ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF REFUSE BODY MANUFACTURERS
             
QUAD-O-MATIC

 See Equipment Manufacturing Co.
QUALITY PURVIS
QUALITY PRODUCTS
Hopkins, Michigan
United States

CRT Code: QP   		Products: Roll-offs, stationary packers and transfer trailers
Built: 1970s-1980s?
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Quality Purvis Page

Notes: Believed to be part of merger with Purvis Brothers of Jackson, Michigan. Became Quality Products
RAND
Rand Automated Compaction Systems
Raleigh, North Carolina
United States

CRT Code: RA   		Products: SL refuse bodies
Built: 1980s-1990s
Web Site: CRT Articles: Rand Page,   Rand brochures (1)

Notes:
Acquisitions: EMCO (now built by PENDPAC) and TRUXMORE (now out of production)
RAPID RAIL
Government Innovators Inc.
Phoenix, Arizona
United States

CRT Code: RR   		Products: Automated lift systems, ASL refuse bodies
Built: 1974-1990
Web Site: Heil Website
CRT Articles:

Notes: Outgrowth of the Scottsdale, Arizona, automation program, firm pioneered commercial production of automated lifts. Bought by HEIL (1990), SL bodies still sold as Heil Rapid Rail and Heil STARR
RAVO
Alkmaar,
Netherlands


CRT Code: RV   		Products: RL refuse bodies
Built: 1980s-1990s
Web Site: Ravo Website
CRT Articles: Ravo Page

Notes: Once produced Gar Wood LP-900 design for Netherlands market as the Europress LP-901
RAY GASKIN SERVICE

 See GASKIN
RENDISPOS CORP.
Peoria, and LaRose, Illinois
United States

CRT Code: RC   		Products: Rear bucket load refuse bodies
Built: 1964-1970s?
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Rendispos Page,   Rendispos brochures (1)

Notes: May be related to PACE and PACEMASTER
REO MOTORS
Lansing, Michigan
United States


CRT Code: 9RE   		Products: Motor Trucks
Built: 1905-1975
Web Site:
CRT Articles: REO ads (1)

Notes: Sold to White Motors in 1957, merged with Diamond T division, 1967 to form Diamond REO
REY
Fernand Rey Inc.
Garches (Paris)
France


CRT Code: RE  

Products: "ReyLoader" refuse bodies
Built: 1933-1940s
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Reyloader Page (part of SEMAT album)

Notes: Inventor and pioneer Fernand Rey built worlds first hydraulic refuse packers for SITA in Paris. Founded SEMAT in 1945.

Licensing: Commercial production versions for France built by Scemia and Laffly
RHINO
Mexico



CRT Code: RH   		Products: RL refuse bodies
Built: ?-present
Web Site:
CRT Articles:

Notes: Believed to be a joint venture with New-Way, Scranton IA
RICHARDS
J.J. Richards & Sons Pty Ltd
Queensland, Australia

CRT Code: RD   		Products: FL and SL refuse bodies
Built: ?-present
Web Site: Richards Website
CRT Articles: Richards Compactor Video

Notes:
RIES
Bruchsal, Germany


CRT Code: R03X   		Products: ASL refuse body
Built: 1983?-??
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Ries Page

Notes: Ries Amotio automated side loader body used with Meiller roll-off tipper
RIKO
Yugoslavia


CRT Code: RK   		Products: RL refuse body
Built: 1970s?-1990s?
Web Site:
CRT Articles:

Notes: Built a model based on the NORBA KI-5. Reorganized in 1993, no longer building refuse body.
RITE WAY MFG.
Downey, California
United States

CRT Code: R05X   		Products: FL refuse body
Built: c1968-1970
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Rite Way Page

Notes: Believed purchased by Cal San Inc. circa 1970
RITEWAY ENGINEERING
Australia


CRT Code: R01X   		Products: FL refuse bodies
Built: ?
Web Site:
CRT Articles: RiteWay FL Video

Notes: Out of Production. Bought by Transpacific Industries Group (TPI)
ROGER
Metallurgica Roger
Laguna Larga, Cordoba
Argentina
CRT Code: R04X   		Products: RL and skiplift
Built:??-present
Web Site: Roger Website
CRT Articles:

ROGERS
Nashville, Tennessee
United States

CRT Code: R02X   		Products: SL recycling body
Built: 1990s?-2011?
Web Site: Rogers Website
CRT Articles: Rogers Page

Notes: Currently producing dump truck bodies and trailers
ROS ROCA
Tarrega, Spain


CRT Code: RS   		Products: RL refuse body
Built: 1960s-present
Web Site: Ros Roca Website
CRT Articles:

