Rosewood Truck and Trailer
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| Industry | Trucks and Semi-Trailers |
| Founded | May 3, 1919 |
| Founder | Theodor Winzor |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Eastern and Central Adula |
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| Revenue |  $2.2 billion |
Number of employees | 9,000 (2018) |
Rosewood Truck and Trailer, formerly West Novada Steelworks, often shorted to Rosewood, is a Novada, Durnstaal-based manufacturer of truck dry van, flatbed, refrigerated van, and tanker trailers as well as heavy-duty and medium-duty commercial tractors. The company was founded by Theodor Winzor in 1919 and is currently led by Frank Winzor.
History
Theodor Winzor founded West Novada Steelworks in 1919 as a steel refinery specializing in industrial mining equipment. A series of accidents involving damage to several large shipments led the company to design and build their own transport carts in 1922 and their own transport trucks in 1928. The company began marketing their transports to other foundries in 1930 with great success, further growing the company and allowing them to open two new plants. After fire in 1938 destroyed the company's main foundry Winzor decided to shift the company's focus purely towards trailers and trucks, rebuilding the destroyed foundry as Novada's largest vehicle assembly plant at the time.
The first models offered were from the AP-Series of trucks and the L-Series of trailers, both of which sold very well. By 1947 the company had doubled in size and become the leading trailer manufacturer in Novada. Also in 1947, Theodor Winzer's left leg was crushed between a canal barge and the dock he was climbing onto. He would later die of gangrene from the injury, leaving the company to his eldest son Wilfried. Wilfried laid down plans to expand the company to Kavyat and Piva but died of influenza in 1951 after just under four years in charge. The company then passed on to Theodor's second son Robert, who was serving in the army at the time. With Robert's permission, the company was temporarily put under the control of a group of its most experienced engineers. These engineers decided to expand on the plans for expansion created by Wilfried and by 1952 the company had opened three new plants in Piva, Durenko, and Kavyat.