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Article: AUSA Sustaining Member Profile: Hutchinson Industries, Inc.
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- Army
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- June 1, 2004
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Corporate Structure: Founded: 1852. Number of Employees: 150. President: Pascal Seradarian. Headquarters: Trenton, N.J. Web site: www.hutchinsoninc.com
Hiram Hutchinson, a New Jersey native, founded Hutchinson more than 150 years ago. The company's defense and security division has returned to his native state to lead the world's runflat and military wheel manufacturing industry. After World War II, the U.S. Army turned away from wheeled combat vehicles, such as the M-8 Grey-hound, to tracked vehicles. At the same time, many European armies continued their development of wheeled combat vehicles. Needing a means of flatproofing the tires on their wheeled vehicles, European manufacturers ...