On May 9, the leadership team from Stoughton-based, family-owned Stoughton Trailers broke ground for a new 53,000-square-foot headquarters facility in Dane County at U.S. Hwy. 51 and County Hwy. B in the City of Stoughton. The 182-acre property will include approximately 36 acres of ponds, prairie and wetlands, as well as an additional 28-acre community park. Stoughton Trailers President and CEO Bob Wahlin is fourth from the left.
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Stoughton Trailers, LLC, a global leader in transportation equipment, broke ground May 9 at their national headquarters site at Stoughton in Dane County.
Workers put finishing touches on a 53-foot-long chassis at Stoughton Trailers in Evansville. The company is ramping up production and hiring 300 people following a favorable tariff ruling that will allow U.S. manufacturers to better compete with Chinese manufacturers.
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Workers prepare paint for a chassis at Stoughton Trailers in Evansville.
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Mark McCoy runs a weld on a chassis at Stoughton Trailers in Evansville. The company is training welders who start at $20 an hour.
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Stoughton Trailers in Evansville.
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Pete Templeton assembles parts on a chassis at Stoughton Trailers in Evansville.
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Paula Case, a production machine operator, watches an automated press machine at Stoughton Trailers' parts plant in Stoughton. Many parts from the plant are shipped to nearby Evansville for the production of chassis for intermodal shipping containers.
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Ron Jake, marketing manager at Stoughton Trailers, watches a laser cutting machine at the company's parts manufacturing facility in Stoughton.
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Electrical work is performed on an intermodal chassis at Stoughton Trailers in Evansville. The company will make about 5,000 of the chassis this year but plans to make up to 15,000 by the end of 2022.
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Paula Case, production machine operator, right, watches a press machine at Stoughton Trailers in Stoughton.
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Completed chassis that are used to haul intermodal shipping containers wait in a staging area at Stoughton Trailers in Evansville. The plant has about 60 workers but that number could grow by 300 over the next year.
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Workers painting chassis finish up for the day at Stoughton Trailers in Evansville.
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Bob Wahlin, president and CEO at Stoughton Trailers, says the end of supplemental unemployment benefits will help with finding workers, but more will be needed.
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On May 9, the leadership team from Stoughton-based, family-owned Stoughton Trailers broke ground for a new 53,000-square-foot headquarters facility in Dane County at U.S. Hwy. 51 and County Hwy. B in the City of Stoughton. The 182-acre property will include approximately 36 acres of ponds, prairie and wetlands, as well as an additional 28-acre community park. Stoughton Trailers President and CEO Bob Wahlin is fourth from the left.
STEVE LYONS PHOTO, SJL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
