Coachbult.com - Heil Co. - Heil Environmental Industries



Heil Co. - Heil Environmental Industries - 1901-present - Milwaukee, Wisconsin & Hillside, New Jersey

Heil Environmental Industries – Milwaukee, Wisconsin (orig) - Fort Payne, Alabama - ice & coal body on an early 1920s Ford Model TT. For over 100 years, the Heil name has stood for excellence, innovation, and customer satisfaction as a manufacturer of refuse bodies, truck equipment and other metal fabricated products. It was in 1901, in a small rented building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that Julius P. Heil started the Heil Rail Joint Welding Co. Inspired by a new process called "welding," Heil applied the technology to street car rails at first, then to tanks and truck bodies, making riveted construction obsolete. As uses for electric welding grew, so did The Heil Co. Its first refuse collection bodies were built for the city of Milwaukee in the early 1900s. By the 1930s, Heil vehicles were collecting solid waste in hundreds of American cities, large and small. Since its humble beginnings, Heil's tradition of excellence has been the driving force behind the company's steady growth. By putting the customer first, from service and support to design breakthroughs, Heil has emerged as the world's leading producer of refuse collection vehicles. But tradition isn't the only reason for Heil's leadership role. From the earliest experiments by Julius P. Heil, the company has thrived on its legacy of vision and innovation. Today, more than 200 U.S. patents carry the Heil name. By giving its engineers the freedom to dream and try new ideas, Heil continues to develop new methods for refuse collection and improve the productivity of existing techniques. In recent years, Heil has improved automated collection vehicles to a level of reliability and productivity that is unmatched in the industry. Heil's extensive line of automated units drastically reduce labor costs; incorporate computers and cameras into refuse vehicles to simplify operation and maintenance; have streamlined body styles that save weight while increasing strength; and includes our proprietary, patented semi-trailer collection system (STARR) to meet today's growing challenge for maneuverability and greater overall efficiency. It was in response to customer needs that Heil began its Ready Truck program over 10 years ago. Today, Heil maintains a fleet of ready-to-work trucks that cuts through the red tape and production schedules to provide immediate solutions to urgent equipment needs. Today, Heil is a subsidiary of Dover Industries, and our customers benefit from the financial stability of a Fortune 500 company's resources - enabling Heil to take advantage of opportunities and emerging technologies at a rapid pace. With over 1,200 employees, three manufacturing facilities in this country and two overseas, Heil has the production capacity to satisfy the most demanding delivery requirements. But the personal touch remains - as much a part of the Heil heritage as the first packer body designed by Joe Heil, Sr. Heil's personal attention starts with a quality product, built to each customer's specifications, and backed by SERVICE and SUPPORT unequaled in the industry. Heil refuse products are represented by a national network of more than 50 Heil distributors, providing on-site service and technical advice as well as extensive parts inventories. Heil distributors are held to strict standards for customer satisfaction, just as Julius P. Heil insisted over a century ago.

Heil - 1935-39 Dodge Airflow Truck – Tank bodies were built by Gar Wood & Heil. Beer Truck bodies were built by the Barko Auto Body Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. SIA #104 pp 46-49

ad in 1953 Silver Book pp98-99

ad in 1963 GMC Truck Equipment Catalog pp100-101

For more information please read:

www.heil.com

G.N. Georgano & G. Marshall Naul - The Complete Encyclopedia of Commercial Vehicles

Albert Mroz - Illustrated Encyclopedia of American Trucks & Commercial Vehicles

Denis Miller - The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Trucks and Buses

Tad Burness - American Truck Spotter's Guide, 1920-1970

Tad Burness - American Truck & Bus Spotter's Guide, 1920-1985

Robert M Roll - American trucking: A seventy-five year odyssey

David Jacobs - American Trucks: A photographic essay of American Trucks and Trucking

David Jacobs - American Trucks: More Colour Photographs of Truck & Trucking