For more than 100 years, Heil® has been at the forefront of excellence, innovation, and customer satisfaction in the Waste Industry.
Heil proudly manufactures a wide variety of garbage truck collection bodies including Front loaders, automated front loaders rear loaders, automated side loaders, multi-compartment rear loaders, and the industry’s first all-electric automated sideloader. All of our garbage truck bodies are made in the United States and we are proud to call Fort Payne, Alabama home!
“Build it right, and then back it with integrity.” More than any other principle of business, the commitment to do things right has made Heil the undisputed industry leader.
The Heil Railjoint Welding Company was founded by Julius P. Heil
The company was reorganized as Heil.
Heil produces the first electrically welded compartment tanks and steel truck body.
Heil begins manufacturing hand hoist and dump body units.
Heil produces the worlds first twin-arm hydraulic hoist for truck bodies.
Heil produces prototype “van type” fully enclosed refuse vehicle.
Heil begins using high tensile steel in welded truck bodies.
Heil delivers is first conveyor-type refuse bodies to the city of New York
Heil manufactures the first Colector garbage truck bodies.
Heil introduces the Colecto-Pak, the first refuse body capable of packing it’s own load.
Heil introduces the Mark II Colectomatic rear loader.
Heil begins production at it’s new manufacturing facilities in Fort Payne, AL and Scotland.
The Mark III Colectomatic rear loader becomes the first unit to go into production in the Ft Payne, AL manufacturing facility.
Heil introduces the Mark IV Colectomatic rear loader, forerunner to the Formula® 4000 rear loader.
The Heil Company opens an office in Chattanooga, TN, which eventually becomes it’s corporate headquarters.
Heil introduces the Formula series of refuse bodies and production of the Formula® 500 begins.
Heil acquires Litter-Lift Systems, the forerunner to the Formula® 7000 Split-Body automated collection system.
Heil introduces the Half/Pack® front-loader.
Heil purchases Government Innovations, manufacturers of the Rapid-Rail® automated side loader.
Heil introduces the Reycle 2000™ curbside collector
The Heil Co. is acquired and becomes a subsidiary within Dover Corporation
The 10,000th Formula® 5000 rolls off the line.
Heil introduces STARR® System automated side loader and a redesign of the Half/Pak® front loader with a curved body shell, which becomes the DurPak® Half/Pak® front loader.
Heil opens the industries first dedicated factory training center.
Heil installs the first robotic welding machine on the Half/Pack® line.
Heil introduces the DuraPack® family of refuse products.
Heil introduces the industry’s only mobile training center.
Heil purchases Bayne Machine Works, the leading manufacturer of container lift systems.
Heil introduces four new products: the PowerTrack® Commercial Rear Loader, PT1000™ rear loader, MultiPack® refuse collection vehicle, and Python® automated arm.
Heil introduces CP Python® continuous pack automated side loader.
Heil introduces MultiTask SL™ drop-frame side loader
Heil introduces the redesigned RapidRail® V2
Heil opens its newly renovated paint facility at its manufacturing plant in Fort Payne, AL.
Dover joins together Heil Environmental, Marathon Equipment Company, and Bayne Machine Works to form Environmental Solutions Group.
Heil introduces the Half/Pack® Freedom™ front loader: the lightest front loader in the refuse industry.
Heil invests six million dollars to establish a flow line in the mount shop to create chassis check-in facility and to upgrade the employee amenities and office facility.
Heil acquires DuaLift™ and begins manufacturing Heil roll-off units.
Heil partners with Big Truck Rental® to form the Heil Rentals Program.
Heil acquires The Curtton-Can Company.
Heil introduces the Odyssey™ Automated Front Loader.
About TEREX
Terex Corporation acquired Environmental Solutions Group on October 8, 2024.
Terex Corporation is a global industrial equipment manufacturer of materials processing machinery, waste and recycling solutions, mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs), and equipment for the electric utility industry. We design, build and support products used in maintenance, manufacturing, energy, minerals and materials management, construction, waste and recycling, and the entertainment industry. We provide best-in-class lifecycle support to our customers through our global parts and services organization and offer complementary digital solutions designed to help our customers maximize their return on investment. Certain Terex products and solutions enable customers to reduce their impact on the environment including electric and hybrid offerings that deliver quiet and emission-free performance, products that support renewable energy, and products that aid in the recovery of useful materials from various types of waste. Our products are manufactured in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific and sold worldwide.
