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{{Advert|date=March 2009}}
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| company_name = Featherlite Inc.
| company_type = [[Private company|Private]]
| foundation = 1973
| ___location = [[Cresco]], [[Iowa]] USA
| industry =
[[Trailers]],
[[Transportation]]
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==History==
The Featherlite brand name was first established in 1973 when the company created the first all-aluminum gooseneck livestock trailer. The brand was started in Oklahoma. Featherlite Manufacturing Inc., located in Grand Meadow, Minnesota, acquired the brand and established itself as a company in 1988. The company relocated to Cresco, Iowa in 1993. In 1998, the company changed its name to Featherlite Inc.
▲The Featherlite brand name was first established in 1973 when the company created the first all-aluminum gooseneck livestock trailer. The brand was started in Oklahoma. Featherlite Manufacturing Inc., located in Grand Meadow, Minnesota, acquired the brand and established itself as a company in 1988. The company relocated to Cresco, Iowa in 1993. In 1998, the company changed its name to Featherlite Inc. <ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/featherlite-inc</ref>
Featherlite is closely associated with [[NASCAR]]. The company rose to prominence in the sport when it created the first ever custom aluminum race car semi trailer for legendary NASCAR racer [[Dale Earnhardt]]. Today Featherlite supplies 85 percent of NASCAR Sprint Cup teams with semi trailer race car haulers and vending trailers. Among the teams Featherlite has supplied are those of [[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]], [[Jeff Gordon]] and [[Jimmie Johnson]].
Featherlite has constantly expanded its Cresco, Iowa trailer manufacturing plant. At present, the plant contains 311,400 square feet of building space.
In 2006, Featherlite Trailers became a wholly-owned subsidiary of [[Universal Trailer Corporation]].
==Products==
Featherlite manufactures all-aluminum trailers, using [[aluminum alloys]] such as 6061-T6. Outside of race trailers, their most well-known products are horse trailers and livestock trailers. However, the company offers a wide range of trailers for other pursuits. Among the other models are car trailers, motorcycle trailers, ATV trailers, snowmobile trailers and utility trailers.
Featherlite emphasizes the customizability of its trailers. Customers can design a trailer down to the frame if they wish, but even the stock trailer models offer several changeable options. To demonstrate the versatility of its trailers, Featherlite maintains a virtual horse trailer design system, the Configurator, on its web site. It also promotes a PerfectFit system, which claims to provide customers the trailer that is right for them with a series of seven questions.
▲Featherlite manufactures all-aluminum trailers, using [[aluminum alloys]] such as 6061-T6. Outside of race trailers, their most well-known products are horse trailers and livestock trailers. However, the company offers a wide range of trailers for other pursuits. Among the other models are car trailers, motorcycle trailers, ATV trailers, snowmobile trailers and utility trailers.
The most popular Featherlite trailer is its horse trailer Model 8541, a slant-load horse trailer that can be customized to haul 2 to 6 horses.
▲Featherlite emphasizes the customizability of its trailers. Customers can design a trailer down to the frame if they wish, but even the stock trailer models offer several changeable options. To demonstrate the versatility of its trailers, Featherlite maintains a virtual horse trailer design system, the Configurator, on its web site. It also promotes a PerfectFit system, which claims to provide customers the trailer that is right for them with a series of seven questions.
▲The most popular Featherlite trailer is its horse trailer Model 8541, a slant-load horse trailer that can be customized to haul 2 to 6 horses.
==Specialty trailers==
Featherlite creates business-to-business specialty trailers for organizations ranging from corporations to sports teams to state and federal government. Among the types of trailers it has manufactured are:
▲Featherlite creates business-to-business specialty trailers for organizations ranging from corporations to sports teams to state and federal government. Among the types of trailers it has manufactured are:
<ul><li>Medical office trailers</li>
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<li>Mobile interactive museums</li></ul>
Clients of Featherlite Specialty Trailers include Cessna, Indian Motorcycles, John Deere, the United States Coast Guard, the Dallas Cowboys, Major League Baseball, Harley-Davidson, Chevrolet, NASCAR, American Grand Am, Best Buy, Target and DeWalt.
==Sponsorships==
Featherlite promotes its trailers at over 1,200 trade shows. It is a sponsor of such organizations as [[American Quarter Horse Association]]<ref>http://www.aqha.com/partners/index.html</ref>, NASCAR<ref>http://www.nascar.com/guides/sponsors/</ref>, [[Appaloosa Horse Club]]<ref>http://www.appaloosa.com/association/sponsors.htm</ref> and the [[National Western Stock Show]]<ref>http://www.nationalwestern.com/nwss/sponsors/sponsors.php</ref>. Featherlite has also partnered with Young Rider magazine to sponsor several art and writing contests for young equestrians.
Featherlite sponsors the following organizations and events:
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==References==
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<li>[http://www.fthr.com Featherlite Trailers Home Page]</li>
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