Same Royal, but even stronger now
First things first: Royal stays Royal. We continue our mission to design and deliver durable, high-quality truck service bodies that work as hard as our customers do, delivering the right solutions at the right time and value.
Formerly a part of The Shyft Group, we are now part of the Aebi Schmidt Group. The two groups have successfully completed their merger in July 2025, creating an even more powerful global leader in specialty vehicle solutions. At Royal Truck Body, strengthened by this merger, we’re excited to continue supporting your operations with even greater capability, innovation, and dedication.
The unique breadth of our Group’s solutions and products, combined with a stronger regional presence with over 40 locations in the U.S., opens up compelling new opportunities for you as our customers. At the same time, our rapid growth created a complex and fragmented brand landscape. To sharpen our position as the industry’s leading specialty vehicle manufacturer and to make it easier for you to navigate our broad range of solutions, Aebi Schmidt Group is consolidating its portfolio to eleven brands.
Royal becomes an integrated value proposition of the Monroe brand
At Aebi Schmidt Group, we combine deep expertise, diverse technologies, and decades of experience in a way unmatched across our industries. We are making this strength visible and combine our offerings under one lead brand, providing the broadest and best-in-class portfolio of solutions within the Commercial Trucks segment in the United States and North America. Royal, DuraMag and other solutions and services within the Group are becoming integrated value propositions of the Monroe brand. That actually means for all Royal customers, that we can offer you now an even broader range of commercial truck bodies, upfits, and services—the same superior bodies and uncompromising quality you trust, now united under the Monroe brand.
The rollout of new designs will be carried out in phases, with completion expected in spring 2027. Content on the website here will be gradually updated.