To meet growing demand for their new line of non-demountable truck bodies, Victory Truck Body Inc., formerly Demountable Concepts, is building an additional 65,000 sq. ft. facility in Glassboro, New Jersey, the site of their current facility. This addition more than doubles the company’s total manufacturing space to 115,000 sq. ft.
The state-of-the-art facility will house a multi-truck sized downdraft paint booth and overhead cranes to complement human and robotic welding capabilities, CNC laser cutting, and precision fabrication techniques utilized at the current facility, which is staffed by nearly 100 employees, including an in-house engineering team. This will ensure efficiency and top-tier craftsmanship across the Victory product line including dry freight van, curtain-side, flatbed, and refrigerated truck bodies, according to the company.
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This new space also lets Victory expand production of products and services established during the Demountable Concepts years, including Swap Body and Warehouse on Wheels delivery truck solutions for straight trucks. MyGlassTruck will continue to manufacture and supply glass carts and dollies, bolt-on glass racks, glass trucks, trailers, parts and accessories. And DCI Fleet Service will take on the additional role of in-house service department for Victory Truck Bodies while continuing to perform fleet repairs for customers throughout the Delaware Valley market.
“We often experienced delays in receiving upfitted truck bodies for our Swap Body straight truck systems and had to find ways to bridge the gaps to meet critical deadlines,” Rustin Cassway, CEO of Victory Truck Bodies, said. “This and our 35-plus years of niche bodybuilding led us to bring the truck body portion of our operation in-house to better control production.
“It wasn’t long before customers and newcomers started requesting that we build bodies for their non-demountable trucks as well. Having additional bodybuilders, like Victory, to supply the Mid-Atlantic and eventually national market will help companies delivering goods by straight truck to procure the vehicles they need in a timely manner.”