Spartan Chassis Expands Product Portfolio With Launch of Ladder-Equipped Cab/Chassis

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This will basically allow, for example, smaller builders like Gowans Knight, 4 Guys, Alexis, Custom, Marion, etc to build with Spartan ERV ladders (former Crimson) instead of RK.

From a Spartan ERV press release:

INDIANAPOLIS, April 25, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Spartan Chassis, a subsidiary of Spartan Motors, Inc. (SPAR), expanded its product offering with the launch of Series 75 Aerial debuted at the Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC) in Indianapolis, Ind. A cab and a chassis with a mounted 75' aerial ladder, the Series 75 immediately expands the market opportunity of its 44 Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) partners.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/spartan-chassis-expands-product-portfolio-123000982.html

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Crimson go out of business?

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Name change

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Quality Fire Apparatus and Luverne Fire Apparatus were merged into Crimson a number of years ago. Recently, Crimson changed their name to Spartan ERV, in part to be a "Single Source" manufacturers while continuing the name of their OEM chasis division.