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Great Dane Trailers breaks ground for Statesboro plant

Great Dane Trailers has begun building a new manufacturing plant in Statesboro, Ga. The project represents an investment of $33.5 million by the company and is expected to create more than 400 jobs over the next four years.

The new plant will produce single- and multitemp refrigerated trailers to support the food service industry and will have the capacity to produce more than 5,000 trailers a year. The 450,000-sq.-ft. facility, located on a 118-acre site, also will include office and show space.

Construction of the new facility will be complete in 2012.

Great Dane Trailers produces dry vans and refrigerated and platform trailers. The company maintains a sales, marketing, engineering, and R&D center in Savannah, Ga., and has seven other manufacturing plants in the U.S.