CVG Announces Production Milestone For Kings Mountain Mack Cab Plant

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CVG Press Release  /  March 19, 2019

NEW ALBANY, Ohio/PRNewswire/ -- Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. (CVG) (NASDAQ: CVGI) announced that its Kings Mountain Manufacturing facility has produced its 500,000^th Mack cab.  The facility achieved the half million milestone on March 1 when the Mack C Series cab rolled off the production line.  

CVG's Kings Mountain facility, which employs 184 people, manufactures Mack sheet metal cab structures for Volvo Group using a variety of production processes including spot welding, MIG welding, assembly, sealing adhesive application, and E-Coat.

"The Kings Mountain facility, and the customers and employees it supports, is an important part of our global manufacturing network," said Dale McKillop, Senior Vice President and Managing Director for Trim, Wipers and Structures.  "I am thrilled to celebrate this milestone achievement with the team and look forward to marking additional production milestones in the future."

Kings Mountain employees, along with company officials and community leaders, gathered in the facility this week to celebrate the production milestone. The event included lunch, a formal unveiling of the cab, and an opportunity for the employees to permanently affix their name or initials on the cab. 

Plant Manager Shelby Evans offered his congratulations to the facility.  "I am proud of the entire Kings Mountain team for this production milestone.  The finished cab will be displayed at our Kings Mountain facility as a reminder of this legacy achievement and our ongoing commitment to quality products and service."

About Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc.
Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. (through its subsidiaries) is a leading supplier of electrical wire harnesses, seating systems, and a full range of other cab related products for the global commercial vehicle markets, including the medium- and heavy-duty truck, medium-and heavy-construction vehicle, military, bus, agriculture, specialty transportation, mining, industrial equipment and off-road recreational markets. Information about the Company and its products is available on the internet at www.cvgrp.com.

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A thousand pardons for not reporting this last year.

When the former Mack Trucks opened its Winnsboro, South Carolina plant in August 1987, it required that many vendors build nearby plants within 100 miles. CVG chose Kings Mountain, North Carolina as a production location, just south of Gastonia and Charlotte off I-85, some 90 miles away.