Wabash National
American manufacturing company
Wabash (formerly Wabash National) is an American diversified industrial manufacturing company and one of North America's largest producers of semi-trailers and truck bodies. The company specializes in the design and production of dry freight vans, refrigerated vans, platform trailers, liquid tank trailers, truck bodies and composite products.
Previously, its products were sold primarily under: Wabash National, Transcraft, Benson, Walker Transport, Brenner Tank, Bulk Tank International and Supreme. In 2022, the company consolidated under the Wabash brand name. The company operates a number of Parts & Services centers throughout the United States. In 2024, the total revenue was 1.95 billion USD.
History
Wabash National was founded by former Monon Corporation employees seeking to escape corporate raider Victor Posner. In 1985, the company was formed by Jerry Ehrlich as president, Ronald Klimara as vice president of finance, and William Hoover as vice president of sales. They were joined by a small group of Monon employees. Jerry's brother Rodney served as head of engineering. Based in Lafayette, Indiana, it started out making trailers for Sears.
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