Fruehauf Trailer Corporation

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Fruehauf_Trailer_Corporation
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:company
gptkbp:acquiredBy gptkb:Wabash_National
gptkbp:category Defunct manufacturing companies of the United States
Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1918
Manufacturing companies based in Detroit
Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1997
gptkbp:defunct 1997
gptkbp:foundedBy August Fruehauf
gptkbp:foundedIn gptkb:Detroit,_Michigan,_United_States
gptkbp:foundedYear 1918
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Detroit,_Michigan,_United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Fruehauf Trailer Corporation
gptkbp:industry trailer manufacturing
gptkbp:keyPerson August Fruehauf
Harvey Fruehauf
Roy Fruehauf
gptkbp:notableEvent major supplier during World War II
pioneered semi-trailer design
gptkbp:notableProduct shipping container
semi-trailer
truck trailer
gptkbp:stockExchange gptkb:New_York_Stock_Exchange
gptkbp:stockSymbol FHT
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Wabash_National
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Maryland_Shipbuilding_and_Drydock_Company
gptkb:Crane_Fruehauf
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7