ORRVILLE, OH—Morgan Truck Body, a manufacturer of light- and medium-duty truck bodies, is opening a new manufacturing facility here with the capability to produce a combined 4,000 dry freight and refrigerated truck bodies for retail and fleet customers annually. Morgan expects to employ 140 team members at the facility. which boasts approximately 210,000 square feet of production, office and warehouse space.
Combined with the acquisition of Multivans in Bolton, Ontario, Canada, and the opening of a plant in Plainfield, CT, in late 2018, the Orrville plant is Morgan’s 14th in the United States and Canada.
A team including JobsOhio, Team NEO, Wayne Economic Development Council and the City of Orrville collaborated to ensure Morgan chose Northeast Ohio for its expansion, the company said.