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Wilson Trailer Company is an Iowa corporation, independent (privately held) cargo trailer manufacturer headquartered in Sioux City.Wilson manufactures (i) industrial road transport trailers for livestock, grain, and the like – flatbed and gooseneck design, aluminum and custom – and (ii) trailer-equipment and accessories such as self-unloading belt conveyors.
A "Victory Oil" semi-trailer truck from 1943. The trucking industry in the United States has affected the political and economic history of the United States in the 20th century. Before the invention of automobiles, most freight was moved by train or horse-drawn vehicle. During World War I, the military was the first to use trucks extensively.
The company was established in 1973 in Oklahoma, when it built the first all-aluminum gooseneck livestock trailer. In 1988 the company was acquired by Conrad Climent, Featherlite Manufacturing of Grand Meadow, Minnesota, relocating to Cresco, Iowa in 1993.
Wilson renamed the firm eponymously as Wilson & Co., Inc. on July 27, 1916, and moved its headquarters to Chicago's Union Stock Yards. It soon joined Armour and Swift at the top of the U.S. meat industry. From 1916 until the 1950s Thomas Wilson built the company rapidly into one of 50 largest industrial corporations in the United States. [3]
The American Trucking Associations (ATA), founded in 1933, is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry.ATA represents more than 37,000 members covering every type of motor carrier in the United States through a federation of other trucking groups, industry-related conferences, and its 50 affiliated state trucking associations.
The Peter C. Wendell Stock Index From January 2008 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Peter C. Wendell joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -29.6 percent return on your investment, compared to a -2.8 percent return from the S&P 500.
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Werner's fleet consists of approximately 8,300 trucks, 30,000 trailers and employs 14,300 employees and independent contractors. [5] The company conducts business in more than 150 countries, with offices in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. It is the largest truckload transportation provider serving the Mexico cross-border market. [14]