Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems is celebrating the production of its 1,000th Autocar cab at its Huntington, Ind., facility, which reached the milestone this month.

Bendix has provided complete assembly of the cab for Autocar's Xpeditor models since October 2008.

The Autocar Xpeditor is a low cab forward Class 8 vehicle that offers features ranging from improved cab ergonomics, integrated controls, and body-chassis interface to a new environmentally friendly and economically effective hybrid-drive refuse truck.

"It's been nearly a year since we began the huge undertaking of expanding our Huntington facilities and ramping up our module offering," said Bill Mossing, vice president and general manager of the Bendix module center of competency. "We began this project with Autocar knowing it was out of our usual scope of work. But by applying a lean, organized production process, we've shown that Bendix has the ability to deal with complex modules for any type of OE customer."

Bendix begins each Autocar cab assembly process with a basic shell and transforms it into a fully-trimmed, operational cab module. The project incorporates 1,000 components from more than 100 suppliers.

The Bendix Huntington manufacturing operation consists of four facilities representing more than 45 percent of the overall business for Bendix. The company added Module Center 2 to help address production needs for the Autocar business and to prepare for future growth.

"The milestone gave all of us an opportunity to step back and celebrate everything we have accomplished during the past year," said Mike Pogorelc, plant manager of the Bendix Huntington facility. "Now that we've achieved this milestone, we hope to continue down a path toward growth with Autocar and future customers, while continuing to bring business to the Huntington area."