Mack Trucks Inc.History
Mack Trucks, Inc. is an American commercial vehicle manufacturer . The company was founded in 1900 as the Mack Brothers Company and since 2001 has been part of the Swedish Volvo Group.
History
The Mack brand is known in the US mainly for heavy trucks for long- haul and construction . It has a reputation for producing robust vehicles.The company originated from the wheelwright Fallesen & Berry in New York 's Brooklyn district , which was acquired in 1893 by the brothers John M. Mack and Augustus F. Mack .The brothers made in 1894 a steam car and 1896 an electric car . These remained prototypes . Between 1903 and 1904, several vehicles were produced with gasoline engines . They were marketed under the brand name Manhattan .
The company, starting in 1900 under the name Mack Brothers Company , the automobile industry and moved in 1905 to Allentown in Pennsylvania. In 1911, the last five brothers Mack sold their company. A significant new investor was the bank JP Morgan , which also held shares in the Saurer Motor Company in Plainfield ( New Jersey ) and Swiss Saurer truck produced under license. On the initiative of Bank Morgan both companies were merged on September 23, 1911 to International Motor Truck Company . The share capital amounted to 2.6 million US dollars ; Both brands were preserved for the time being. The new holding company coordinated sales of the Saurer Motor Company and manufacturers renamed Mack Brothers Motor Car Company .
During the First World War , Mack delivered over 6,000 trucks to the armies of the United States and Britain , which became the basis for the special reputation of the Mack vehicles. British soldiers compared the appearance of the Mack trucks with bulldogs at that time , making the Bulldog the mascot of the brand and remains today. The legend of Mack Trucks has been used, updated and immortalized in many American films.
1922 was another reorganization. Saurer was abandoned, Mack became Mack Truck, Inc. The Mack Trucks was founded by the International Mack Truck Company , which was entrusted to longtime Saurer sales manager Robert Edison Fulton.In 1938 Mack introduced the first own diesel engine. 1956, the Brockway Motor Company was bought. In 1964, the Chrysler Mack planned to take over, but gave up this request due to antitrust concerns.
The French Renault Group acquired in 1979 10 percent stake in Mack Trucks, increased its stake in 1982 only to 20%, then in 1983 to 40% and gave it in 1987 to its own commercial vehicle subsidiary Renault Véhicules Industriels (RVI short) from. Finally, Mack Trucks was completely acquired by RVI in 1990. In 2001, Mack joined forces with RVI (since 2002 Renault Trucks) part of the Volvo Group. The company's headquarters were relocated to Greensboro , North Carolina in 2009 .
