Oshkosh Corporation (OSK)

Overview

Oshkosh Corporation, headquartered in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, is a global leader in the manufacturing of purpose-built vehicles and equipment. Since its inception in 1917, originally known as Oshkosh Truck Corporation, the company has grown into a diversified entity operating across three major segments: Access, Defense, and Vocational. Oshkosh Corporation is dedicated to offering a wide range of specialized vehicles and equipment designed to meet the varied needs of construction, industrial, defense, and emergency services sectors, among others. Through direct sales representatives, dealers, and distributors, Oshkosh Corporation ensures a widespread availability of its products and services globally, cementing its reputation as a trusted provider in the industry.

Products and Services

• Access Equipment

This segment focuses on the design and manufacturing of aerial work platforms and telehandlers used in construction, industrial, and maintenance applications. Oshkosh offers comprehensive financing and leasing solutions, including rental fleet loans, leases, floor plan and retail financing. Further, it provides towing and recovery equipment such as carriers, wreckers, and rotators, alongside equipment installation and the sale of chassis and service parts.

• Defense Segment

Oshkosh is engaged in the manufacture and sale of heavy, medium, and light tactical wheeled vehicles and related services for the department of defense. This segment underscores Oshkosh’s commitment to supporting military operations with advanced, reliable vehicular solutions.

• Vocational Segment

This diverse segment encompasses a variety of specialized vehicles and services, including:

• Custom and commercial firefighting equipment, fire apparatus, and emergency vehicles such as pumpers, aerial platforms, ladder and tiller trucks, and tankers.
• Light, medium, and heavy-duty rescue vehicles, along with wildland rough terrain response, bomb squad, hazardous materials control vehicles, mobile command and control centers, and other emergency response vehicles.
• Command vehicles, ARFF vehicles as part of their emergency response vehicle lineup.
• Refuse collection vehicles tailored for the waste services industry.
• Front discharge concrete mixers for the concrete ready-mix industry.
• Field service vehicles and truck-mounted cranes designed for construction, equipment dealers, building supply, utilities, tire service, railroad, and mining industries.

The Vocational segment demonstrates Oshkosh’s capability to engineer solutions that meet the specialized requirements of a broad range of industries, ensuring operational efficiency and reliability.