RoadwayR Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 https://www.crainsdetroit.com/automotive/spartan-motors-changes-business-model-55-million-sale-emergency-vehicles-segment 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 This is huge news in the Fire Apparatus world. What the article did not mention is the fact that the REV group has also acquired fire apparatus builders E-One (Ocala , Florida) KME (Nesquohoning, Pa.) and Ferrara (Holden, Louisiana) all within the last 2-3 years and now with the acquisition of Spartan many of us are wondering how the FTC did not become involved as all four builders are among the top sellers in the firetruck world......How can this not be considered a monopoly? Regardless, anyone who works at EOne, Ferrara or KME have all stated that operations and morale at all 3 have gone down the toilet since REV took over. KME also lost the pumper contract for FDNY- they were not able to deliver them quickly enough (within the contract) so New York City said "Bye" and granted the remainder of the contract to Seagrave in Clintonville, Wi. (a long-time seller to FDNY.) 2 Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 It's a blatant monopoly. I used to like Ferrara, before the acquisition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Ike Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Tough to call it a monopoly when Seagrave, Pierce, HME, Rosenbauer and Sutphen are still in the business as major manufacturers, not to mention all the smaller shops that are out there. Nonetheless, KME has laid off over a hundred workers in the past year, the production lot at E-One is nearly empty (drove past it last Saturday), Ferrara continues to have quality issues, etc. REV has an even bigger corner on the ambulance market. They own: Wheeled Coach, Road Rescue, McCoy Miller, Marque, Leader, Front Line, Horton and AEV. 1 Quote Ed Smith1957 B85F 1242 "The General Ike" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadwayR Posted February 4, 2020 Author Share Posted February 4, 2020 Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't Spartan start off by making just the chassis for custom fire apparatus? When did they start building the whole thing? See quite a few of them out in Riverside CA.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 On 2/4/2020 at 4:41 PM, General Ike said: , KME has laid off over a hundred workers in the past year This is a direct result of the loss of the FDNY pumper contract, for which they were all hired. Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 (edited) On 2/4/2020 at 6:56 PM, RoadwayR said: Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't Spartan start off by making just the chassis for custom fire apparatus? When did they start building the whole thing? See quite a few of them out in Riverside CA.. Correct. They started building entire trucks (including aerial devices) with the acquisition of some smaller body builders as well as LTI (now LTC) for the aerials. Edited February 6, 2020 by 1958 F.W.D. Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainCrutch Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Seems like a perfect time for Mack to start building firetrucks again, bring back some old nameplates as well... Quote Who needs a back yard when you could have a Yard?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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