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Great Dane, formerly known as Great Dane Trailers, is a Chicago, Illinois based manufacturer of truck dry van, refrigerated van and flatbed semi-trailers.Established in 1900 by J.P. Wheless and T.H. McMillan as the Savannah Blowpipe Company [1] in Savannah, Georgia, it has gone on to become one of the world's largest manufacturers of commercial truck trailers.
Illinois also has two counties named after the same person, the prominent early 19th century New York governor DeWitt Clinton (DeWitt County, and Clinton County). Information on the FIPS county code, county seat, year of establishment, origin, etymology, population, area and map of each county is included in the table below.
A company bought in the acquisition, Great Dane Trailers Inc., became ICC's sole remaining subsidiary after further holdings were sold off in 1988. [ 8 ] In 1989, Goldberg engineered the reverse takeover of Checker Motors Corporation of Kalamazoo, Michigan , leaving ICC in control of two subsidiaries, Checker Motors and Great Dane Trailers.
Wabash National was founded as a start-up in 1985 in Lafayette, Indiana and has been publicly traded since 1991. [4] [5] The company was co-founded in April 1985 by Jerry Ehrlich, formerly the president of Monon Corp., an Indiana-based trailer manufacturer.
By 1994, the company had grown to 525 trailers, 450 tractors, and 1,000 employees in 10 terminals. [4] As it expanded, its revenue grew from $6.9 million in 1984 to $138 million in 1997. This meant it as the 29th largest LTL carrier and 84th largest trucking company overall nationwide by revenue despite its tight regional focus. [ 7 ]
After Peoria, the top five cities for short-term rental investments are Fairbanks Alaska; Akron, Ohio; Columbus, Georgia; and Crescent City, California. Other Illinois cities to make the Top-25 ...
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