Mack Defense moves to Allentown customer care center

Mack Defense has moved from its leased office space in Upper Macungie Township to the Mack Customer Center in Allentown.

In a release, David Hartzell, president of Mack Defense, said the move will give staff more space and will make it easier to showcase its vehicles.

“The Mack Customer Center is an outstanding facility and presents our company and the Mack brand in a way we could not replicate at our previous location,” Hartzell said. “We have easier access to a number of unique features at the MCC, such as the test track and industrial space, while still retaining the robust security requirements that are required when working on military contracts.”

Hartzell said the move was timed so that Mack Defense would have the enhanced capabilities available at the MCC to support the current active contract with the U.S. Army to provide heavy dump trucks.

In May of 2018 Mack Defense was awarded a $296 million contract from the U.S. Army to produce up to 683 of its M917A3 HDTs.

The Mack Customer Center had available space after some engineering groups were moved to Mack’s Lehigh Valley Operations in Lower Macungie Township to be closer to production operations they support.

The move did not impact employment levels.