Knapheide Manufacturing Company

Knapheide Manufacturing Company is a truck body manufacturer located in Quincy, Illinois. They are not specifically a fire apparatus manufacturer, but many fire departments use trucks with Knapheide service bodywork as squad or light rescue units.

History
Knapheide is in its sixth generation of ownership and operation by the Knapheide family. Formed in 1848 as a wagon building company, Knapheide moved to farm truck bodies in the early part of the 20th century. The business further diversified into service and tanker bodies in the 1970s. A new manufacturing plant was opened in 1997. Operations had been disrupted by flooding of the Mississippi River in 1973 and 1993.