Starting in 2006, a firm called American industrial partners started buying those independent businesses one by one and rolled them all up into a single company, Rev group. At its peak, the rev group controlled about a third of the entire market. And today, three companies control 70 to 80% of fire truck manufacturing market. The chiefs see exactly what's going on. They have us. What's the incentive of them opening another manufacturing plant? (03:29–03:35)
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Asserts that Rev Group once controlled about one-third of the fire truck manufacturing market.
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