Wayne Engineering Completes Plant Expansion

Wayne Engineering, Cedar Falls, Iowa, a manufacturer of refuse bodies used in manual and automated collection of solid waste, has completed a 40,000-square-foot plant expansion in response to increased sales of the Curbtender

The expansion also accommodates the addition of sister company Wayne Sweepers, which is developing a line of automated street sweepers for use on streets and parking lots as well as road maintenance and millings clean-up. Wayne Sweepers recently moved its entire operation to Wayne Engineering’s Cedar Falls, Iowa, facility where both firms will share engineering and manufacturing resources.

Both firms are divisions of Wayne Industrial Holdings and are under the management direction of Kevin Watje, president and CEO. According to Watje, each firm was experiencing steady growth in sales prior to coming together under the same roof. To accommodate this growth and provide greater manufacturing space for automated refuse equipment, the Cedar Falls facility pushed forward on a 40,000-square-foot plant expansion, Watje adds.

The completed additions now provide more than 100,000 square feet of space for all sales, service, engineering and manufacturing operations, the company says. At the same time, a new robotic welding station was added to the manufacturing floor along with expanded area for product research, development and testing.

“This is an absolutely outstanding opportunity for both firms to bring optimal synergy and shared expertise to a mission both companies embrace - to produce high-performance, chassis-mounted, performance-driven equipment that continually leverages technology to achieve optimum value for our customers,” Watje says.

Both divisions sell to private contractors and municipal public works departments throughout the U.S. and Canada.

More information is available at www.wayneusa.com.