Pierce Manufacturing

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Pierce Manufacturing, Inc.
Company type Subsidiary
IndustryTrucks & Other Vehicles
Founded1913
Headquarters Appleton, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Key people
Robert Schulz II, President
Mike Pack, CFO
ProductsFire and Rescue Vehicles
RevenueIncrease2.svg US$1 billion (2016)
Number of employees
2600 [1]
Parent Oshkosh
Website www.piercemfg.com
Office at headquarters PierceManufacturingOffice.jpg
Office at headquarters

Pierce Manufacturing is a U.S. subsidiary of Oshkosh Corporation, based in Appleton, Wisconsin, that manufactures customized fire and rescue apparatus.

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History

Pierce was founded in 1913 by Humphrey Pierce and his son Dudley as the Pierce Auto Body Works Inc., which concentrated on building custom truck bodies for the Ford Model T. The first production facility was designed in 1917 and enlarged in 1918 by architect Wallace W. DeLong. [2] From the 1960s to the early 1980s, Pierce was primarily known for building custom bodies on commercial and other manufacturer's custom chassis and was considered an original equipment manufacturer (OEM). In 1996, Pierce was wholly acquired by Oshkosh Corporation.

In September 2021, Pierce acquired an ownership interest in fire engine manufacturer Boise Mobile Equipment (BME) of Boise, Idaho. [3]

Pierce-Arrow

Although the Arrow name was used for its first custom chassis which debuted in 1979, the company has no affiliation with George N. Pierce's famous Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company of Buffalo, New York, which operated from 1901 to 1938. However, the Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company coincidentally supplied 8- and 12-cylinder engines to Seagrave for use in their fire apparatus. These engines continued to be made even after Pierce-Arrow ceased operation in 1938. Seagrave continued to deliver fire apparatus with the "Pierce-Arrow" V-12 until 1970.

Other Facilities

Throughout the years, Pierce has had partnerships with various other manufacturers, notably when it came to aerial devices (it now designs and builds all its own aerial devices in-house). Such aerial manufacturers included Snorkel, Pitman, Aerial Innovations (AI), Ladder Towers Incorporated (LTI), Smeal, Bronto Skylift and Nova Quintech (whose assets Pierce/Oshkosh acquired in 1997). In addition to its main facilities in Wisconsin, it also has facilities in Bradenton, Florida. The Florida facility is a manufacturing site for the custom Saber chassis and Responder line of apparatus. Currently (December 4, 2017) Pierce is the largest manufacturer of firefighting apparatus in the United States.[ citation needed ] End-users are represented across a larger majority of the planet, including China. The single largest municipal fleet of Pierce Manufacturing apparatus is located within the 407 square miles of Fairfax County, Virginia. (Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department)

Products

Custom chassis

Discontinued

Pierce fire engine in action. Huachuca City, Arizona, 2010. Huachuca City Fire - 2010-03-16 - 10.jpg
Pierce fire engine in action. Huachuca City, Arizona, 2010.
  • Arrow (1980–2002)
  • Contender (1999–2010)
  • Dash (1984–1999)
  • Dash D-8000 (1988–1992)
  • Dash 2000 (1999–2007)
  • Dash CF (2011–2020)
  • Arrow XT (2003-2023)
  • Enforcer (2000–2007; reintroduced in 2014)
  • Javelin (1990–1993)
  • Lance (1985–1993)
  • Lance II (1993–1999)
  • Lance 2000 (1999–2007)
  • Quantum (1995-2023)

Commercial chassis

Apparatus

References

  1. ↑ "Pierce Manufacturing to hold hiring event as business continues to boom". WeAreGreenBay.com. 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  2. ↑ "Appleton". The American Contractor. August 18, 1917.
  3. ↑ "Pierce Completes Ownership Interest in BME". Firehouse. 2021-09-21. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  4. ↑ Madison Fire Department puts electric fire truck into service. 2025-02-20. Retrieved 2025-02-27– via www.wmtv15news.com.
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