By: Alrik Lunsford, Clean Transportation Specialist
On Friday, March 21, 2025, Altec hosted a manufacturing tour at their Creedmoor facility in Granville County, North Carolina. The purpose of the tour was for attendees to learn about the idle reduction equipment and technologies that Altec manufactures for work crews that provides cleaner, quieter, and safer job sites. Their idle reduction technologies reduce engine hours, fuel consumption, emissions, and vehicle maintenance.
Altec employs roughly 450 people. Some job opportunities include production, equipment service, sales, information services engineering. More specifically, these involve Final Assembly, Mechanic Welding, Machine Operators and Paint Line Loaders. Presently, there are seven assembly lines and Altec is working on adding another line, bringing the total to eight. Each assembly line has six stages.
One key product assembled here are aerial devices such as lifts, used as hydraulic systems that extend a telescopic arm to help workers stand and perform tasks such as utility work, telecommunications, tree care and construction. Another product made at this facility are Digger Derricks, used to dig holes for utility work. A tertiary product are their Knuckle Boom Cranes that allow for the lifting and placement of loads for precision and flexibility, specifically for reaching into tight spaces and work areas.
Roughly, twenty attendees from Granville County were present for this event. They included Granville County Commissioners and Councilwomen, Town Mayors, representatives from the Granville County Planning Department and Economic Development offices, NC Works Business Services, and Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments, who coordinated the facilitation in the planning and logistics of the tour.
This was the first in person event of 2025 for the Piedmont and Coastal North Carolina Clean Communities coalition, who received full designation Clean Cities and Communities status from the U.S. Department of Energy earlier the same week on Tuesday, March 18. Overall, the mission of Clean Cities and Communities is to advance the nation’s environment, energy security, and economic prosperity through collaboration with communities that build partnerships with public and private stakeholders to create equitable deployment of clean transportation solutions for all.
In addition to Granville County, Piedmont and Coastal North Carolina Clean Communities and the North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center, its host site, provides services to fifty-six other counties throughout central and eastern North Carolina. These services include providing education and technical assistance to local and regional governments, businesses, agencies, community members, and other stakeholders and parties interested in supporting the broader mission of clean transportation and environmental sustainability. To receive updates and remain informed about upcoming events, visit www.fuelwhatmatters.org.