Jelcz

Jelcz
	defence
Founded	28 March 1952 (2014 Jelcz Sp. z o.o.)
Headquarters	Jelcz-Laskowice, Poland
Key people	Władysław Czubak CEO
Products	trucks
Number of employees	600 (2021)
Website	www.jelcz.com.pl

Jelcz (pronounced like Yelch after the town of the same name) is a Polish brand of trucks, military vehicles, buses and trolleybuses produced by Zakłady Samochodowe Jelcz/Jelczańskie Zakłady Samochodowe, with both names roughly translating as Automotive Works of [town] Jelcz.

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

History

In 1952, a decision was made to use a former

Lublin and Star trucks. The company built buses such as the Jelcz PR110D

.

In 1974, the Polish expedition to Lhotse used a Jelcz 316 car to travel from Warsaw to Nepal. In 1975, the expedition of the Wrocław Mountain Club to Broad Peak Central used a Jelcz 315-M car to travel from Wrocław to Islamabad, driving up to 9,000 km between 2–21 May.

Since 2004, Jelcz Sp. z o.o. has concentrated on producing military trucks, mainly for Polish Armed Forces (for example, the WR-40 Langusta platform). Since 2012, the sole owner of Jelcz sp. z o.o. is Huta Stalowa Wola, which is a part of Polish Armaments Group.