Haaker Equipment Company

HAAKER EQUI PMENT COMPANY Matt Woods, Vice President Sales & Marketing at Haaker Equipment Company. “We also cover southern Nevada, mostly Las Vegas, and the whole state of Arizona.” Haaker Equipment Company supplies, maintains, and rents industrial equipment from brands like Vactor, Elgin, TRUVAC, Envirosight, and Powerboss. The company has worked as a supply partner for Vactor Manufacturing and the Elgin Sweeper Company, both owned by the Federal Signal Corporation, for decades, creating a tightly integrated partnership that today makes them a preferred partner in the markets they serve. “They’re part of our business,” says Woods. “We don’t look at them as people that we just buy equipment from for resale. It’s a long-term relationship that’s going on almost 50 years.” From these relationships, Haaker Equipment Company benefits from having understanding partners attuned to what is happening within the company. “These strong partnerships mean our suppliers are involved in our business,” he adds. “They know what’s going on in our business, the challenges we have, and we work together to solve those challenges and deliver a better product to our customers.” Haaker Equipment Company’s story begins in 1972, when John A. Haaker began a Vactor dealership in Santa Fe Springs, moving to El Monte, and finally settling in Pomona, California. His son, Bill, also joined the company at the time as a general manager and mechanic. In 1982, the company took on the Elgin Street Sweeper product line, continuing to grow its business into the late ‘80s with the two product lines. By 1990, the company had grown significantly, adding a new division selling fire equipment. In 1991, John retired, leaving Bill to run the company as president and CEO. Around the same time, a new owner joined the company, Randy Blackman, who shortly after joining was appointed president, while Bill took on the more Matt Woods, Vice President Sales & Marketing