Douglas Dynamics keeps America’s parking lots and driveways open all winter
Contractors, landscapers, commercial property owners and people with large driveways depend on Milwaukee-based Douglas Dynamics LLC to build reliable equipment for snow removal.
The company designs and builds snowplows and related accessories under three brands – Western, Fisher and Blizzard. Douglas Dynamics’ headquarters is on Milwaukee’s far northwest side, where it builds all of Western’s plows. It also handles limited Western and Fisher production there.
“Western is the best known brand (in Milwaukee),” said Jim Janik, president and chief executive officer of Douglas Dynamics. “We are the largest (manufacturer of snowplows) in the world, with our three brands, in light truck applications.”
Western, Fisher and Blizzard make plows designed for vehicles between an ATV and super duty truck in size. Most of their systems are designed for half ton to one ton trucks, which encompasses most truck designs.
Each different brand and model of truck needs to have a different mounting system designed for it, so Douglas Dynamics three brands makes hundreds of different products, Janik said.
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