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OMAHA STANDARD announced July 31 that it had acquired Fontaine Truck Equipment.
Eric Kluver, CFO of Omaha Standard, says the acquisition creates an outstanding fit because Fontaine's eight southern branches will give the company representation in a region of the country where it "traditionally has not been particularly strong."
Fontaine is a leading distributor/installer of commercial truck bodies and truck equipment and has been in business continuously since the early 1940s. Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, the company has other branches in Indianapolis, Louisville, Nashville, Charlotte, Atlanta, Dallas, Ft. Lauderdale, and Miami.
Omaha Standard, established in 1926 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, is a manufacturer of service/utility bodies, platform bodies, hydraulic hoists,...