Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,364 pages of information and 244,505 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Fruehauf Corporation

From Graces Guide

1918 Fruehauf Trailer Company was incorporated

By 1920 the company was manufacturing platform, refrigerated and dry freight van semi-trailers

1942 Listed on the New York Stock Exchange

1961 Joint venture formed with Cranes in the UK: Crane Fruehauf Trailers Limited.

1963 Fruehauf took a financial interest in Cranes which in turn acquired Fruehauf's interest in the joint venture company in consideration of an issue of shares in Cranes; Cranes changed its name to Crane Fruehauf Trailers Limited.

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Sources of Information

  • Competition Commission report 1977