Spartan Motors

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Spartan Motors, Inc. is an engineer and manufacturer of custom motor vehicle chassis and bodies. The company is based in Charlotte, Michigan with 870 employees (2005) and a net profit margin of 2.42% (2005). It was started in 1976 by a group of engineers whose employer, a heavy truck company, went bankrupt. Spartan principly manufactures vehicle chassis for the recreational vehicle, emergency services, and military markets.

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[edit] Facilities

Spartan Motors operates facilities in the following places:

[edit] Subsidiaries

[edit] Spartan Chassis, Inc.

Spartan Chassis designs, engineers, and manufactures chassis for recreational vehicles, fire trucks, ambulances, and rescue vehicles.

[edit] Crimson Fire, Inc.

Crimson Fire designs and builds custom fire apparatus. Was created by a consolidation of Luverne and Quality Manufacturing.

[edit] Road Rescue, Inc.

Road Rescue designs and builds ambulances and emergency rescue vehicles.

[edit] Military supplier

In 2006, Spartan began manufacturing military vehicle chassis as a supplier to two companies, Force Protection (FPI) and General Dynamics. The FPI Cougar, which uses a Spartan chassis, is one of several Mine Resistant Ambush Protected, or MRAP, designs recently ordered by the United States military.

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