Big Tex dedicates new headquarters
Thursday, November 20, 2008 10:30 AM CST
Employees, dealers, vendors, and special friends of Big Tex Trailer Manufacturing gathered at the new corporate office facility on I-30 Wednesday at mid-day to dedicate the building and celebrate its successful completion.
Founder and President Ricky baker started the business in 1976 while he was still in high school, said Director of Marketing Tammy Foster. "From the humble beginnings," said Foster, "to the industry leader that it is today, Big Tex has become known as the most diverse and largest utility trailer manufacturing company in America."
The ceremony began with an official flag raising ceremony starting, off with the American Flag raised by members of the United States Army.
The Texas flag followed, raised by long-time Big Tex Dealer Charlie McLemore, with company flags raised by employees of Big Tex, CM Trailers, CM Truck Beds, S&H Trailers, and TexTrail, all subsidiaries of Big Tex Trailer Manufacturing, Inc.
The new corporate office houses all Big Tex Trailer Manufacturing corporate employees to include the accounting staff, sales and management team, transportation, legal services, and retail operations for the Mount Pleasant area.
Following the ceremony, guests were guided on a tour of the new facility, followed by a reception.
Founded in 1983, Big Tex Trailer Manufacturing's corporate office is based in Mount Pleasant. The company designs and manufactures products such as flatbed utility trailers, construction trailers, equipment trailers, steel and aluminum horse and stock trailers, steel and aluminum cargo trailers and state of the art truck beds.
Other corporate divisions of Big Tex include Tex Trail Trailer Parts, with distribution centers located in Mount Pleasant, Odessa, Madill, and Ocala, Florida; Big Tex Trailer World, 13 company owned sales and service locations in California, Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas; Big Tex Fabrication in Mt. Pleasant, Texas; CM Trailers, CM Truck Beds, and S&H Trailers, all based in Madill, Oklahoma.
