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Area Development - Site Selection, Facility Planning and Workforce Development

Spartan Motors Expands Ephrata, Pennsylvania, Truck Manufacturing Plant

05/21/2018
Spartan Motors, Inc., will invest $2.4 million to expand its truck body manufacturing facility in Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The company plans to create nearly 189 new jobs.

A provider of specialty chassis and vehicle design, manufacturing, and assembly, Spartan Motors plans to expand its current site in Ephrata to fulfill a recently-awarded contract from the United States Postal Service to manufacture cargo body vehicles for parcel delivery.

The 2,000-vehicle, $214 million USPS contract award, the largest single order in Spartan’s history, required the company to look outside of its Michigan and Indiana fleet vehicle manufacturing facilities to accommodate the large order.

“We’re committed to this location, our workforce, and to better serving our customers by having a larger presence on the Eastern seaboard,” said Daryl Adams, President & CEO of Spartan Motors. “Programs like the Pennsylvania First program and the corresponding tax credits offered by Governor Wolf and the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development made that expansion easier.”

As an incentive, Spartan received a funding proposal from the Department of Community and Economic Development for a $300,000 Pennsylvania First grant and $378,000 in Job Creation Tax Credits to be distributed upon creation of the new jobs. The project was coordinated by the Governor’s Action Team, an experienced group of economic development professionals who report directly to the governor and work with businesses that are considering locating or expanding in Pennsylvania, in coordination with the Economic Development Company of Lancaster County.

“Spartan Motors’ decision to invest in its Ephrata facility with a new production line, and a complementary use to its existing Emergency Response division already located here, is the type of business investment that we value and that helps drive our economy forward,” said John Biemiller, Director of Business Retention and Expansion at Economic Development Company of Lancaster County.

“Spartan’s decision to expand right here in Pennsylvania demonstrates the strength of our manufacturing sector, which has been a top priority of this administration since day one,” Governor Tom Wolf said. “I applaud Spartan for expanding its Ephrata facility, which will provide a significant boost to the Lancaster-area economy and provide hundreds of manufacturing jobs for workers in the years to come. This is a big win for the region.”

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