Hendrickson International

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Hendrickson International
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founding 1913
Seat Itasca , Illinois ,United StatesUnited States
management Gary barley warehouse
Branch Metal processing
Website www.hendrickson-intl.com

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Hendrickson International is a privately owned American company that is one of the largest manufacturers of truck suspension systems in the world. Hendrickson produces steel and air springs, bearing bushings and shock absorbers.

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Magnus Hendrickson, who had previously gained experience in vehicle construction at the Hendrickson-Danielson Machine Shop and the Lauth-Juergens Motor Car Company , founded the Hendrickson Motor Truck Company in Chicago , Illinois in 1913 . He made trucks . The company later moved to Lyons , also in Illinois. Later company names were Hendrickson Manufacturing Company and Hendrickson Mobile Equipment Company (HME) . In 1978 the company was taken over by The Boler Company .

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Web links

Commons : Hendrickson International  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Executive Bios
  2. Brochure
  3. Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 695-696 (English).
  4. ^ Halwart Schrader , Jan P. Norbye: The truck lexicon. All brands 1900 to today. Schrader Verlag, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-613-01837-3 , p. 79.
  5. ^ History