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Sutphen opens new 185,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Ohio

March 20, 2024, Dublin, Ohio — Sutphen Corporation, America’s largest family-owned and operated fire apparatus manufacturer with headquarters in Dublin, Ohio, celebrated the official grand opening of its new 185,000-square-foot fire apparatus manufacturing facility in Urbana, Ohio.

The new facility, located at 935 S. Edgewood Avenue, combines three separate facilities into one expansive manufacturing site. The facility expands Sutphen’s manufacturing footprint in the Urbana community from approximately 70,000-square-feet across three former facilities to 185,000-square-feet in one facility.

“This new facility increases our workforce, manufacturing efficiency, production capacity and so much more,” said Sutphen’s president Drew Sutphen, a fourth-generation family member, in a news release. “Sutphen Urbana is an investment in our family business and an investment in the Urbana community. The facility represents Sutphen Corporation’s commitment to responsible growth for generations to come and is an opportunity for the fifth and sixth generations of Sutphen family members to grow our family business for the next 130 years.”

Sutphen Corporation began moving into the facility in late 2023 and has already created over 25 jobs at the location, bringing the total Sutphen workforce in Urbana to over 225 team members. The family-owned company is continuing to hire and has numerous additional open positions at its new facility.

The state-of-the-art manufacturing facility occupies 25 acres of the 55 acres purchased by Sutphen in 2021. The additional 30 acres provide additional space for future growth and expansion.

Sutphen is a sole source manufacturer that designs, manufactures and sells fire apparatus from the ground up. From chassis and cab to aerial ladder and apparatus body, Sutphen manufacturers each piece of an apparatus.

Sutphen Urbana is home to Sutphen’s extreme-duty custom chassis line, Sutphen’s corporate service and technical center and Sutphen’s Ohio custom pumper line. The business’s three other operations in Dublin, Ohio; Hilliard, Ohio; and Lake Aerial, Pa., will remain where they are located.