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.

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.