Morgan Olson LLC is opening a new walk-in van manufacturing plant in Loudon, Tennessee. Morgan Olson plans to initially employ 400 workers, but could grow to 500 or more.
"You see our products (walk-in vans) every day," says Mike Ownbey, Morgan Olson’s President and COO. “Our walk-in vans are used by the package delivery industry giants UPS, the USPS as well as independent FedEx ground contractors. Baking and snack food, uniform and laundry, utility service trucks and even newspaper delivery and beverage delivery use Morgan Olson walk-in vans because the driver-to-cargo area and cargo-to-curbside design improves delivery efficiencies and drivers safety over cab forward delivery trucks that require drivers to step into busy traffic lanes that slow their deliveries. We’ve reached the full production limit of our Michigan facility and with Morgan Olson walk-in vans in demand, we needed to grow.
“Our entire leadership agreed this location is perfect! This Tennessee location also provides geographical advantages by positioning Morgan Olson very close to one of our largest chassis suppliers, Freightliner Custom Chassis. This additional Tennessee location also lowers our delivery costs to our east coast customer base.
“This new facility will feature the most efficient manufacturing technologies available. We’re improving our overall production capabilities while maintaining Morgan Olson on-time quality. We have over 300,000 square feet of production area at this new Tennessee plant and we plan to make every square foot functional, efficient and safe.”