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Products that perform. Quality that endures.
Assuring the safety and wellbeing of our communities, and the families who live and work in them, is what drives all of us at Vactor to bring you the absolute best equipment available.
We dig deep to find what works for you.
Among the greatest challenges facing our world is the maintenance and improvement of our infrastructure.
Our origins as an American manufacturer go back more than a century, and our expertise and leadership in sewer cleaning date back more than fifty years. As a pioneer and an innovator, we have found ways to help communities save money, improve quality of life, and improve the productivity and safety of the people who operate our equipment.
Today, we remain driven to bring you the safest, most capable, versatile, quietest and most efficient equipment possible: durable, reliable equipment you can count on today, tomorrow and years into the future.
- Safest
- Most capable
- Versatile
- Quietest
- Most efficient
Quite simply, we seek to be the #1 provider of infrastructure maintenance equipment and safety tools in the world.
A brief timeline of Vactor history.
- 1911
The Myers-Sherman Company, a manufacturer of pneumatic farm equipment, is founded in Chicago, IL.
- 1930s
Myers-Sherman moves its operations from Chicago to Streator, IL.
- 1960s
We begin to design and manufacture sewer cleaners and catch basin cleaners for the municipal market.
- 1969
We engineer the first combination sewer cleaner, featuring water jetting and vacuuming, and introduce the Vactor Jet Rodder™, the first pump designed specifically for sewer cleaning.
- 1979
The company is acquired by Peabody International.
- 1985
The Pullman Company purchases Peabody International, renaming the company Peabody Myers and focusing solely on sewer cleaning.
- 1989
The revolutionary 2100 Series becomes the industry standard for the municipal market. To date, we have sold more than 13,000 sewer cleaners.
- 1994
We become a unit of Federal Signal Corporation and are renamed Vactor Manufacturing.
- 1999
The Vactor HXX Hydro Excavator is introduced.
- 2000
Federal Signal consolidates Guzzler industrial vacuum loader manufacturing into our Streator facility.
- 2004
The first Vactor HXX PD expands our capabilities in vacuum excavation.
- 2009
The Vactor 2100 Plus offers a leap forward in machine technology.
- 2018
The Vactor 2100i brings IntuiTouch® controls and the optional RDB 10-15™ boom to the marketplace.
- 2019
More than 50 North American distributors in 100 locations serve our municipal customers, with eight factory-direct locations for industrial customers.
- 2020
We introduce the compact iMPACT and the upgraded Ramjet® jetter, both with IntuiTouch® controls.
Streator, IL
Equipment you can count on, years into the future.
Talk with us about the right machine for your community or business.
