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Dennis Eagle
Company typeManufacturer
Founded1907
ProductsGarbage trucks
ParentTerberg Group, Ros Roca
SubsidiariesDennis Eagle Inc

Dennis Eagle Limited is an English garbage truck manufacturer owned by Terberg Environmental.

Overview

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Elite 6 chassis with Olympus body
2011 Elite 2 chassis with Olympus body
Elite 2 chassis with Phoenix 2 body
Elite chassis with Phoenix body

Before operations were merged with Terberg Environmental, Dennis Eagle employed a workforce of over 600 across its two manufacturing sites and service network, which included nine depots as well as mobile engineers based throughout the UK. Body and chassis assembly took place at the Warwick headquarters, with cabs built at the additional manufacturing facility in Blackpool. Producing over 1,000 refuse collection vehicles each year, the company also had an international network of distributors.[citation needed]

In addition to domestic success, Dennis Eagle vehicles are now used globally, with their refuse collection trucks being sold in markets such as Australia, New Zealand, and parts of Asia, reflecting their growing international presence.[1]

History

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Dennis Brothers had made specialised vehicles for municipal authorities from the early 1920s though they were primarily builders of chassis for buses, fire engines and haulage lorries.

Eagle Engineering Company, agricultural and general engineers of Warwick, was incorporated in 1907. It made oil and petrol internal combustion stationary engines and some small agricultural equipment and provided municipalities with refuse vehicles and road sweepers and tower lorries at relatively inexpensive prices sometimes built on Dennis chassis. Soon after the start of the Great Depression Eagle turned from engines to building road trailers and semi-trailers for articulated vehicles. They also added an electrical and wireless department and produced Chakophone wireless sets until 1936. Ownership changed a number of times during the 1960s.[2]

Dennis Eagle's history goes back to the autumn of 1971 when Hestair Group bought Yorkshire Vehicles Limited in Leeds and Eagle Engineering Co in Warwick.[3] Six months later Hestair bought Dennis Motor Holdings[4] and thereafter managed the businesses as the Vehicle Division of Hestair Engineering. Municipal bodies were made in Warwick by Hestair Eagle (incorporating Yorkshire Vehicles), municipal chassis were made by Dennis in Guildford, cabs were made in Blackpool.

Hestair set up a special Environmental Vehicles Division for its waste management activities.[5] In 1985 Hestair moved municipal chassis manufacture from the Dennis plant at Guildford to a new 125,000 square foot plant on the Heathcote Industrial Estate at Warwick. They were joined there by Hestair Eagle's municipal bodies operations which moved across Warwick from Saltisford. The new Dennis Eagle plant was the largest refuse vehicle manufacturing site in Europe.[6][7][8] In 1991 Shelvoke & Drewry's design rights were bought from the receiver.

Environmental Vehicles, Dennis Eagle, now represented around one-third of Hestair's Vehicle Division. Following more changes of parent company (Hestair to Trinity to Dennis Group to Mayflower) Dennis Eagle was sold in July 1999 to NatWest Equity Partners.[9] In January 2004, Dennis Eagle was purchased by ABN Amro.[10]

In 2007, Dennis Eagle was purchased by Ros Roca.[11] Ros Roca and Terberg Environmental then merged in 2016, with Terberg holding the controlling interest. The various companies within the new group retained their trading names. [12][13]

In 2019, Dennis Eagle introduced the eCollect, an all-electric refuse collection vehicle, aimed at reducing emissions and supporting sustainable waste management practices. The eCollect has since been adopted by multiple local authorities in the UK, making Dennis Eagle a leader in environmentally friendly waste solutions.[14]

In 2021, Dennis entered the U.S. market with their ProView chassis being built at a new facility in Summerville, South Carolina.[15]

Dennis Eagle UK products

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From To Name Type Significance
? 1992 Municipal Chassis
1979 ? Phoenix Body Rear loading RCV featuring intermittent 'sweep-slide' packer. Most rode on the Dennis Delta chassis from 1979-92, which used the joint cab design shared with Shelvoke & Drewry (whose corresponding version as known as the "P-type".
1992 2002 Elite Chassis The UK's first low entry cab, replaces the Delta/Municipal chassis.[16]
2001 14 Phoenix 2 Body Replacement for the Phoenix, although closely based on the Ex-Cell model.
2003 ? Elite 2[17] Chassis
2010 Current Olympus[18] Body A minor upgrade from the Phoenix 2 resulting from the merger with Ros Roca. Available in many sizes.
? Current Olympus Twin Pack[18] Body Two body compartments that can individually hold different types of waste.
? Current Olympus Duo[18] Body Two waste compartments. Essentially a smaller Olympus with a pod at the front.
? Current Olympus Mini[18] Body Compact version of the Olympus intended to be mounted on smaller chassis.
? Current Olympus One Pass[18] Body Three waste compartments. Essentially a smaller Olympus Twin Pack with a pod.
? ? Beta 500[19] Binlift
? Current Beta 2[20] Binlift
2013 2021 Elite 6 Chassis The name reflects it's Euro 6 compliance.
2021 Current eCollect[21] Chassis World's first OEM Electric RCV.
2021 Current Elite+[22] Chassis

References

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  1. ^ "About". www.dennis-eagle.co.uk. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  2. ^ Woods, Barrie (1998), Municipal Refuse Collection Vehicles, Trans Pennine Publishing, ISBN 9780952107040
  3. ^ Hestair acquires Eagle Engineering The Times 19 October 1971 page 21
  4. ^ Hestair offers £3.4m for Dennis Motors The Times 28 March 1972 page 19
  5. ^ Torbay Conference Commercial Motor 8 June 1973 page 57
  6. ^ 450 Jobs to Go The Times 16 March 1985 page 2
  7. ^ Dennis moves Commercial Motor 23 March 1985 page 6
  8. ^ Restructured team installed at Hestair Commercial Motor 26 October 1985 page 13
  9. ^ Natwest subsidiary buys Dennis Eagle Commercial Motor 5 August 1999
  10. ^ Eagle strike Commercial Motor 15 January 2004
  11. ^ Harrington, Ben (8 December 2006). "Spanish conglomerate ready to cart off Dennis Eagle". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  12. ^ Boxall, Hannah (26 February 2016). "Dennis Eagle owner Ros Roca announces merger with Terberg Environmental". Resource. Resource Media. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  13. ^ Terberg Ros Roca Group to be based in Warwick SMMT Newsletter 9 March 2016
  14. ^ "Full Electric RCV: eCollect". www.dennis-eagle.co.uk. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  15. ^ "Specialist refuse truck maker Dennis Eagle enters US market".
  16. ^ Goundry, Andy (2020). Dennis Buses & Other Vehicles. ISBN 9781785007071.
  17. ^ "Returning to the CIWM" (PDF). Dennis Eagle. 2 May 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  18. ^ a b c d e "Olympus Bodies RCVs". www.dennis-eagle.co.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  19. ^ "The Beta 500 Binlift" (PDF). Classic Refuse Trucks. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  20. ^ "Dennis Eagle Beta Bin lift". www.dennis-eagle.co.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  21. ^ "Full Electric RCV: eCollect". www.dennis-eagle.co.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  22. ^ "Elite+ Chassis". www.dennis-eagle.co.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
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