The year goneby marked the 100th year anniversary of Magnus Hendrickson founding Hendrickson Motor Truck Company in 1913. 
Today, Hendrickson is the leading manufacturer and supplier of medium- and heavy-duty suspension systems and components to the global transportation industry. It is now firmly positioned to support the industry’s worldwide growth and to enhance the overall value proposition to fleets, owner operators and truck and trailer manufacturers around the world.
“Hendrickson realizes in today’s competitive industry we cannot rest on our past 100 years of success. We must continue to develop innovative products that provide value to the end user and ensure our future. To that point, we are excited about our 2014 corporate communications campaign titled “Solutions Through Innovation TM”, states Mark Slingluff, director of marketing and communications at Hendrickson.
“In conjunction with our new corporate theme, we will implement product messaging and images designed to show the versatility and benefits of Hendrickson’s expansive product portfolio. Additional product messaging include Making Payload Payoff TM, Turning Down Time into Drive Time TM, Turning Complexity into Simplicity TM and Making Down Time Up Time TM to name a few,” he adds.
Hendrickson’s message to the OEMs, fleets and end users is that it understands the heavy-duty trucking industry and the challenges it faces every day. As the trucking’s second century begins, Hendrickson is poised to supply Solutions Through Innovation TM by drawing on its legacy of superior design, quality manufacturing and superb customer service and to deliver lightweight, durable suspension systems and components required to carry freight through commerce centers all over the globe. Hendrickson looks forward to serving the heavy-duty commercial vehicle industry for the next 100 years.
Hendrickson, a Boler company, is a leading global manufacturer and supplier of medium- and heavy-duty mechanical, elastomeric and air suspensions; integrated and non-integrated axle systems; auxiliary lift axle systems; parabolic and multi-leaf springs; and bumper and trim components to the global commercial transportation industry. Based in Itasca, Ill., USA, the company continues to meet the entire needs of the transportation industry even after 100 years.