Rosenbauer America
Fire engines, rescue vehicles and aerial platforms manufactured at three US plants — Wyoming, Minnesota; Lyons, South Dakota; and Fremont, Nebraska.
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Where Rosenbauer America products are made
Pumps, municipal fire trucks, industrial fire trucks, aerial rescue equipment and PANTHER airport fire trucks.
Fire engines, rescue vehicles and aerial fire trucks, at a 21-hectare plant.
Mid- and rear-mounted aerial platforms and STINGER elevated platforms.
What this emblem covers. Rosenbauer states “Made in the USA — trusted worldwide” for its three US plants as a group. The parent company, Rosenbauer International AG, is Austrian — under the campaign’s manufacturing-first standard, ownership is disclosed but does not change eligibility; what qualifies the company is that its fire apparatus is verifiably built at these three US plants.
The story
Rosenbauer America’s South Dakota roots go back to Lyons Garage in the 1970s, which grew into Central States Fire Apparatus, founded by local residents Harold and Helen Boer — reportedly built for their own volunteer fire department before becoming a full manufacturer.
Rosenbauer International AG, an Austrian fire-equipment manufacturer, later built out US operations to include the Lyons, South Dakota plant alongside facilities in Wyoming, Minnesota and Fremont, Nebraska, each specializing in a different part of the fire-apparatus line.
Why they matter
The Lyons, South Dakota plant alone employs close to 400 manufacturing workers in a town with a nighttime population of about 75 — turning it into a daytime population of over 450 — and the South Dakota operations produce roughly 500 fire trucks and rescue vehicles a month.
A foreign-owned company that chooses to keep building its US-market fire trucks at US plants, rather than importing them, keeps that production and those jobs in South Dakota, Minnesota and Nebraska.
Visit Rosenbauer America
Rosenbauer builds fire engines, rescue vehicles and aerial platforms at its own plants in South Dakota, Minnesota and Nebraska.
Rosenbauer America questions
Is Rosenbauer America made in the USA?
Yes. Rosenbauer’s own site states “Made in the USA — trusted worldwide” for its three US plants — Wyoming, Minnesota; Lyons, South Dakota; and Fremont, Nebraska.
Where is Rosenbauer America based?
It operates three plants: Wyoming, Minnesota; Lyons, South Dakota; and Fremont, Nebraska.
Is Rosenbauer America American-owned?
No — Rosenbauer America is a subsidiary of Rosenbauer International AG, based in Austria. Its fire trucks are still built at its three US plants.
What does Rosenbauer America make?
Fire engines, rescue vehicles, aerial platforms and firefighting apparatus.