Acquisitions: Dennis Eagle, Usimeca, Eurovoire, and Schörling
ROSSI
Rossi Oleodinamica
Riccione, Italy

CRT Code: RO   		Products: Satellite refuse collectors
Built: 1970s-present
Web Site: Rossi Website
CRT Articles:

Notes:
ROTO-PAC
City Tank Corporation
Corona, New York and
Culpeper, Virginia
United States

CRT Code: RP   		Products: RL refuse bodies
Built: 1948-1971?
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Roto-Pac Album,   Roto-Pac brochures (3)

Notes: Discontinued in 1970s, though City Tank continued to build LOADMASTER
SALUBRA

 See Geneve
SAN MARCOS
San Marcos, Cordoba
Argentina

CRT Code: S10X   		Products: SL compactor trailer
Built: 1971-present
Web Site:
CRT Articles:

Notes: Began building refuse trailer in 1990s
SANITARY AUTO BODY CORP.
Brooklyn, New York
United States

CRT Code: S15X   		Products: RL refuse bodies
Built: 1931-19??
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Sanitary Auto Body page

Notes:
SANITARY CONTROLS INC.
Deer Park, New York
United States

CRT Code: SN   		Products: FL refuse bodies, stationary packers, Roll-off
Built: 1969-c1979
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Sanitary Controls page,   Sanitary Controls brochures (1)

Notes: See Also: BAUSENBACH
SARGENT INDUSRTIES

 See Gar Wood
SCAPA ENGINEERING
Blackburn, Lancashire
United Kingdom


CRT Code: S17X   		Products: RL and FL refuse bodies
Built: c1978-1993
Web Site:
CRT Articles:

Notes: Built Gar Wood LP-900, LP-1000 and FL-3000 under license for UK market
See also: Gar Wood
SCEMIA
Puteaux, Hates-de-Seine
France


CRT Code: SB   		Products: RL refuse bodies
Built: 1930s?-1940s?
Web Site:
CRT Articles:

Notes: Built Rey Loader body under license. See also REY
SCHMIDT & MELMER
Weidenau, Germany


CRT Code: S11X   		Products: Dustless bin systems, SL/RL refuse bodies
Built: 1920s-1950s
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Schmidt & Melmer page
Notes:
SCHÖRLING
Hannover and
Häuslingen, Germany

CRT Code: SC   		Products: RL/SL/FL refuse bodies
Built: 1972-2011
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Schörling Album (447 images, 1 video), Schörling brochures (1)

Notes: Longtime builder of German version of LEACH 2R. Firm bought by ROS ROCA (1992). See Also: HS Fahrzeugbau
SCHÜRMANN
Vlotho, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany

CRT Code: S08X   		Products: Container carriers, Rear bucket-load refuse bodies
Built: 2004?-2009?
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Schürmann Page

Notes:
SCI EQUIPMENT CORP.
Commack, New York
United States


CRT Code: S20X   		Products: Container carrier bodies
Built: 1970s?-???
Web Site:
CRT Articles: SCI Page

Notes:
SCORPION

 See Dadee Manufacturing Co.
SCORZA
Luis J.D. Scorza Y CIA. S.A.
Oncativo - Cordoba, Argentina

CRT Code: SZ   		Products: RL/SL refuse bodies
Built: 1970s?-present
Web Site: Scorza Website
CRT Articles:

Notes: Builds a version of the E-Z PACK Goliath RL. Firm believed to have spun off ECONOVO (Oscar Scorza)
SCOTT & HILL STEEL CORP.
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
United States


CRT Code: S19X   		Products: Roll-offs, containers
Built: 1962-1986
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Scott & Hill Page

Notes:
SCOTTSDALE, AZ
United States
 See CITY OF SCOTTSDALE, AZ
SCRANTON MFG.

 See New-Way
SEAL PRESS and TAMPO
San Antonio, Texas
United States


CRT Code: SL   		Products: SL refuse body (Seal Press), RL refuse bodies (Tampo)
Built: 1954-1972?
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Seal-Press & Tampo page,   Seal Press/Tampo brochures (5)

Notes: Seal Press barrel side loader starts 1954. Purchased by Tampo in 1964, added Tampo rear loader 1968, and by 1972 both products badged as Tampo
SEAPACK
Italy


CRT Code: SK   		Products: SL refuse body
Built:?-present
Web Site:
CRT Articles:

Notes:
SEDDON
Oldham, Lancashire,
United Kingdom


CRT Code: 9SA   		Products: Motor trucks
Built: 1937-1984
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Seddon brochures (1)

Notes:
SEC

 See Southwestern Equipment Co.
SEILER
Zurich, Switzerland

CRT Code: S07X   		Products: RL refuse body
Built:1970s?-?
Web Site:
CRT Articles:

