Kenworth Truck Co. recently celebrated its 100th anniversary. The company has been a pillar of manufacturing activity in the Seattle area since 1923, operating out of a series of four different local factories, including its current flagship plant in Renton, which has been in operation for 31 years. While the Class 7 and Class 8 vehicles rolling off the state-of-the-art assembly line have evolved over the years, they’re still renowned for dependability, durability and quality.
That’s because Kenworth, a division of PACCAR Inc., continuously applies the latest production technology to improve the way it assembles custom-engineered, build-to-order trucks. The company has developed and implemented a variety of high-tech tools and systems on the plant floor to assemble products better, faster and more efficiently than its competitors.