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Great Dane is an American manufacturer of commercial transportation equipment, founded in 1900 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The company operates 10 manufacturing facilities and 20 service centres across the United States, employing more than 5,000 people. It supplies the foodservice, grocery, beverage distribution, and general freight transportation industries.

The company's product portfolio spans several categories of commercial trailers and truck bodies: the Everest line of refrigerated trailers, Champion dry vans, Sahara dry freight truck bodies, and Freedom flatbed trailers. It also produces FleetPulse trailer telematics systems and ThermoGuard composite trailer liners.

With over 125 years of continuous operation, Great Dane is one of the longest-standing manufacturers in the North American commercial vehicle sector. Its combined manufacturing and service footprint across 30 locations offers roles in production, logistics, fleet management, and field service - areas where disciplined, process-oriented professionals with experience managing operations and teams can find a natural fit.

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