Effective immediately, Interstate Companies’ IState Truck Center division has added DTNA’s Western Star Trucks line to its facilities in Missoula, Great Falls and Billings, Mont.; Bismarck, N.D., and Sioux City, Iowa.
The company also announced it has added the new Freightliner Econic product to its lineup, and will be one of the first dealerships in the United States to support the Econic at launch.
“We are proud to follow last year’s growth and expansion with DTNA by adding additional sales, parts and service coverage for the Western Star product line in key areas across our system. We are also genuinely excited to be a supporting part of the Freightliner Econic launch.” says Travis Penrod, CEO, Interstate Companies.
In order to better support this growth and expansion, IState also formally announced plans for an upgraded facility in Missoula. This new facility will be a significant upgrade to its current facility, and is scheduled to be open early in 2021. In addition to the expansion in Montana, IState also announced Wednesday its plans to open a brand new facility in Rogers, Minn. The Rogers facility will be a net new location for IState, designed to provide sales, service and parts support for customers in the growing northwest suburbs of Minneapolis/St. Paul, the company says.
The company says these moves follow significant expansion in 2018 through the acquisition of a Freightliner dealership in Bismarck, N.D. (formerly Trucks of Bismarck), Western Star dealerships in Marshfield, Madison and Prentice, Wis. (formerly V&H, Inc. Trucks), and expansion of its AssemblySystems business in Wisconsin and Kansas.
“Finally, we continue our ongoing commitment to our customers, employees, and the communities we serve by significantly upgrading our location in Missoula as well as adding new capacity in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul. When complete, the Rogers, Minn., expansion will bring us to 13 dedicated facilities for IState Truck Centers, and will be our 37th building overall,” says Penrod.
Interstate Companies consists of six operating divisions: IState Truck Centers, Interstate PowerSystems, Interstate BearingSystems, Interstate Transport Refrigeration, Interstate IndustrialSystems, and Assembly Systems, Inc.
