Kenworth Celebrates 50 Years of Building “The World’s Best® Trucks” in Chillicothe, Ohio
A golden anniversary for a symbol of American manufacturing: the Kenworth truck assembly plant in Chillicothe, Ohio, celebrates 50 years of rolling out “The World’s Best®” trucks today.
- The plant officially opened its doors on March 4th, 1974, and within a day, the first Kenworth W900 truck proudly emerged from the assembly line.
- Since then, over 782,000 trucks have left Chillicothe, each one embodying Kenworth’s core values of quality, innovation, and cutting-edge technology.
- Today, the plant stands as Kenworth’s largest manufacturing facility, employing roughly 2,500 people and serving as a significant economic engine for Ross County.