verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message wabash national type public traded as nyse wnc industry transportation founded 1985 headquarters lafayette indiana united states area served worldwide except china europe and oceania key people richard j. giromini president ceo products semi trailers revenue 1.6 billion usd 2013 number of employees 6 000 website www.wabashnational.com snc trailer wabash national is a diversified industrial manufacturer and north america s leading 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 composite products . its innovative products are sold under the following brand names wabash national transcraft benson duraplate walker transport walker defense group walker barrier systems walker engineered products brenner tank beall garsite progress tank tst bulk tank international and extract technology . the company operates a number of wabash national trailer centers trailer service centers and retail distributors of new and used trailers and aftermarket parts throughout the u.s. annual company sales in 2013 were approximately 1.6 billion usd . contents 1 history 2 partnerships 3 products 4 facilities 5 references 6 external links history edit wabash national was founded as a start up in 1985 and has been publicly traded since 1991 . the company was co founded in april 1985 by jerry ehrlich formerly the president of monon corp. an indiana based trailer manufacturer . two years earlier corporate raider victor posner had acquired monon s parent company evans products co. and had proceeded to sell off its assets to pay debt . as monon declined ehrlich repeatedly offered to buy the company but to no avail . thus ehrlich and two fellow ex monon corp. executives ronald j. klimara and william m. hoover started their own company . they were soon joined by 14 other former monon employees . ehrlich and his associates established their company in lafayette indiana about 30 miles south of monon corp. and approximately 65 miles northwest of indianapolis . in need of manufacturing facilities wabash initially leased a 450 000 square foot abandoned factory then used by local farmers to store corn . the executives experience and contacts helped wabash acquire its start up capital 2 million in equity from washington d.c. investors steven and mitchell rales a 3 million industrial revenue bond and a 5 million line of credit from a local bank . wabash s first trailer was reportedly built on two sawhorses and was finished in august 1985 . its first customer was sears roebuck & co. a former customer of monon which ordered ten trailers from wabash . with ehrlich as wabash s president and hoover and klimara as vice presidents of sales and finance respectively wabash began to grow rapidly . its client list soon expanded to include heartland express inc. schneider national inc. and dart transit co. in 1986 the company generated sales of 70 million from more than 15 000 trailers . that year the company also purchased a more suitable factory in the same area for about 2.5 million . partnerships edit in december 2008 pods and wabash national announced they have signed a multi year agreement to build and service all of pods portable storage container requirements . 1 products edit wabash national s product lines include a variety of dry freight vans refrigerated vans converter dollies platform trailers liquid tank trailers intermodal equipment engineered products and composite products . they also make high quality laminated oak flooring used extensively in dry van trailers truck bodies and containers . facilities edit wabash national is headquartered in lafayette indiana also the site of its main production facility . additional manufacturing plants are located in cadiz kentucky harrison arkansas kansas city kansas portland oregon new lisbon wisconsin fond du lac wisconsin and san jose iturbide guanajuato mexico . the company operates a network of dealerships in north america called wabash national trailer centers . references edit wabash national r and pods r announce partnership agreement . reuters . 2008 12 16 . retrieved 2009 09 21 . external links edit wabash national v t e trucking industry in the united states regulated by the federal motor carrier safety administration economy of the united states regulations commercial driver s license hours of service federal bridge gross weight formula electronic on board recorder motor carrier safety rating motor carrier act of 1980 international registration plan national network manufacturers truck manufacturers am general american lafrance autocar bering bremach brockway chevrolet ccc caterpillar cnh industrial 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