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'{{Short description|UK-based bin lorry manufacturer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} [[File:Dennis Eagle logo.svg|thumb|The current Dennis Eagle logo]] '''Dennis Eagle Limited''' is a UK-based [[garbage truck|refuse truck]] manufacturer owned by [[Terberg Group#Terberg RosRoca Group|Terberg Environmental]]. ==Overview== [[File:2021 Dennis Eagle Elite 6.jpg|thumb|Elite 6 chassis with Olympus body]] [[File:Garbage truck, Anstruther (14660111880).jpg|thumb|2011 Elite 2 chassis with Olympus body]] [[File:Plymouth City Council VO03HZG (1).jpg|thumb|Elite 2 chassis with Phoenix 2 body]] [[File:Dennis Elite (5813561707).jpg|thumb|Elite chassis with Phoenix body]] Before operations were merged with [[Terberg Group#Terberg RosRoca Group|Terberg Environmental]], Dennis Eagle employed a workforce of over 600 across its two manufacturing sites and service network, which included nine depots as well as mobile engineers based throughout the UK. Body and [[chassis]] assembly took place at the [[Warwick]] headquarters, with cabs built at the additional manufacturing facility in [[Blackpool]]. Producing over 1,000 refuse collection vehicles each year, the company also had an international network of distributors.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} ==History== Dennis Brothers had made specialised vehicles for municipal authorities from the early 1920s though they were primarily builders of chassis for buses, fire engines and haulage lorries. Eagle Engineering Company, agricultural and general engineers of [[Warwick]], was incorporated in 1907. It made oil and petrol internal combustion stationary engines and some small agricultural equipment and provided municipalities with refuse vehicles and road sweepers and tower lorries at relatively inexpensive prices sometimes built on Dennis chassis. Soon after the start of [[the Great Depression]] Eagle turned from engines to building road trailers and semi-trailers for articulated vehicles. They also added an electrical and wireless department and produced Chakophone wireless sets until 1936. Ownership changed a number of times during the 1960s.<ref>{{citation|first=Barrie|last=Woods|date=1998|title=Municipal Refuse Collection Vehicles|publisher=Trans Pennine Publishing|isbn=9780952107040}}</ref> Dennis Eagle's history goes back to the autumn of 1971 when [[Hestair Group]] bought Yorkshire Vehicles Limited in [[Leeds]] and Eagle Engineering Co in Warwick.<ref>Hestair acquires Eagle Engineering ''[[The Times]]'' 19 October 1971 page 21</ref> Six months later Hestair bought [[Dennis Specialist Vehicles|Dennis Motor Holdings]]<ref>Hestair offers £3.4m for Dennis Motors ''The Times'' 28 March 1972 page 19</ref> and thereafter managed the businesses as the Vehicle Division of Hestair Engineering. Municipal bodies were made in Warwick by Hestair Eagle (incorporating Yorkshire Vehicles), municipal chassis were made by Dennis in [[Guildford]], cabs were made in Blackpool. Hestair set up a special Environmental Vehicles Division for its waste management activities.<ref>Torbay Conference ''[[Commercial Motor]]'' 8 June 1973 page 57</ref> In 1985 Hestair moved municipal chassis manufacture from the Dennis plant at Guildford to a new 125,000 square foot plant on the Heathcote Industrial Estate at Warwick. They were joined there by Hestair Eagle's municipal bodies operations which moved across Warwick from Saltisford. The new Dennis Eagle plant was the largest refuse vehicle manufacturing site in Europe.<ref>450 Jobs to Go ''The Times'' 16 March 1985 page 2</ref><ref>[http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/23rd-march-1985/6/dennis-moves Dennis moves] ''Commercial Motor'' 23 March 1985 page 6</ref><ref>[http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/26th-october-1985/13/restructured-team-installed-at-hestair Restructured team installed at Hestair] ''Commercial Motor'' 26 October 1985 page 13</ref> In 1991 [[Shelvoke & Drewry]]'s design rights were bought from the receiver. Environmental Vehicles, Dennis Eagle, now represented around one-third of Hestair's Vehicle Division. Following more changes of parent company ([[Hestair Group|Hestair]] to Trinity to Dennis Group to Mayflower) Dennis Eagle was sold in July 1999 to [[Bridgepoint Group|NatWest Equity Partners]].<ref>[http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/5th-august-1999/18/natwest-subsidiary-buys-dennis-eagle Natwest subsidiary buys Dennis Eagle] ''Commercial Motor'' 5 August 1999</ref> In January 2004, Dennis Eagle was purchased by [[ABN Amro]].