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MOTORINDIA
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Heil Trailer International, Co. is
a leading global provider of engi-
neered tank and specialty trailers
for a diverse range of end markets
including oil and gas and infrastruc-
ture. The company products include
liquid, dry-bulk and specialty trail-
ers.
Founded in 1901, Heil Trailer is
headquartered in Cleveland, Ten-
nessee, with manufacturing facilities
in Athens, Tennessee; Gatesville,
Texas; and Rhome, Texas, and in-
ternational manufacturing facilities
in Thailand and Argentina, which
address the emerging markets of
Asia and Latin America. In addition,
it has sales offices in Brazil and Aus-
tralia and a service center in Louis-
ville, Kentucky.
Heil Trailer focuses on key aspects
of both design and manufacture of
the tank trailers which result in en-
hanced operator safety, increased
revenue hauling capabilities, and
reduced maintenance requirements.
It also keeps developing innovative
products and services, building rela-
tionships and providing the best ‘af-
ter-the-sale’ service for the transpor-
tation industry – the principles that
Julius P. Heil had embraced when he
founded the company in 1901.
Heil Trailer International has its
financially stable and enduring pres-
ence in the trailer industry, whose
founding principles are very much
evident in the work ethics of all Heil
Trailer associates around the world.
These principles are reflected in the
company’s brand message: ‘Going
the Extra Mile for You!’
In an exclusive interview to Mo-
torindia, Mr. Jeffrey M. Edwards,
Director of Export Sales & Market-
ing, Heil Trailer Asia Ltd., explains
how the company’s products could
assuredly raise the standard of the
Indian transportation sector in gen-
eral and the oil transportation sector
in particular.
Excerpts from the interview:
Question: Heil Trailer has been
keenly following the developments
in the Indian petroleum sector for
quite some time now. What are
your current plans for the Indian
market?
Answer: We have crossed a ma-
jor hurdle in terms of the Petroleum
Act having been revised to allow
for high-capacity semi-trailers, and
importantly, those manufactured in
aluminium. This occurred late last
Mr. William J. Brininstool, Managing Director, (left), and Mr. Jeffrey M.
Edwards, Director of Export Sales & Marketing, Heil Trailer Asia Ltd.
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