ABOUT US

The commercial truck solutions you need, exactly when you need them.

At Gateway Truck & Refrigeration, we go the extra mile so you can, too. 

That means more than offering the best trucks from Volvo, Hino and TICO, and the most advanced transport refrigeration from Carrier Transicold. It means ensuring you have the service and support you need to meet every deadline.

The partner you need at every mile.

As a family-owned business, we believe in relationships. We know what every deadline means to you, and we’re here to help you make every mile count. With around-the-clock support and expert care, we keep your operations moving forward, no matter what the road brings.

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The right people, always ready to help.

We’re united by our core values—values you’ll see and feel every time you work with us.

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PEOPLE FIRST

Strive to be an accountable team that treats everyone with integrity and respect.

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CUSTOMER FOCUSED

Approach every challenge by seeing the world from our customers’ perspective because that’s the best way to deliver real solutions that work.

EXCELLENCE, ALWAYS

Strive for innovative improvement to ensure we can deliver the correct solutions to get things right the first time for every customer.

Careers

Build a career that drives you.

Driven by solutions, right from the start.

Every time our team interacts with yours, we see it as an opportunity to help you improve your business and drive profitability. Those aren’t hollow words. They’re at the very center of everything we do today, just as they have been for the last 35 years.

1989

Cummins Gateway, Inc. started as a diesel engine, and Cummins and Onan equipment distributor for Onan Corporation.

1990

Launched the Carrier Transicold segment of our business

2001

Expanded throughout Southern and Central Illinois, all the way up to Chicago

2004

Sold Cummins/Onan and incorporated Carrier business into Gateway Industrial Power, Inc.

2005

Acquired Volvo Franchise in Wright City, MO and Collinsville, IL.

2012

Acquired Hino dealership in Bridgeton, MO and started Gateway Truck Leasing

2013

Rebranded to Gateway Truck & Refrigeration

2019

Acquired DeCleene Truck Refrigeration in Wisconsin: De Pere, Deforest, Franksville, Plover and Sparta.

2021

Acquired TICO Terminal Tractors dealership

2025

Acquired Kile Truck & Refrigeration in Nashville, TN, a leading Carrier Transicold dealer and Hino of Chicago in Cicero, IL, expanding services across Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri and Tennessee

Like you,
we’re driven by solutions.

Get in touch to see how we can help you keep moving.