Jelcz

Jelcz
Company type	Sp. z OO
Industry	automotive, defence
Founded	1952 (2014 Jelcz Sp. z OO)
Headquarters	Jelcz-Laskowice, Poland
Key people	Władysław Czubak CEO
Products	trucks
Website	http://www.jelcz.com.pl/

Jelcz is a Polish brand of trucks also military, buses and trolley buses produced by Zakłady Samochodowe Jelcz, Jelczańskie Zakłady Samochodowe.

Currently company operates as Jelcz with focus on offroad military trucks manufacturing.

The beginnings of the factory

In 1952, a decision was made to use a former German armaments factory in Jelcz-Laskowice near Oława for production in new western Poland. A company called "Zakłady Budowy Nadwozi Samochodowych" ("Factory for building car-bodies") was established. After reconstruction of the factory the company started to develop and build car-bodies for Lublin and Star trucks. The company built buses like the Jelcz PR110D.

Since 2004 Jelcz Sp. z OO concentrates on producing heavy trucks for armed forces, mainly Siły Zbrojne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (for example WR-40 Langusta platform). Since 2012 sole owner of the Jelcz Sp. z OO is Huta Stalowa Wola SA, part of the Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa SA.