Great Dane buys Strick plant to build trailers for Canada, Northeast U.S. markets
SAVANNAH, Ga. (Jan. 24, 2002) — Trailer manufacturer Great Dane Limited Partnership has acquired the Eastern van manufacturing facilities of Strick Trailer Corp., casting doubt on plans to build a 300,000-square-foot factory in Quinte West, Ont.
The Strick plants are located in Danville, Pa., and Abbeville, S.C. The Danville, Pa., plant will produce trailers for the Northeast region of the United States as well as the Canadian market. It will be re-tooled and upgraded to build Great Dane trailers.
In June 2000, Great Dane said it had selected Quinte West, an amalgomation of communities that includes Trenton, Ont., for a plant capable of producing 6000 trailers a year for Canada and the U.S. Northeast. It was to employ 500 workers.
However, later that year Great Dane delayed construction of the plant, citing falling demand for new trailers.
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