Mack Trucks Inc. announced Thursday, June 25, that the company will move forward with its previously announced plan to consolidate production of its entire product line at its assembly facility in Macungie, Pa.
The company says the plan involves transferring assembly of Mack highway vehicles from the plant in Virginia’s New River Valley to Macungie, where Mack’s construction and refuse trucks are assembled, to take advantage of efficiencies arising from consolidated assembly, as well as to create a brand-unique environment for Mack customers.
The Lehigh Valley, Pa.-based company expects to begin the transfer in September and complete it by the end of November, during which period there will be a gradual production ramp-down in NRV and a corresponding ramp-up in Macungie.
Due to the prevailing market conditions, the company expects that rather than adding personnel in Macungie, it instead will support the increased production by reducing the number of down weeks. Mack says the transfer is expected to result in an employment reduction at the NRV plant, which will continue to produce Volvo Trucks North America’s entire product range, but that it is too early to quantify the impact.
