Utility’s Marion Plant Receives Citizen of the Year Award

Utility
Trailer Manufacturing Company, the industry’s largest
manufacturer of refrigerated
trailers and a leading manufacturer of dry
freight vans, flatbeds,
and Tautliner^®
curtainsided trailers, is pleased to announce that employees of
Utility’s Marion manufacturing plant have received the Citizen of the
Year Award from the Rotary Club of Marion, Virginia.

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The ceremony took place at the Marion Rotary Annual Awards Dinner on
April 9^th -- a night dedicated to awarding Rotary members, as
well as giving grants and scholarships to teachers and students.

“For the first time in its 60 years of giving the Citizen of the Year
award for service to the community, instead of giving the award to an
individual, the Marion Rotary Club has chosen a group of employees as
its Citizen of the Year. Utility Marion employees were chosen for
the incredible impact their UECC program is having all across southwest
Virginia and beyond,” said Dr. Dana Chamberlain, a local dentist and
Rotary member.

Utility Employees Changing Communities (UECC) is a program conceived and
initiated by the Marion plant employees in 2017. “Every week, Utility
provides one free meal to all employees based on the previous week’s
collective efficiency results. The better the result, the better the
meal,” said Jerry Sheets, Plant Manager at the Utility Marion facility.
“UECC came about in March 2017 when employees had the idea to forgo
every 4^th week’s meal and instead donate the collective value
of that meal to public schools, senior citizens, and special needs
children.”

Through the UECC program, Marion’s 1,200 employees have donated
$442,582, delivering checks to 79 public schools in 23 counties
throughout 4 different states. Additionally, every check donated by
Marion’s UECC program is hand delivered by a Utility Marion employee.

“It’s an honor for Marion employees to receive this award. After two
years of UECC, there is simply no way to fully convey the impact and
lasting impressions it has indelibly imprinted on so many of us at
Utility. The fact that our work as trailer builders can translate into
providing things that make a positive difference in the lives of
children, teachers, administrators, parents, seniors, and special needs
kids -- How do you really capture that in words? I cannot,” Mr. Sheets
concluded.

The Rotary Club of Marion is one of 32,000 Rotary Clubs, which make up
Rotary International. Their mission is to bring understanding and peace
through humanitarian, educational, and cultural exchange programs.

For more information on the Rotary Club of Marion visit http://rotaryclubofmarion.com/.

About Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company

Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company is America's oldest privately
owned, family-operated trailer manufacturer. Founded in 1914, the
company designs and manufactures dry freight vans, flatbeds,
refrigerated vans, Tautliner^® curtainsided trailers, and
aerodynamic technologies. Utility currently operates six trailer
manufacturing facilities across North America. Utility’s 3000R^®
and the 3000R^® multi-temp refrigerated trailers are
manufactured at the Marion, Virginia, Clearfield, Utah and Piedras
Negras, Mexico plants. The 4000D-X Composite^® series and 4000D^®
dry vans are manufactured at the Glade Spring, Virginia and Paragould,
Arkansas plants. The 4000AE^®, 4000S^®, and
4000AE^® Drop Deck flatbeds as well as the Tautliner^®
are all manufactured at the Enterprise, Alabama facility. Utility
also has an extensive independent dealer network with over 100 locations
throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and South America. Visit: www.utilitytrailer.com
for more information.

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