WINNIPEG, Man. – Freightliner Manitoba has opened a new, state-of-the-artwork, seventy eight,000 sq-feet facility at CentrePort Canada in Winnipeg, Man.
Ken Talbot, president and dealership fundamental for Freightliner Manitoba, purchased 13.5 acres of land on the inland port in 2018 with the imaginative and prescient of constructing the new heavy-responsibility truck dealership.
The company says the additional space will assist it dangle genuine to its mission to give first-classification transportation solutions to the commercial car market in Manitoba.
Some key features of the new facility include more than 30 total carrier bays, with 10 categorical assessment carrier bays that may provide diagnostics in a two-hour window, an over 9,000 sq-ft elements warehouse and showroom, a drivers’ lounge, completely paved parking zone, radiant in-flooring heating, and LED interior and exterior lights.
“the new facility is similar to a Disney World for truck drivers. they could contact and feel our new Cascadia devoid of the wind, snow, and rain that Winnipeg weather brings,” observed Mike Palmer, manager of fleet operations for Freightliner Manitoba. “not handiest can we have a firstclass product, however now we’ve a firstclass facility to carrier our customers.”
Palmer performed a big role in the new facets on the enterprise’s CentrePort region, with his event as a hearth chief and with Freightliner Manitoba for 28 years.
For a tour of the new facility – March 9 at 12 p.m. and March 10 at 5 p.m. – contact Haley Peloquin at 204-694-3000.