Andrew Taitz is the chairman of GVW Group, LLC, which consists of the operating company Autocar, amongst others.
Autocar is an innovator in trucks designed specifically for the severe-service market. Autocar’s customer base includes large fleets, private fleets and municipalities in the United States and Canada. The company’s Xpeditor product line offers state-of-the-art features ranging from improved ergonomic cabs, integrated controls, and unsurpassed body-chassis interface to a new hybrid-drive refuse truck. Autocar has an incomparable reputation for truck designing and manufacturing achievements and innovations.
Andrew Taitz was born in South Africa and later raised in Israel. Following service in the Israeli military and a career in the frozen foods industry in Johannesburg, South Africa, Taitz emigrated to the U.S. in 1990, pursuing new business ventures. Taitz settled in Chicago and started acquiring manufacturing firms during the recession of the 1980’s and 1990’s.