Morgan Olson Ramps Up Production in Tennessee

TRSA associate member Morgan Olson, Sturgis, MI, recently was profiled in an article in Trailer/Body Builders. The article detailed the company’s increased production at its facility in Loudon, TN, near Knoxville.

After signing a contract in the summer of 2015 to produce more than 6,500 walk-in step vans within a two-year time frame, the company had to quickly get to work on finding a suitable site to meet the order, the article noted. Dave Halladay, Morgan Olson’s vice president of operations, was in charge of site selection.

“We considered numerous locations with a long list of ‘must haves’ for our new plant and location. The Loudon, TN, location simply elevated itself over the others for a multitude of reasons,” Halladay said. “One of which is having over 350,000 square feet of production area on the 108 acres. The main building is serviced by 49 dock doors. The land has many outbuildings, a large holding area for incoming chassis, materials and finished trucks.”

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