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Currently, Kenworth has factories in four countries. In the United States, Kenworth trucks are built in Chillicothe, Ohio, and Renton, Washington. The Chillicothe plant is a 622,000-square-foot factory employing around 2,500 people. The oldest of the two U.S. factories, the Chillicothe has produced more than 782,000 trucks, including the T680, T880, and W990.
By comparison, the Renton location in Washington is a 300,000-square-foot plant founded in 1993. It manufactures the T680, T880, T800, W900, and C500. The last three are set to be discontinued in 2026 due to concerns about fuel economy. For its medium-duty trucks, Kenworth takes production to the 425,000 square-foot PACCAR assembly plant in Ste-Thérèse, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1999, the facility builds the T180, T280, T380, and T480.
Then there’s the Kenworth manufacturing plant in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. At 590,000 square feet, it opened in 1959 and makes Class 5-8 Kenworth vehicles for various markets in North, Central, and South America. The average yearly truck production at the facility has steadily increased since 2020, from around 7,000 units to 12,000 trucks in 2024.
In Australia, Kenworth builds trucks at their plant in Bayswater. The factory opened in 1968, but the first Australian-built Kenworth, a cabover K125CR model, didn’t roll off the production line until 1971. Since then, they have produced more than 80,000 Kenworth vehicles, which serve the Australian, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea markets.
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