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VANSHIELD® van insulation & fiberglass linings · Bronx, NY:Built to hold the cold.

Seamless, custom-molded fiberglass linings and insulation for delivery vans and truck bodies, made in the Bronx by the Siviglia family since 1913.

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1913Founded next to an ice plant
1954First fiberglass-sprayed bodies
113Years in business
0°FMax Freezing build holds at or below

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Bare steel van. Where every van starts: painted steel, exposed ribs, no insulation.

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Molded to fit

Molded to fit the vans you already run: Ford, Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, Ram, Chevrolet, GMC, Nissan, truck bodies

What we do

Everything behind
the back door.

Our story

1913

It started with wagons built next door to an ice plant. A century later, the Siviglia family is still in the business of keeping things cold.

Vintage black-and-white photograph of a Frank Siviglia & Co. truck body
Then From the family archive
Two technicians in white coveralls inside a paper-tented box body, one rolling out a wet fiberglass wall, the other kneeling with a spray gun
Now Fiberglass, by hand
  1. 1913

    Frank Siviglia starts building wagons next door to an ice plant and picks up a working knowledge of insulation and refrigeration.

  2. 1938

    His sons Nicholas and Joseph join the business.

  3. 1942

    Nicholas goes off to war. When he comes home, the brothers start building refrigerated truck bodies.

  4. 1954

    Joseph, an avid sailor, sees what polyester fiberglass can do. They start spraying truck-body interiors with it, then move on to vans.

  5. 1970

    Nicholas Siviglia Jr. joins with an engineering degree and grows the VANSHIELD® line up and down the East Coast.

  6. Today

    Van manufacturers, fleet owners and owner-operators trust their vans to the Siviglia name.

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Made here, by hand

One seamless shell.

No seams to leak, rot or rust. Built up layer by layer, inside the van it’s going into.

  1. High-roof cargo van stripped to bare ribs, with wood framing and the rear opening tented in kraft paper and orange tape1PrepStripped to the ribs and masked off
  2. Installer in a white coverall spraying cream closed-cell foam inside a cargo van, foam filling the walls, ceiling and floor between wood framing2FoamSpray foam fills the wall cavities
  3. Installer in a white coverall spraying mint fiberglass inside a masked-off van, the molded wheel-well boxes already coated3FiberglassThe mint coat goes on by hand
  4. Finished cargo area: one continuous mint surface across walls, ceiling and floor, with molded wheel-well boxes and two dome lights4FinishedWalls, ceiling and floor in one piece

What’s in the wall

  • Steel the van’s own wall
  • Closed-cell polyurethane foam 2″ to 5″ thick
  • Custom-molded fiberglass the mint shell you see

Every insulated build also gets a reinforced insulated bulkheada non-skid floor2 molded drain holes2 dome lights

Out of the shop

Recent builds

01/09
  • Ford Transit from behind, rear doors open on a mint lined cargo area with fold-down shelving on one wall and a diamond plate floor
    Transit · shelving + diamond plate
  • Diamond plate floor and wheel-well covers inside a mint lined Transit
    Diamond plate flooring
  • Sprinter from behind, rear doors open on clear strip curtains in front of the mint lined cargo area
    Sprinter · strip curtains
  • Through the side door: chain-hung metal shelves along the wall of a mint lined van
    Custom chain-hung shelving
  • Van from behind, rear doors open on a mint lined cargo area split by a molded floor divider
    Poultry divider partition
  • Recessed D-rings along the lined wall and diamond plate kick panel
    D-ring tie-downs
  • Transit from behind, rear doors open on a mint lined cargo area with recessed D-rings, grab handles and a diamond plate floor
    Transit · D-rings + diamond plate
  • Close view of chain-hung shelves and a fold-up panel on wall rails
    Shelves that fold down
  • Sliding side door open on clear strip curtains across the doorway of a lined cargo area
    Strip curtains · side door
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    package →

Hunts Point to the East Coast

The cold has to survive the route.

Every stop opens the doors. Every hour on the road pulls heat through the walls. VANSHIELD® is distributed up and down the East Coast, molded to keep what you haul at the temperature you promised.

Crabs packed on crushed ice at a seafood market
Seafood 5″ Max Freezing, at or below 0°F
A lined Sprinter with clear strip curtains hung across the open rear doors
Lots of stops Strip curtains, recommended on 4″ and 5″ builds

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