Kentucky Trailer
Kentucky Trailer is a manufacturer of custom trailers and truck bodies for the moving and storage industry and other niche markets.
Trailer Manufacturer Profile
- Company: Kentucky Trailer
- Parent Company: R.C. Tway Company
- Headquarters: Louisville, Kentucky
- Founded Date: 1879
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- Traded as:
- Subsidiaries / Brands:
- Website: kytrailer.com
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Trailer Types
- Dry Van Trailers
- Specialty Trailers
Other Products
- Truck Bodies
Historical Highlights
1879
Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Company founded in Louisville, Kentucky.
1936
R.C. Tway purchases assets of Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing and renames it to the Kentucky Manufacturing Company.
1939 – 1945
Kentucky Manufacturing commissioned by the US government to produce flatbed trailers for the Army.
2001
Company opens first service and reconditioning facility in Louisville, Kentucky.
2003
Company acquires Trailer Technologies.
2006
Fourth-generation R.C. Tway family ownership and leadership transition.
2009
Company opens new facility in Louisville, KY, specifically designed for mixed-model trailer production.
2010
Company acquires Western Truck and Trailer.
2014
Company becomes a majority owned subsidiary of Alleghany Capital Corporation. Tway family maintains an on-going ownership interest.
2014
Company acquires Advanced Mobility & Shelter Technologies (AMST) and Mobile Medical Field Service Operation.
2015
Company acquires Smit Mobile Equipment B.V. and Smith Mobile Equipment Ltd.
2016
Advanced Mobility by Kentucky Trailer opens new facility in Illinois, expanding its finish, calibration, and reconditioning capacity.
2019
Kentucky Trailer subsidiary, CEI Pacer, acquires assets of animal feed transport division of Warren Manufacturing.
2020
Kentucky Trailer subsidiaries CEI Equipment Company LLC (CEI Pacer) and the animal feed transport division of Warren Manufacturing merge under a new name – KT Pacer, a Kentucky Trailer company.