Ag and industrial equipment manufacturer Brandt plans to start making its lines of utility trailers at factory space it owns in Moose Jaw, Sask., freeing up its factory floors in Regina to expand other product lines.
The Brandt Group of Companies announced Tuesday it expects to start production of its trailer lines late this summer at the former General Cable plant — a 64,000-square foot building Brandt has owned since 2012.
The plant, which is in the north end of the city near the Trans-Canada Highway, is scheduled to host a career fair July 28, Brandt said in a release. It plans to start hiring “immediately” to add 70 jobs, and to create up to 200 over the next three years.
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Brandt said it also has “long-term plans for additional expansion and more equipment purchases to outfit the plant to produce utility trailers for North-America-wide distribution.”
Moving trailer production west to Moose Jaw is meant to “free up space at Brandt’s North Regina Works campus to expand production for other product lines currently being built in their Regina facilities.”
Moose Jaw’s “strong workforce and history as a centre for trailer production” made it an ideal location, the company said — a reference to other manufacturers such as Doepker and CJay with plants in the city.
Brandt has been making the Work Ready line of utility trailers since 2017 and selling them through its Deere construction and forestry equipment dealership chain. The product line today includes flatbed, tilt deck and dump trailer units. — Glacier FarmMedia Network
