Heil Trucks Get Onyx Waste Nod

Solid waste and recycling truck body maker Heil Environmental Industries Ltd., Chattanooga, Tenn., has become the exclusive supplier of truck bodies to Onyx Waste Services Inc., Milwaukee, for the next two years.

Onyx, consisting of the former Superior Services Inc. and other waste and recycling companies acquired by Onyx North America, will purchase recycling collection and rear-loading and front-loading waste collection bodies exclusively from Heil through May of 2005, extending a contract that began in early 2002.

“Heil makes good products and does a great job of taking care of any problems and service issues we have,” says Onyx Waste Services purchasing and maintenance director Jim Kennedy. “They give us the support we need through a direct line to the manufacturer as well as local distributor and factory support.”

Onyx Waste Services operates in 11 U.S. states, parts of Canada and in the Bahamas, operating a fleet of about 1,800 trucks, including 350 recycling collection vehicles. It is part of Onyx North America, which is part of French conglomerate Vivendi Environnement.

“We are honored that Onyx has demonstrated its satisfaction with Heil products and service by awarding us a three-year exclusive contract,” remarks Heil director of sales Jim McKee.

Heil, established in 1901, makes front, rear and side loading waste and recycling collection truck bodies. The subsidiary of Dover Industries, Elgin, Ill., has manufacturing plants in Fort Payne, Ala., and Hillend, Scotland, U.K.