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From building horse-drawn wagons during pre-World War I days, Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co., has evolved into one of the world's leading manufacturers of commercial, freight-hauling trailers.
The company is in the process of joining Paragould's industrial community with a 245,000-square-feet plant currently under construction on a 55-acre site in the Greene County city's industrial park.
The plant will eventually employ up to 250 workers when it reaches its peak of production about 1998, said David Neighbors, manager of UT's Paragould plant.
"We are planning a very planned, controlled build-up of our workforce. We hope to begin production in August, depending upon the cooperation the weather gives our building contractor," said Neighbors.
Neighbors said the Paragould plant will be UT's fifth manufacturing facility. The firm is headquartered in Industry, Calif., near Los Angeles.
The other plants are located at Clearfield, Utah, and Marion, Va., which both manufacture refrigerated, temperature controlled-vans for transporting food...