Kiefer Built, LLC
Arden Kiefer started his company, Kiefer Welding, in 1973 as a welding repair shop in a small building with two portable welders. In 1974 Kiefer Welding, located in Kanawha, Iowa, became Kiefer Built, Inc.

In late 1974, Arden Kiefer made the decision to expand his repair business by breaking into the livestock trailer market. There were many trailers being manufactured in the southern United States and marketed in the Midwest. It seemed natural for a trailer builder to locate near the largest agricultural markets in the United States. Arden's bet was right. Kiefer Built pull-type livestock trailers soon gained popularity because of their quality and rugged construction. Arden found that if you build a quality product and market it at a fair price, people would buy it. Arden's commitment to customer's satisfaction and to building a reputation as a quality minded company soon paid off. Over the next few years, many different sizes and models of livestock trailers were developed and marketed.

By the mid 1980's the company's manufacturing area had grown from 2,000 square feet to over 150,000 square feet at the Kanawha, Iowa, plant.

In 1988 the industrial trailer line was established to meet the needs of utlity and construction companys. Since then Kiefer Industrial has led the industry in cable, gas pole and other specialized trailers.

Since 1974, Kiefer Built's product lines have increased to include the following:

• Steel livestock trailers
• Aluminum livestock trailers
• Steel horse trailers
• Aluminum horse trailers
• Aluminum living-quarters horse trailers
• Steel-framed aluminum skinned horse trailers
• Steel-framed aluminum skinned living-quarters horse trailers
• Steel framed flatbed trailers
• Industrial trailers for the utility industries.
• Cargo trailers

In 2002 Kiefer Built opened a plant in Sneedville, TN. This facility builds primarly aluminum horse and livestock trailers.

The trailers are marketed over the entire United States and in Canada. Kiefer Built has shipped to Belgium, Finland, Spain, Germany, Puerto Rico, and Japan.

The Kiefer Built trailers are well respected throughout the United States for their features and quality. The sizes of horse trailers range from a two-horse bumper-pull trailer to eight-horse slant-load living quarter trailers. Cargo and livestock trailers range in size from 8 feet to 30 feet in length. The Industrial and flatbed lines are customized to meet the customers needs.