Wabash hosted a ribbon cutting event for its advanced dry van trailer manufacturing facility in Lafayette, Indiana. More than 150 people attended the event to mark this milestone in the company's history, including dealers, customers, suppliers, state and local elected officials, and community partners. The conversion of Wabash's Lafayette-based South Plant from refrigerated trailer capacity to dry van capacity is the largest investment Wabash has made in a single operation in the company's 38 years.

Wabash's new facility features advanced manufacturing technology that improves the worker experience while providing a more repeatable process. Production began several months ago, and once the plant is fully ramped, the company will have doubled production at its Lafayette South Plant with the same facility footprint and workforce. Announced in July 2021, the strategic capacity expansion can produce an additional 10,000 dry van trailers annually.

The company expects the full impact of this additional capacity to be notably realized in 2024.