Utility’s Glade Spring Plant Back In Full Production

Utility Trailer Manufacturing announces that its dry van manufacturing plant’s assembly line is back in full production after a tornado struck last April in Glade Spring, Virginia.

After the tornado struck, Utility’s Glade Spring plant employees were transferred to Utility’s nearby Marion, Va. refrigerated trailer plant. A few Glade Spring plant workers elected to remain at the Marion facility.

“Our workforce and managers have done a great job in working through the damage and the dislocation that was caused by the tornado,” says Jack Washburn, Utility’s Glade Spring plant manager. “The resilience and fortitude of our workers contributed to a successful full recovery and we are now back on the assembly line in full production with even more trailer orders than before the tornado damaged our facility.”

Utility has rehired all employees and is currently hiring additional staff to meet the demands of higher production levels.

 “Jack Washburn and all of our Glade Spring employees have done an astounding job with recovery efforts to get us back to pre-tornado production levels and prepare us for meeting the demands of even more trailer orders that we’ve recently received,” says Craig Bennett, Utility’s senior vice president sales and marketing.