Semitrailer and truck body manufacturer Wabash National Corporation announced plans to idle two facilities in Little Falls, Minnesota, and Goshen, Indiana.
A Wabash SEC filing mentioned 56 job cuts in Minnesota and 214 in Indiana. WARN Notices revealed that impacted positions will include maintenance and production coordinators, machine operators, assemblers and welders — with the latter two accounting for 83 of the affected employees in Indiana. The Minnesota WARN Notice did not disclose the number of workers by role.
Most Read on IEN:
WARN Notices stated that the separations will occur in two phases, beginning on March 6 and April 3. The documents indicated that the company expects to eventually cease all manufacturing operations at the facilities, with the Minnesota job cuts and the Indiana shutdown permanent. The affected employees do not possess bumping rights and are not represented by any unions.
Wabash anticipates costs associated with the actions to reach $15 million to $20 million.
The announcements follow the company’s Q3 2025 results, which noted about $382 million in net sales — a 17.8% decrease from the same period a year ago. It also reported $58 million in operating income, aided by a nearly $81 million reduction to a Q3 2024 charge related to a rear-end collision involving a tractor-trailer that killed two people.
Wabash added that its total backlog stood at approximately $829 million as of September 30, citing customers taking a “wait-and-see” approach to capital spending.
Click here to subscribe to our daily newsletter featuring breaking manufacturing industry news.
