- Start
- Sep 18, 199690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
- End
- Sep 18, 199690% CONFIDENCEfrom sec.gov
Oshkosh Acquires Pierce Manufacturing for $156.9 Million
- Oshkosh Truck acquired Pierce (fire trucks) in September 1996, the first acquisition of a 1996 strategic initiative to diversify[3]
- Since that initiative Oshkosh sales rose from $413 million in fiscal 1996 to $1,926 million in fiscal 2003, with later acquisitions including McNeilus (1998), Medtec (2000) and Geesink Norba (2001)[3]
- Pierce was founded in 1913 in Appleton, Wisconsin, built its first fire trucks in 1939, and became a subsidiary of Oshkosh Truck Corporation in 1996[2]
- Pierce earned ISO 9001 certification in 1998 as the only single-source custom fire apparatus maker, and later introduced TAK-4 suspension (2001) and the Volterra electric truck (2021)[2][3]
References 385% CONFIDENCE
The first entry is always the pin's source. Overall confidence is a weighted average of how firmly each reference supports the start and end times used above; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newest.
- [1]90%youtube.com/watch?v=m8EZCg2Y19Iyoutube.com· Posted Sep 15, 2026· Starts Sep 18, 1996 ✓· 33% of score
Oshkosh's own SEC[3] Form 10-K states the company acquired Pierce's stock for cash on September 18, 1996.
- [2]75%Timeline - One Century Strongpiercemfg.com· Added Sep 15, 2026· 33% of score
Pierce's own company history timeline confirms the 1996 Oshkosh acquisition and the 1939 first fire truck body, corroborating the manufacturing lineage shown in the documentary.[1]
- [3]90%OSHKOSH TRUCK CORP - Form 10-K - FY2003sec.gov· Added Sep 15, 2026· Starts Sep 18, 1996· Ends Sep 18, 1996 ✓· 33% of score
Oshkosh's SEC 10-K states it 'acquired for cash all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Pierce for $156.9 million' on September 18, 1996.
Suggest a correction
Something missing or wrong? Say it in your own words: a link that backs this pin up, a different start or end date and why, or a fact it lacks or gets wrong. The AI checks it against this pin's sources, searches for better ones, and adds any page that backs you up. The pin's own sources still count most.
