Union Tank Car history

In 1931, it began shipping chemicals and producing tank cars.

1952 Union Tank Car Company increases North American footprint through formation of Canadian affiliate, Procor.

1954 Union Tank Car Company introduces significant tank car design improvements, eliminating under frames, tank bands, running boards and expansion domes.

1957 Union Tank Car Company begins to build tank cars through partnership with Graver Tank.

Louis, Another, the Union Tank Car Company’s dome, was built in 1958 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and, at the time of its construction, was the largest clear-span structure in existence, 384 feet (117 metres) in diameter and 116 feet (35 metres) in height.

1967 Union Tank Car Company introduced the Funnel Flow car design, which greatly improved speed and completeness of unloading.

1968 TransUnion Corp. is created as the parent holding company of Union Tank Car Company, Procor and a variety of other businesses.

1969 Union Tank Car Company opens its first manufacturing plant in East Chicago, Indiana.

1978 Union Tank Car Company introduces mobile tank car repair capabilities.

Trans Union Corp. and its subsidiaries (UTCC included) were purchased by the Chicago-based Marmon Group investment company in 1981.

1995 Union Tank Car Company increases production capacity by 30 percent with the purchase of a manufacturing plant in Sheldon, Texas.

2006 Union Tank Car Company opens a new, state-of-the-art, tank car manufacturing plant in Alexandria, Louisiana, significantly expanding production capacity.

2008 Berkshire Hathaway purchased the Marmon Group, which included Union Tank Car Company.

2013 Berkshire Hathaway purchases the Marmon Group, which includes Union Tank Car Company.