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Wabash National is an American diversified industrial manufacturing company and North America's largest producer of semi trailers and liquid transportation systems. The company specializes in the design and production of dry freight vans, refrigerated vans , platform trailers, liquid tank trailers, intermodal equipment, engineered products and ...
Genuine Parts Company (GPC) is an American company engaged in the distribution of automotive replacement parts, industrial replacement parts, office products and electrical/electronic materials. GPC serves numerous customers from more than 2,600 operations around the world, and has approximately 48,000 employees. [ 1 ]
Wyman-Gordon is a wholly owned subsidiary of Precision Castparts Corp., and is based in Houston, Texas. It has thirteen (13) plants in five countries, and employed about 2,500 people as of 2012. It has thirteen (13) plants in five countries, and employed about 2,500 people as of 2012.
In November 2024, Advance Auto Parts announced it would close four distribution centers and more than 700 stores, including over 500 corporate locations and about 200 independently-owned stores, after a quarterly report showed a drop in profits. [3] [4]
It ranked 322 prior to its sale to Berkshire in 2016. PCC announced the purchase of Carlton Forge Works in October 2009 for $850 million and Primus International Inc. in July 2011 in a $900 million deal. [11] Primus made parts for airplanes, selling their products to both Airbus and Boeing. [11]
The primary brand is Global Industrial. [3] The company was founded in 1949 as Global Equipment Company, a material handler. It first entered direct marketing in 1972 and began marketing computer equipment in 1981. The company changed its name to Global Direct-mail, in 1995 and to Systemax in 1999 and Global Industrial Company in 2021. [4]
Starting June 5, the Wabash Landing 9 theater in West Lafayette will be hosting a free family movie showing at 10 a.m. every Wednesday and Thursday.
The Newport Chemical Depot, previously known as the Wabash River Ordnance Works and the Newport Army Ammunition Plant, was a 6,990-acre (28.3 km 2) bulk chemical storage and destruction facility that was operated by the United States Army. It is located near Newport, in west central Indiana, thirty-two miles north of Terre Haute.