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Navistar Huntsville : Ribbon cutting for 110,000 sq. ft. expansion

Manufacturing company Navistar Huntsville held a ribbon cutting for 110,000 square foot expansion.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama — Growth continues in the Rocket City! Navistar Huntsville held a ribbon cutting for powertrain production plant's 110,000 sq. ft. expansion. Navistar Huntsville powertrain team Operations Director Brandon Tucker said this has been a long time in the making. "Super exciting what we're doing here today. We've been working on this new integrated powertrain project for over five years, probably closer to seven years." 

Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle believes the Navistar plant has always been a promising addition for the city. "We've gone from 120 employees to 240 employees today. It's a great day for the city of Huntsville. "

Tucker adds that they take the money they've been given by the city very seriously. "We try to be good stewards of that and the employee is here.  they see what we're investing and  they know this is a long term commitment. So they're very excited about what's going on. "

Tucker also believes this expansion serves a real tangible need at  the powertrain operations. "We went from  a single assembly line, pretty much a single  engine assembly line  to two major  assembly lines, an engine line and a transmission line,  as well as three  major machining lines. So the expansion was necessary for us to be able to house  all of this in the building. so we had to have it. we needed it. But it's it's a big difference in  the production that we had originally here. We needed the space for all the new lines," he continued.

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