Peterbilt celebrates 40 years of production in Denton building 629,000 trucks
By Jim Gibbins - 1st August 2020
USA – This month (August) Peterbilt Motors Company of Denton, Texas, (a truck manufacturing subsidiary of Paccar Inc of Bellevue, Washington) celebrates its 40th year of operation and production at its site and headquarters in Denton, Texas.
The Denton plant, which began operations in August 1980, has become the main truck manufacturing facility for the brand. Peterbilt states the plant began operation as a 435,000 sq ft facility with 81 employees on 80 acres of land. Today it sits on 238 acres, employs more than 2,500 people and has over 700,000 sq ft of space spread out over multiple buildings. Of the original 81 employees, two people, Susan Bishop and Ken Montgomery, still work at the plant today.
