Altec, a leading manufacturer of utility trucks, says it will hire more than 50 people at its new "green" fleet manufacturing plant in Dixon.
The Birmingham, Ala.-based company said it plans to complete the 43,000- square-foot factory in April, roughly two months ahead of schedule.
Additional jobs could be created as the demand for alternative-fuel utility vehicles grows, said company spokesman Mark Wegel.
The new plant, next to Altec's western manufacturing facility, will produce aerial lifts, or bucket trucks, that are used by utilities and wireless companies to build and repair power lines and telecommunications equipment.
The new plant will assemble alternative-fuel, hybrid-electric and all-electric utility trucks. Wegel said most of the new hires will be welders and assembly workers.
Altec said it is working closely with longtime customers PG&E Corp. and Southern California Edison to build the new manufacturing center.
The company is also partnering with PG&E to develop a new generation of green-fleet utility vehicles at its Dixon plant.
Founded in 1929, Altec has operated its western manufacturing facility in Dixon for more than 20 years, Wegel said. The company began construction of its new plant in July.
Demand for all-green fleets has risen among utilities and other large companies in recent years with the passage of California's landmark climate change law.
The Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions statewide to 1990s levels by the year 2020.
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