What makes a truck a garbage truck is its superstructure attached to it. As Şahlan, we call this superstructure a "garbage collection vehicle". In Turkey, it is also called "hydraulic compressed garbage can". Whatever we call it, in the most general terms, "garbage truck" is a machine that varies according to the countries in which it is used. As Şahlan, we see those who manufacture garbage collection vehicles in Turkey not as competitors, but as our colleagues who serve the country's machinery. Therefore, they will not be mentioned in this article. Worldwide garbage truck manufacturers include:
USA: McNeilus, Heil, New Way, Amrep, PeterBild, OshkoshEUROPE: Kirchhoff Ecotec (German based multinational), Geesink Norba (Dutch origin until Spain based investment firm acquired), Terberg Group (Netherlands based multinational), NTM (Finland), Kaoussis (Greece), OMB (Italy), AMS ( Italy), Mol (Belgium), Mazzocchia (Italy), EcoZeta (Italy) etc. USA manufacturers are protected by the USA due to the importance given to the national industry. If it were not so, these brands could also belong to some multinational companies such as Kirchoff or the Terberg group. Due to this special situation of the USA and the design differences in the country, we, as Şahlan, follow our European competitors.
We follow with envy the importance our European competitors place on the environment, waste separation and electric vehicles. We think that the same sensitivities should be formed in Turkey and in our region. We attach great importance to environmental sensitivities and we do our best to create them. Trusting (grouping) is common in manufacturers in Europe. It can be said that the production of garbage trucks in Europe has progressed under the control of 4-5 companies called monopoly. As Şahlan, we are aware that our competitors have large capitals, wide service networks and production capabilities. On the other hand, we serve our customers all over the world with our customer-oriented flexible production and the warm relations brought about by being a family business. While we respect the visions and institutionalism of our European competitors, we never take their high prices and inflexible approaches as an example. As Şahlan, we will continue to approach our customers as a solution partner, as a company principle, regardless of our corporate size.