Cleveland’ s Freightliner truck plant has a new manager.
Mike McCurry took over for Bob Pacillas, who retired after a 40-year career.
McCurry, who started in the new position May 1, joined the company in December 1987 as a designer in custom engineering. He most recently was manager of the Mt. Holly truck manufacturing plant, taking that position after leaving as director of production at Cleveland’s plant.
McCurry holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
He takes over as Freightliner has a pending layoff of approximately 1,500 workers at the end of next week. The plant will be running one shift after that.