Founded by Natalina and Amilcare Merlo in Cuneo, Italy in 1964, Merlo has operated as a family owned business for nearly 60 years. Over 90% of production is exported all over the world through a commercial network divided into 7 subsidiaries and over 600 dealers. Today Merlo is the market leader in telehandlers with its rotating turret, patented suspension cab and hydrostatic transmission.

Merlo UK, launched by John Iles in 1993, celebrates thirty years of experience supplying top-of-the-range telehandlers to the UK through their well-established and continually expanding dealer network.