The 500,000th truck to roll of the line at Peterbilt's Denton, Texas manufacturing facility

The 500,000th Truck

August 18, 2016 firstclass 0

Peterbilt’s Denton, Texas, manufacturing facility recently produced its 500,000th truck — a Model 579 equipped with a PACCAR MX-13 Engine that the company presented to Werner Enterprises during a ceremony held at the plant.

Vice President of Equipment Jeff Freeman and General Superintendent Doug Cooperrider of the Shelly Company

National Reach, Local Focus

August 18, 2016 firstclass 0

A variety of Peterbilt products goes to work daily on local projects for the Shelly Company, the leading ready-mix concrete, aggregates and asphalt provider in the state of Ohio.

Shown here during the ground-breaking ceremony are (from left to right): Ron Augustyn, Peterbilt Denton Plant Manager; Leon Handt, Peterbilt Assistant General Manager of Operations; Darrin Siver, Peterbilt General Manager and PACCAR Vice President; Denton Mayor Chris Watts; Denton Assistant City Manager Jon Fortune; Jeff Sanders, Hill & Wilkinson Executive Vice President; Jared Ricker, Hill & Wilkinson Senior Project Manager; and Kirk Woltman, Hill & Wilkinson Vice President. Hill & Wilkinson is the contractor working on the expansion.

Peterbilt Breaks Ground on Major Plant Expansion

August 18, 2016 firstclass 0

Peterbilt recently broke ground on a 102,000 square-foot expansion to its heavy-duty truck manufacturing facility in Denton, Texas. The new building will be located just north of the plant and provide additional capacity for production and testing.

A Peterbilt Model 579 nears the Continental Divide with a full load for MTS Freight near Helena, Montana

Owning the Final Mile

August 17, 2016 firstclass 0

It’s a state that boasts both one of the largest surface areas and smallest populations in the United States. So when Steve Mergenthaler, the third generation of leadership at the Mergenthaler Companies, says his operation partners with other carriers to transfer freight “the final mile into Montana,” trust that he’s understating things a bit.

Jeff Jefferson's Model 389

Winning Formula

August 17, 2016 firstclass 0

Jeff Jefferson is not in the trucking business, but he’s like many whose livelihoods depend on the performance of a Peterbilt truck.

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