Spartan Emergency Response Launches “Spartan Select” for Simpler and Faster Vehicle Configuration
April 21 2016 - 7:00AM
Spartan Emergency Response (“Spartan”), a business unit of Spartan
Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPAR), today announced Spartan Select, two new
base configurations for Spartan’s most popular cab and chassis
configurations that will speed the ordering process for Spartan OEM
partners that build on Spartan’s cab/chassis platforms, and for the
fire departments that work with them.
About Spartan Select
The Spartan Select offers Spartan OEM partners with two new base
configurations in SPARcon – the Company’s configuration and order
entry system - for the Gladiator and Metro Star cab and chassis
models, aimed at simplifying and expediting the ordering process.
Individual features were chosen based on Spartan’s extensive
database of customer-specific configurations, and include those
options found in 80 percent of fire department orders.
Drawing on 41 years of chassis building expertise and insights
gathered along the way, Spartan’s new configurations will give fire
departments the confidence that the cab and chassis they order will
meet their requirements at a preferential price point. Beginning
with the building blocks of these most optimal specifications,
departments will still have the flexibility to add or subtract
custom features to satisfy their specific requirements, and best
meet their and their customers’ needs.
Spartan to Feature Manufacturing Partners
Spartan will feature the Gladiator and Metro Star chassis – the
two models available in Spartan Select configurations – at the
annual FDIC International conference, April 21-23 in Indianapolis.
This will be the first time in the company’s history that Spartan
will display chassis built specifically for customers of its OEM
partners.
In booth #8205 at the conference, Spartan will feature a Metro
Star Chassis sold by partner Toyne, Inc. to the Tully Fire
Department in upstate New York, and a Gladiator Chassis sold by
partner 4 Guys Fire Trucks to the Wilkesboro Fire Department in
North Carolina.
The cab and chassis on display include Spartan’s Advanced
Protection System, a bundle of innovative safety features that
protect firefighters while they travel to and from the emergency
scene. One in four fire departments answer emergency calls with a
Spartan truck, supported by over 100 North American dealers
representing Spartan’s OEM partners.
“Since Spartan’s start in 1975 the formula has been simple –
build a high-quality custom product, sell it at a fair price, and
provide great service,” said John Slawson, President, Spartan
Emergency Response. “This unwavering dedication to quality, value,
service, and innovation has been the foundation of Spartan’s
ongoing commitment to our OEM partners.”
About Spartan Motors
Spartan Motors, Inc. is a leading designer, engineer,
manufacturer and marketer of a broad range of specialty vehicles,
specialty chassis, vehicle bodies and parts for the fleet and
delivery, recreational vehicle (RV), emergency response, defense
forces and contract assembly (light/medium duty truck: Class 3, 4
and 5) markets. The Company's brand names - Spartan Motors, Spartan
Specialty Vehicles, Spartan Emergency Response, Spartan Parts and
Accessories, and Utilimaster®, a Spartan Motors Company - are known
for quality, durability, performance, customer service and
first-to-market innovation. The Company employs approximately 1,700
associates at facilities in Michigan, Pennsylvania, South Dakota
and Indiana. Spartan reported sales of $550 million in 2015. Visit
Spartan Motors at www.spartanmotors.com.
Contact:
Russell T. Chick
Corporate Director of Marketing
Spartan Motors, Inc.
517.997.3852
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