Industry Automotive Defunct 1989 Headquarters Middleborough Ceased operations 1989 | Founder Carlton Maxim Products Firefighting apparatus Founded 1914 | |
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Maxim Motors was an American automaker headquartered in Middleborough, Massachusetts, specializing in the manufacture of firefighting apparatus. The company was founded in 1914 by Middleborough firefighter Carlton Maxim, who felt that he could make a better fire engine than the town's recent purchase. By 1920 it was an established manufacturer of fire engines for towns in Massachusetts, and from the 1920s through the 1980s it expanded to markets in the mid-west, west coast, and internationally. Howard Smith has estimated that, all told, Maxim made over 3,000 fire engines during this period. In December 1989 it ceased operation due to heavy competition, but in 2009 was restablished as a brand by Greenwood Emergency Vehicles of North Attleboro, Massachusetts.