Charles Bell
Owings Mills, MD (USA)
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Siege Engine Inc
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Location:
Owings Mills
Industry:
Manufacturing
Year Founded:
2003
Number Employees:
1-10 people
Description:
We help commercial truckers substantially increase their income. How we do it is by giving them a compelling reason to rebuild their older truck instead of buying a new truck every four years (as is the industry norm.) What we do is provide them with a better looking exhaust system which provides superior mileage and allows them to cheerfully keep older trucks on the road longer. The result is a trucker in a customized truck, with better mileage than a new truck, lower taxes with a fully depreciated yet 100% serviceable vehicle, and no more monthly payments to make to the bank or anyone else.
Specifically our parts used in class 8 commercial truck refurbishment. Due to the state of the economy there is a boom in truck refurbishment. Instead of buying new trucks, owners are refurbishing older trucks en mass and our product is used in most refurbishments. We are currently facing very high demand for our product.
In truck driving the truck is the personification of the operator. Looks count along with functionality. Our product increases fuel economy slighlty but most customers buy it because it is the ultimate eye candy. Due to our low overhead we profitably sell at less cost than OEM parts and look incomparably better.
Our product is simple, easy to install, requires no tech support for 99% of the buyers, fits multiple makes and models (75% of the US truck fleet) with just a single part number, and has a direct upgrade path to a second product we sell at 4x the cost and 800% greater net profit.
We are a very flat and lean organization. Our sales are made in through both direct retail and dealer sales. We have 2 years selling this product. Our head sales rep is a well know industry insider with 34 years of experience and connections everywhere.