Great Dane Terre Haute Celebrates 100,000
By: Kellie Bartoli
Updated: February 1, 2012
A Valley business celebrates how far it's come.
Great Dane in Terre Haute recently built its 100,000th trailer.
It was built especially for the decades-old customer The Celdadon Group.
The facility's been open for 17 years and employs more than 450 people.
Officials say the milestone trailer shows is a sense of accomplishment both now and in the future.
"The next few years are going to be a very exciting time for Great Dane. We've got a lot og changed on the horizon, a lot of updates to our models of trailers, a lot of changes that we're going to push through for our customers. So the next few years are going to be a jumping board for where we go in the future," said Cory Lookebill, plant manager at Great Dane Terre Haute.
Great Dane's Terre Haute facility manufactures around 8,000 trailers a year.
The company's other location in Brazil, Indiana has three production lines and is currently hiring.
Great Dane in Terre Haute recently built its 100,000th trailer.
It was built especially for the decades-old customer The Celdadon Group.
The facility's been open for 17 years and employs more than 450 people.
Officials say the milestone trailer shows is a sense of accomplishment both now and in the future.
"The next few years are going to be a very exciting time for Great Dane. We've got a lot og changed on the horizon, a lot of updates to our models of trailers, a lot of changes that we're going to push through for our customers. So the next few years are going to be a jumping board for where we go in the future," said Cory Lookebill, plant manager at Great Dane Terre Haute.
Great Dane's Terre Haute facility manufactures around 8,000 trailers a year.
The company's other location in Brazil, Indiana has three production lines and is currently hiring.
