About Astoria

History

Astoria Industries was started in Astoria, Illinois in the early 60's. Astoria was the first company to manufacture service truck bodies and truck caps made out of fiberglass. Many of these bodies are still serving their customers today. In 1995, Robert Wolf purchased Astoria and Glasstite service bodies from Raven Industries and moved them to Chariton, Iowa from Jackson, Minnesota. Mr. Wolf was President – CEO of Northwest Bodies Inc. (NBI) for 10 ten years prior to acquiring Astoria Industries.

Astoria Customers

Astoria truck equipment builds products for the telecommunications industry, power and gas industry, oil patch, commercial fleets, and government to name a few. Our customers are located worldwide.

Astoria also builds prototypes and equipment for the aeronautical industry. Astoria meets very stringent requirements, set forth by the FAA. Astoria transfers many of the space age materials, processes, and exacting quality control requirements needed in the aeronautical industry to its truck equipment products.

Testimonials

We are extremely pleased with our Astoria fiberglass body. Compared to other truck bodies we previously used, the workmanship in our Astoria body is second to none. Even though we are a small company, the folks at Astoria took the time to sit down with us and design a unit to meet our specific dimensions. It is a pleasure doing business with people who are dedicated to quality and customer satisfaction. We look forward to a long lasting relationship with Astoria Industries.

- Rudy Wollenweber, Owner, Wollenweber Electric

I have had a working relationship with Astoria Industries for many years and have found them to be competitive in the marketplace and still remain helpful and accommodating with special needs that we might have. Astoria offers a wide range of body configuration and compartment sizes which makes my job easier as a specification writer when trying to fulfill the needs of the end user. I have also found Astoria fiberglass bodies to be low maintenance and remain new looking after years of service.

- Chuck Pattavia, Sr. Eng. Tech Coord., Metropolitan Utilities District

I wanted to send you a letter of appreciation for the outstanding fiberglass bodies you have supplied to us through Astoria. We have used other fiberglass bodies in the past, and have found Astoria is far superior. The Astoria appearance and quality is unmatched. We have problems with your competitor's products such as leaks, latches and door hardware. None of these problems have been evident in your products at all. Your new design with recessed doors, proves to me that Astoria is continuing to look for improvements, regardless of their obvious product success. Keep up the great work.

- Joe Cimino, Vehicle Fleet Manager, Frontier Citizens

Meet our inside and outside sales people

Scott Metzger, Sales Manager
(641) 342-3456
Email: scottm@astoriainc.com

Rick Shoemaker, Inside Sales
(641) 342-3456
Email: sales@astoriainc.com

Scott Jaynes, Account Manager (Central and Southeast)
(816) 225-6038
Email: jaynesksj@aol.com

Robert Fletcher, Account Manager (Northeast)
(484) 343-2141
Email: roberthfletcher@comcast.net

Jim Jennings, Account Manager (Northeast)
(215) 565-6403
Email: jjenningslfr@earthlink.net

Todd Green, Engineer
(641) 342-3456
Email: engineering@astoriainc.com

Tim Meyer, Account Manager
(219) 510-7439
Email: tim.meyer.astoria@hotmail.com