About: Union City Body Company

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Union City Body Company was founded in 1896 in Union City, Indiana, USA as a manufacturer of carriages, buggies and wagons. One of the first customers was Elwood Haynes of Kokomo, Indiana, the manufacturer of the Haynes-Apperson automobile, which was one of the country’s first production automobiles. Later customers included Auburn, Duesenberg, Essex, and Pierce Arrow, for whom they built bodies. From the 1970s through the 1980s, Union City provided delivery trucks (step-vans) directly to large fleet customers such as United Parcel Service.

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rdf:type	Company
rdfs:label	Union City Body Company
rdfs:comment	Union City Body Company was founded in 1896 in Union City, Indiana, USA as a manufacturer of carriages, buggies and wagons. One of the first customers was Elwood Haynes of Kokomo, Indiana, the manufacturer of the Haynes-Apperson automobile, which was one of the country’s first production automobiles. Later customers included Auburn, Duesenberg, Essex, and Pierce Arrow, for whom they built bodies. From the 1970s through the 1980s, Union City provided delivery trucks (step-vans) directly to large fleet customers such as United Parcel Service.
Products	truck bodies
dcterms:subject	Companies of the United States Companies founded in 1898 Truck manufacturers of the United States GVW Group Spartan Motors
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location country	USA
Name	Union City Body Company
location city	Union City, Indiana
Foundation	1898(xsd:integer)
Parent	Utilimaster Corporation GVW Group
abstract	Union City Body Company was founded in 1896 in Union City, Indiana, USA as a manufacturer of carriages, buggies and wagons. One of the first customers was Elwood Haynes of Kokomo, Indiana, the manufacturer of the Haynes-Apperson automobile, which was one of the country’s first production automobiles. Later customers included Auburn, Duesenberg, Essex, and Pierce Arrow, for whom they built bodies. In the mid-20s, Union City began the producing school bus bodies for Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford Trucks, International Harvester and White Motor Company, as well as truck cabs for Studebaker. Union City produced buses for Ford, the Ford Transit bus. Beginning in the 1950s, Union City began marketing their own step-vans under the Utility brand, manufactured by Utility Truck Distributors Inc. of Union City, a division of Union City. In 1957, an exclusive agreement was signed with GMC Truck & Coach division for GMC and Chevrolet step-vans. From the 1970s through the 1980s, Union City provided delivery trucks (step-vans) directly to large fleet customers such as United Parcel Service.
is Divisions of	Utilimaster Corporation

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