulics business, which became Poclain Hydraulics, still a maker of radial piston motors.
Design and features
- Hydraulic pioneer: Poclain built its reputation on hydraulic excavators from 1951.
- TY45: the best-selling model, 30,000 built in 21 years.
- Licensed worldwide: machines built in Argentina, Czechoslovakia, India, Japan and Korea.
- Case ownership: 40% in 1977 and 98.7% by 1987.
- Hydraulics survive: Poclain Hydraulics continues the family business.
Case Poclain versions
- Case Poclain 350B: the machine shown in the film.
- Case Poclain 688: a later Case Poclain excavator.
- Poclain TY45 (1961): the three-wheeled bestseller.
- Poclain TY (1957–1961): the earlier tricycle machine.
- Poclain FY 30: a Poclain wheeled excavator.
The other Case earthmovers are on the Case CX and Case 621 and 721 pages. More machines are in the Case section.
Video: Case Poclain 350B
Video by bummbummkarl on YouTube.
Sources
- Poclain, English Wikipedia: history, models, Case share
- Poclain, French Wikipedia: founding, PPM, Case takeover
- Poclain Hydraulics, German Wikipedia: Case takeover and hydraulics business
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