Great Dane reaches a milestone of 25,000 trailers at Statesboro plant
Key takeaways
- Great Dane’s Statesboro plant hit 25,000 trailers since 2012.
- The facility uniquely builds 57-ft. trailers for freight and refrigerated freight.
- The milestone order was an Everest reefer built for Nolt Transportation.
Great Dane’s Statesboro, Georgia, manufacturing plant recently produced its 25,000th trailer since opening in 2012. The company, which manufactures trailers for freight and refrigerated transport applications, reached the milestone with a 57-ft. refrigerated Everest reefer built for Nolt Transportation.
The Statesboro facility is the only Great Dane plant capable of producing trailers of this length. The trailer supports Nolt Transportation’s refrigerated hauling operations, including produce shipments to central Pennsylvania and temperature-controlled freight to the Pacific Northwest.
“Building high-quality trailers and reaching this milestone takes an incredible amount of hard work, skill, and collaboration,” Ron Jones, Great Dane Statesboro plant manager, stated. “This achievement belongs to every single person on our factory floor because they give their best every day. I’m proud to work alongside them.”
