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Accubuilt, Inc. - Principal Competitors
Principal Competitors
Federal Coach LLC; Chateau Horse-Drawn Hearses; Eagle Coach Company.
Key Dates:
- 1871:
- Eureka Manufacturing Company is founded
- 1876:
- The Sayers & Scovill Coach Company is founded.
- 1909:
- The Garford Motor Truck Company is founded.
- 1915:
- Meteor Motor Company is founded.
- 1917:
- A.J. Miller Company is founded.
- 1925:
- Garford Motor Truck Company changes its name to The Superior Body Company.
- 1940:
- The Superior Body Company changes its name to The Superior Coach Company.
- 1957:
- Meteor Motor and A.J Miller are merged, creating the Miller-Meteor Company.
- 1981:
- Sayers & Scovill and Superior are acquired by an entrepreneur named Tom Earnhart, creating S&S/Superior of Ohio, Inc.
- 1995:
- A new manufacturing plant is built in Lima, Ohio.
- 1996:
- PNC Equity Management acquires a controlling interest in S&S/Superior.
- 1999:
- The Eureka and Miller-Meteor brands are acquired by PNC Equity Management.
- 2000:
- S&S/Superior changes its name to Accubuilt.
- 2002:
- Accubuilt acquires Vartanian Industries, Inc.
- 2004:
- Paladin Capital Partners Fund, L.P. and Hancock Mezzanine Partners III, L.P. acquire a controlling interest in Accubuilt.
