Great Dane marks milestone at Statesboro plant

Great Dane’s Statesboro, Georgia, manufacturing plant recently produced its 25,000th trailer since opening in 2012. The company, which manufactures trailers for freight and refrigerated transport applications, reached the milestone with a 57-ft. refrigerated Everest reefer built for Nolt Transportation.

“Building high-quality trailers and reaching this milestone takes an incredible amount of hard work, skill, and collaboration,” Ron Jones, Great Dane Statesboro plant manager, stated. “This achievement belongs to every single person on our factory floor because they give their best every day. I’m proud to work alongside them.”

The Statesboro facility is the only Great Dane plant capable of producing trailers of this length. The trailer supports Nolt Transportation’s refrigerated hauling operations, including produce shipments to central Pennsylvania and temperature-controlled freight to the Pacific Northwest.

“Having a Great Dane trailer since the beginning of my refrigerated LTL work has proven the quality of work and reliability behind their trailers,” said Timothy Nolt, owner of Nolt Transportation. “A reliable and heavy duty trailer is one of the biggest advantages for getting the job done, especially in the LTL world that depends on reliable delivery and temperature control.”