Notes:"Swiss Keromat", possibly Norba Licensee
SEMAT
Division of Groupe Zoeller
La Rochelle,
France

CRT Code: SE   		Products: RL refuse body
Built: 1950-present
Web Site: SEMAT Website
CRT Articles: Rey-SEMAT album,  SEMAT Brochures (24)

Notes: Founded in 1945 by Fernand Rey. See also REY
Ownership: CGE (1977), OMB International (2001), Groupe Zoeller (2007)
SERRANO INTERNATIONAL
Fontana, California
United States 		See American Vehicles Inc. (AVI)
SERVICE INTERNATIONAL
United States 		See Universal Waste Systems (UWS)
SHEFFLEX
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
United Kingdom

CRT Code: SF   		Products: Fore & aft tipper, rotary tipper, RL refuse body, semi-automated loader systems
Built:1930s-1960s
Web Site:
CRT Articles:

Notes: Some fore & aft tippers known as Ideal refuse collector
SHELVOKE & DREWRY
Letchworth, Herts
United Kingdom

CRT Code: SD   		Products: Fore & aft tipper, RL refuse body, motor vehicles
Built: 1922-1991
Web Site: Unofficial SD Website
CRT Articles: SD Album,   SD brochures (32)

Notes: Bought by DEMPSTER (1983), sold to company managers (1990)
SHEPPARD FABRICATION
United Kingdom


CRT Code: S02X   		Products: Container carrier
Built: 1960s?
Web Site:
CRT Articles:

Notes:
SHIN MAYWA
Japan


CRT Code: SY   		Products: RL refuse bodies
Built: 1954-present
Web Site: ShinMaywa Website
CRT Articles:

Notes: Early models sold under Kawanishi Motor Services brand
SHU-PAK EQUIPMENT
Cambridge, Ontario
Canada


CRT Code: SP   		Products: SL refuse bodies
Built: 1978?-present
Web Site: Shu-Pak Website
CRT Articles: Shu-Pak Album,   Shu-Pak brochures (2)

Notes: Currently sole licensee of Shubin-design side loader for North America
Former licensees: Western Body & Hoist/Maxon in USA, Carter Bothers and Belgium Standard Ltd. in Canada
SICARD
Montreal, Quebec
Canada and
Watertown, New York
United States

CRT Code: SS   		Products: Sanivan RL refuse bodies
Built: 1943-1968
Web Site: CRT Articles: Sicard Album,   Sicard brochures (5), Sicard ads (8)

Notes: Pioneered ejection unloading in a rear loader (1943).
Primarily known for snow-fighting equipment, which firm still produces
SILENT HOIST
Silent Hoist & Crane Co.
Brooklyn, New York
United States

CRT Code: S04X   		Products: Silentpack SL refuse body
Built: 1937
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Silent Hoist Page

Notes:
SITA
Societe Industrielle de Transports Automobiles
France

CRT Code: SA   		Products: RL refuse bodies
Built: 1933-present
Web Site: SITA Website (Spain)
CRT Articles: SITA Album

Notes: Built paddle-packer (SITA 6000), and the SMV/SITA Plus rear loader. Now concentrates on waste hauling, but refuse bodies made by other licensees
SMART TRUCK SYSTEMS (STS)
Moreno Valley, California
United States
See Stagg
SMITHPAC
H.E. Smith Inc.
Defiance, Ohio
United States

CRT Code: SH   		Products: SL refuse body
Built: 1967c-1970s?
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Smithpac page,  Smithpac brochures (3)

Notes:
SMV
(SITA Materiel de Voirie) 		Manufacturing division of SITA (See SITA)
SOCIMA
Putreaux,
France


CRT Code: SO   		Products: RL refuse bodies
Built: 1950s-1970s?
Web Site:
CRT Articles: SOCIMA page,   Socima brochures (1)

Notes: Roto-Pac (USA) bodies for French market
SOVEL
Villeurbanne, France



CRT Code: SV   		Products: Electric trucks, RL refuse bodies
Built: 1930s-1960s?
Web Site:
CRT Articles: SOVEL page

Notes:
SOUTHWESTERN EQUIPMENT CO. (SEC)
Justin, Texas
United States

CRT Code: SW   		Products: SL refuse bodies
Built: ?-present
Web Site: SEC Website
CRT Articles:

Notes:
SPAD ENGINEERING
Australia


CRT Code: S05X   		Products: RL refuse bodies
Built: 1980s?-s?
Web Site:
CRT Articles:

Notes:
SPARTAN TRUCK EQUIPMENT
Sun Valley, California
United States

CRT Code: S01X   		Products: FL refuse bodies, roll off, trailers, ASL refuse bodies
Built: 1972-present
Web Site: Spartan Website
CRT Articles: Spartan page

