Why did ALF move from North Carolina to South Carolina?
Gustafson: It was a couple things. The company had grown to the point with the number of businesses that it had acquired that we didnt have the most cost effective structure. We had almost 25% of Freightliners industrial footprint but about 10% of its revenues. We really had more facilities than we were capable of using, so we started consolidating facilities to get the best efficiency. The new headquarters is a half a million square-foot-facility, second to none in the industry. Were actually at the point now that were bringing in some suppliers to take some of the sub-assemblies for us so that we can continue our growth plan that we have for this facility and get the best utilization. So chassis assembly is one thing that well be staging in the local area to give us increased capacity. FC: There were a lot of rumors about ALF, especially during the move to Charleston. Gustafson: A lot of reconstruction activities have been going on with American LaFrance. Weve looked at the business
