1855        Founding of the company Nicolas constructs agricultural trailers

1969        New headquarters established in Champs-sur-Yonne, France
               Start of development of modular vehicles for heavy handling

1974        NICOLAS is awarded an Export Oscar

1989        Development of the HYSPEC self-propelled modular transport
               system with electronic steering

1994        NICOLAS develops 3 special vehicles for the European Space
               Agency’s ARIANE V program

1994        Industrialist Otto Rettenmaier from Heilbronn, Germany acquires
               NICOLAS

2000        Production of trailers, semi-trailers and self-propelled vehicles for
               transport of Airbus A380 sections

2002        Development of MHD and MDED modular vehicle families

2004        Development of new DOLLYNECK semi-trailers for transportation of
               Public Works equipment

2005        World record! NICOLAS produces the biggest road tractor in the
               world: the TRACTOMAS 10X10

2008        Development of the heavy modular MHD-E vehicle with electronic
               steering