Kress Corporation is an American off-road truck manufacturer located in Brimfield, Illinois. Founded in 1965 by Ted Kress, the company has been a manufacturer of specialized industrial equipment for transporting and handling steel, slag, coal and other heavy materials for the steel mills, for the mining industry, and also for earth moving.[1][2] His father joined the company in 1969.[3]
The company's first product was a slag pot carrier that was used to pick up, transfer, pour and skull slag pots from blast furnaces. It later expanded into the manufacture of coal haulers and slab carriers used to pick up and carried 100 tons of steel slabs and coils.
References
edit- ^ "Kress History" http://www.kresscarrier.com/HistoryOfKress.html Archived 2010-04-27 at the Wayback Machine Kress Corporation.
- ^ "An Interview with Rita Kress". Peoria Magazines. May 2002.
- ^ "Edward Kress". Journal Star, Peoria, Illinois. 2003-02-17.
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