<ref>[http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/15th-january-2004/7/eagle-strike Eagle strike] ''Commercial Motor'' 15 January 2004</ref> In 2007, Dennis Eagle was purchased by [[Ros Roca]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Spanish conglomerate ready to cart off Dennis Eagle|date=8 December 2006|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2952117/Spanish-conglomerate-ready-to-cart-off-Dennis-Eagle.html|location=London|first=Ben|last=Harrington|access-date=1 May 2010}}</ref> Ros Roca and [[Terberg Group#Terberg RosRoca Group|Terberg Environmental]] then merged in 2016, with Terberg holding the controlling interest. The various companies within the new group retained their trading names. <ref>{{cite web|last1=Boxall|first1=Hannah|title=Dennis Eagle owner Ros Roca announces merger with Terberg Environmental|url=http://resource.co/article/news-brief-260216-10912|website=Resource|publisher=Resource Media|access-date=31 December 2016|date=26 February 2016}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20211105084003/https://www.smmt.co.uk/2016/03/terberg-ros-roca-group-to-be-based-in-warwick/ Terberg Ros Roca Group to be based in Warwick] SMMT Newsletter 9 March 2016</ref> ==Dennis Eagle products== {{Expand section|date=May 2022}} {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" |+ !Year !Name !Cab !Chassis !Body !Binlift !Significance |- |? |Municipal | style="background: lightgreen; color: black;" | Yes | style="background: lightgreen; color: black;" | Yes | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No | |- |1979 |Phoenix 1 | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No | style="background: lightgreen; color: black;" | Yes | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No | |- |1992 |Elite 1 | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No | style="background: lightgreen; color: black;" | Yes | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No |The UK's first low entry cab. |- |2001 |Phoenix 2 | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No | style="background: lightgreen; color: black;" | Yes | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No |Holds large resemblance to the modern Olympus body. |- |2003 |8x4 Elite 2<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=2 May 2003 |title=Returning to the CIWM |url=http://denniseagle.rjtweb.net/news/eagle_eye13.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919203533/http://www.denniseagle.rjtweb.net/news/eagle_eye13.pdf |archive-date=19 September 2015 |access-date=31 December 2016 |publisher=Dennis Eagle}}</ref> | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No | style="background: lightgreen; color: black;" | Yes | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No | |- |? |Olympus<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Olympus Bodies RCVs |url=https://www.dennis-eagle.co.uk/products/olympus-rcv-range/ |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=www.dennis-eagle.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No | style="background: lightgreen; color: black;" | Yes | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No |A minor update to Phoenix 2, resulting from the merger with Ros Roca. |- |? |Olympus Twin Pack<ref name=":1" /> | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No | style="background: lightgreen; color: black;" | Yes | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No |Two compartments can individually hold waste. |- |? |Olympus Duo<ref name=":1" /> | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No | style="background: lightgreen; color: black;" | Yes | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No |Three compartments can individually hold waste. |- |? |Olympus Mini<ref name=":1" /> | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No | style="background: lightgreen; color: black;" | Yes | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No | |- |? |Beta 500<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Beta 500 Binlift |url=https://www.classicrefusetrucks.com/brochures/DNb/DN012.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=1 March 2023 |website=Classic Refuse Trucks}}</ref> | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No | style="background: lightgreen; color: black;" | Yes | |- |? |Beta 2<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Dennis Eagle Beta Bin lift |url=https://www.dennis-eagle.co.uk/products/beta-bin-lifts/ |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=www.dennis-eagle.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No | style="background: lightgreen; color: black;" | Yes | |- |2021 |eCollect<ref>{{Cite web |title=Full Electric RCV: eCollect |url=https://www.dennis-eagle.co.uk/products/zero-emissions-ecollect/ |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=www.dennis-eagle.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No | style="background: lightgreen; color: black;" | Yes | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No |Worlds first OEM Electric RCV. |- |2021 |Elite+<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elite+ Chassis |url=https://www.dennis-eagle.co.uk/products/elite-plus-chassis/ |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=www.dennis-eagle.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> | style="background: lightgreen; color: black;" | Yes | style="background: lightgreen; color: black;" | Yes | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No | style="background: lightsalmon; color: black;" | No | |} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons category-inline}} *{{Official website|dennis-eagle.co.uk}} {{Automotive industry in the United Kingdom|state=autocollapse}} [[Category:Companies based in Warwick]] [[Category:Dennis Group|E]] [[Category:Motor vehicle manufacturers of England]] [[Category:Truck manufacturers of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1907]] [[Category:Waste collection vehicles]] [[Category:1907 establishments in England]]'