Notes:
SPECIAL TRUCKS INC. (STI)
Fort Wayne, Indiana
United States

CRT Code: 9ST   		Products: Buzzard Low-Entry truck chassis
Built: 1980-1997?
Web Site:
CRT Articles: STI Album

Notes:
ST. PAUL HYDRAULIC
Div. of Gar Wood Industries
St. Paul, Minnesota
United States

CRT Code: GW   		Products: Pax-All rear bucket load refuse body
Built: 1950s
Web Site:
CRT Articles:

Notes: Pax-All body designed by George B. Wood, originally sold as Woodson Pax-All. Sold to Gar Wood in 1950, thereafter badged as St. Paul Pax-All
STAGG and
SMART TRUCK SYSTEMS
Moreno Valley, California
United States

CRT Code: ST   		Products: FL/SL refuse bodies
Built: 1984?-2007
Web Site:
CRT Articles:

Notes: Stagg bodies independently built by Western Waste Industries. Following sale of Western to WMI, body works sold to Smart Truck Systems (2004)
STAKHIS
Thessolniki,
Greece

CRT Code: S17X   		Products: Rotopress (FAUN) and Rear Loader (Norba)
Built: 1970s?-present
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Stakhis Brochures (1)

Notes:
STANDARD AUTO BODY INC.
Vernon, California
United States

CRT Code: S14X   		Products: FL refuse body
Built: 1960s?
Web Site:
CRT Articles:

Notes: Possible FL based on Hydro E-Z Pack. Acquired by Hercules-Galion in 1967
STANDARD CARRIAGE WORKS.
Vernon, California
United States

CRT Code: S13X   		Products: FL refuse body
Built: 1960s?-1970s?
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Standard Page

Notes: Not affiliated with Standard Auto Body
STECO
St. Clair, Pennsylvania
United States


CRT Code: S18X   		Products: Ejection trailers
Built: 1970s?-1990s?
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Steco Page

Notes:
STELLAR INDUSTRIES
Garner, Iowa
United States

CRT Code: S11X   		Products: Roll-offs, hooklifts, container carriers
Built: 1990-present
Web Site: Stellar Website
CRT Articles:

Notes: Acquired K-PAC roll-offs/hooklifts in 2008
STERLING MFG. CO.
Laurens, Iowa
United States

CRT Code: SG   		Products: Hippo SL refuse body
Built: 1966-1970s?
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Sterling Page

Notes:
STI
Fort Wayne, Indiana
United States
See Special Trucks Inc.
STRATTON EQUIPMENT CO.
Cleveland, Ohio
United States


CRT Code: S06X   		Products: Hydro-Loader lift attachment, tailgate auger attachment
Built: 1940s??-1960s??
Web Site:
CRT Articles: Stratton Page

Notes: Built attachments for standard open dump bodies: Hydro-Loader hydraulic platform raised men and cans to top of truck, and tailgate auger attachment to convert dump truck to a rear loader
STRIBLING SYSTEMS INC.
Martin, Georgia
United States


CRT Code: S16X   		Products: Stationary packers
Built: 1993-present
Web Site: Stribling Website
CRT Articles:

Notes:
STREICHER
Stuttgart, Germany


CRT Code: S01X   		Products: SL/RL refuse body
Built: 1949-1950s?
Web Site:
CRT Articles:

Notes:
STUMMER
Bischofshofen, Austria
Division of Groupe Zoeller

CRT Code: S03X   		Products: RL refuse bodies (BRIVIO), container carriers
Built: 1980s?-present
Web Site: Stummer Website
CRT Articles:

Notes:
SUPER PACK

 See Superior Mfg.
SUPERIOR MFG.
Portland, Oregon
United States


CRT Code: SM   		Products: Super Pack SL refuse bodies, roll offs
Built: 1957-1974
Web Site: General Equipment Co. (Superior Mfg.)
CRT Articles: Super Pack Page

Notes: Also sold by Western Equipment (Indiana) during 1960's
SUPERIOR PAK
North Bundaberg, Queensland
Australia


CRT Code: SU   		Products: SL/FL/RL refuse bodies, Hooklift and skip hoists
Built: 1980s?-present
Web Site: Superior Pak Website
CRT Articles: Superior Pak FL Video

Notes: Bought by Transpacific Industries Group (TPI) in 2006
SUPERIOR TRAILER
Fontana, California
United States


CRT Code: S09X   		Products: Custom FL bodies (food waste), roll offs
Built: 1935-present
Web Site: Superior Trailer Website
CRT Articles: Superior Trailer Page (1 video)

Notes:
SWEPCO

 See Fastpack
             

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