In 2016 Leitner-Poma had acquired Skytrac, a Utah-based competitor. Īs both Poma and as Leitner-Poma, the company has built some of the most notable lifts in America, including, among others, the only double-loading chairlift in North America (Quicksilver Super6) and the highest chairlift in North America, Imperial Express SuperChair (topping at 12,840 feet (3,910 m)), both located at Breckenridge Ski Resort in Colorado. Leitner-Poma's market share continues to trail significantly behind Doppelmayr.
The company recently won the contract to build the replacement Roosevelt Island Tramway in New York City, and is also the supplier of the passenger capsules for both the London Eye Ferris wheel in England and the High Roller Ferris wheel to be built on the Las Vegas Strip. Colorado Governor Bill Ritter attended the grand opening ceremony, which took place during the financial crisis of 2007–2010 at which Leitner-Poma promised to create 100 new jobs. In 2009, Leitner-Poma of America moved into a new headquarters in Grand Junction along with other companies owned by Leitner Technologies, including Leitwind, a manufacturer of wind turbines, and Prinoth, a maker of snow groomers. One of the London Eye's 32 passenger capsules In 2012, Leitner-Poma adapted a new retro tower design that is a cross of the design of tower heads on Poma chairlifts built in the late 1970s and early 1980s with the design used since 1994. The first lift in the United States with the new grip was the High Noon Express at Vail Ski Resort. The terminal design also changed with the introduction of the new grip. In 2010, Leitner-Poma adapted the LPA detachable grip, which is cosmetically slightly different from the Omega T-Grip. The last Leitner designed lifts were installed in 2001, and since 2002, all lifts produced by the company have been of Poma's design. While it was announced as a merger of Leitner Lifts USA/Canada and Poma of America, Leitner's operations were mostly folded into Poma's. Although the two remained separate in Europe, the North American operations of each were combined. In 2000, the Seeber Group of Italy purchased Pomagalski, S.A. The Silver Fir high speed quad at The Summit at Snoqualmie, Washington Customers included Fernie Alpine Resort, Kimberley Alpine Resort, and Big White in British Columbia Mount Norquay and Lake Louise in Alberta and Jay Peak, Vermont. Between 19, it installed 21 lifts in the United States and Canada. Leitner had a limited history in North America prior to its merger with Poma of America. In total, the company built 205 chairlifts, surface lifts, and gondolas before merging with Leitner. In the following years, Poma built gondolas at Whistler-Blackcomb, British Columbia Squaw Valley, California (replaced by North America's only funitel) Stowe Mountain Resort, Vermont and Stratton, Vermont, among others.
In 1973, the company built its first Gondola in the United States at Big Sky Resort in Montana (removed in 2008). Poma's Grand Junction, Colorado, manufacturing facility was opened in 1981 in order for Poma to better serve the North American market. The first North American Poma brand chairlift was installed in 1958 in Squaw Valley, California, for the 1960 Winter Olympics. Jean Pomagalski invented the detachable Pomalift surface tow in 1935, and first brought it to North America in 1952. A 1990 Poma high speed quad, the Beaver Run SuperChair at Breckenridge Ski Resort, Colorado
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