JACKSON CENTER, OH—Airstream has unveiled the largest expansion in the company’s 88-year history. The travel trailer manufacturer is about to open a 723,000-square-foot factory, which will allow it to double its production.
TRENTON, GA—Vanguard National Trailer Corp. is building a new assembly plant here that eventually will employ 400 people and crank out 10,000 semi-trailers annually.
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.