Articles Tagged with ''truck and trailer manufacturing''

HAGERSTOWN, MD—It’s often said that if you really want to find ways to improve your business, ask an employee. At the Volvo truck assembly plant here, employee suggestions have yielded “significant savings.”

CHICAGO—Global sales of heavy trucks are expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 4.87 percent during from 2011 to 2015.

CHARLESTON, WV—Japanese truck maker Hino Motors Manufacturing plans to add 20 jobs and spend nearly $3 million to expand its assembly plant here.

DIXON, CA—Altec Industries Inc. has opened a new, $5.5 million assembly plant here. The energy-efficient facility, which employs more than 300 employees, makes specialty vehicles for electric utilities and other industries.

NILES TOWNSHIP, MI—Pratt Industries, a manufacturer of specialty truck trailers, expects its new assembly plant here to be fully operational by the end of the year. The plant will employ some 400 people.

STATESBORO, GA—A Great Dane plant that will assemble refrigerated trailers has opened for production. Expected to employ more than 400 people, the plant is equipped with automated equipment for welding, dispensing and material handling.

DELHI, ON—Titan Trailers is adding 32,000 square feet to its assembly plant here.

DUBLIN, VA—Volvo Trucks’ assembly plant here is the first U.S. manufacturing facility to be certified to the ISO 50001 standards for energy efficiency.

WILLIAMSTOWN, WV—Hino Motors has boosted production from 20 trucks per day to 35 trucks per day at its assembly plant here.