Mack Trucks to upgrade Roanoke facility for expanded truck production
The US commercial vehicle manufacturer Mack Trucks, part of the Volvo Group, will invest 14.5 million dollars to expand its Roanoke Valley Operations (RVO) manufacturing facility in Virginia to prepare the plant for higher demand for the Mack MD Series and Mack MD Electric vehicles.
The investment will mainly go toward equipment, tooling and a 72,000-square-foot building expansion, finally leaving the facility standing on an area of 352,000 square feet. Construction will begin in April 2024, and the expansion project is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2025.
“Mack is committed to making the industrial and product investments we need to be a North American market leader,” said Stephen Roy, global president of Mack Trucks. “The expansion of the RVO plant will help us grow in a strategic market segment and support our sustainability goals.”
Mack Trucks had started production of heavy-duty electric trucks in 2021, however, this happened at the company’s plant in Macungie, Pennsylvania. It was only in 2023 that Mack Trucks started accepting orders for the MD Electric, shortly before the company revealed that demand for electric trucks was growing very quickly. This expansion is now likely a response to meet said demand.
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