JLG Industries has expanded its manufacturing footprint into Jefferson City, Tennessee.
This new 60,000-square-foot space, as well as the new lines at the company’s Bedford and McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania-based plants and its Leon, Mexico manufacturing facility, will support the increased production of boom lifts and scissor lifts, as well as both JLG and SkyTrak telehandlers.
“We have been pursuing a number of initiatives to establish a more agile and stable business model to support long-term, sustainable growth,” said Frank Nerenhausen, executive vice president Oshkosh Corporation and president JLG Industries. “The investment in additional manufacturing space and technology-rich manufacturing lines is indicative of our commitment to supporting customer needs in today’s dynamic marketplace. JLG is leaning in, looking at everything from how to optimize digital twins during the design/engineering process to regionalizing supply chains to additive manufacturing to the autonomous and semi-autonomous solutions required to assist a now five-generation workforce and reduce the load/gap caused by labor shortages."
Heading into 2022 with a record $3.6 billion in backlog, inflationary pressures, labor constraints and supply chain disruptions pushed JLG to think differently about its manufacturing facilities and processes. For instance, digitization has enabled automation and machine learning from the earliest stages of design through the manufacturing and field use of products.
JLG’s new Tennessee facility and the additional manufacturing lines in Pennsylvania and Mexico are operational and in the process of ramping up to full capacity.
