Kenworth recently held a groundbreaking ceremony to announce the start of construction on a state-of-the-art USD 45 million, 105,000 square-foot Test Building addition to its Class 8 truck assembly plant in Chillicothe in Ohio in US. The expansion represents a nearly 17 percent increase to the 622,000 square-foot Kenworth Chillicothe plant, which is located on a 120-acre site 50 miles south of Columbus, Ohio. Kenworth will construct the new Test Building on the north side of the plant. When completed in the second quarter of 2023, all testing and validation activities will relocate from current operations to the new Test Building and further enhance efficiency, productivity and quality.
Kenworth recently held a groundbreaking ceremony to announce the start of construction on a state-of-the-art USD 45 million, 105,000 square-foot Test Building addition to its Class 8 truck assembly plant in Chillicothe in Ohio in US. The expansion represents a nearly 17 percent increase to the 622,000 square-foot Kenworth Chillicothe plant, which is located on a 120-acre site 50 miles south of Columbus, Ohio. Kenworth will construct the new Test Building on the north side of the plant. When completed in the second quarter of 2023, all testing and validation activities will relocate from current operations to the new Test Building and further enhance efficiency, productivity and quality.
