Fort Worth, Texas – Brand FX Body Company has announced the acquisition of a 178,000 square foot manufacturing facility on 24 acres in Pocahontas, Iowa. The company expects to begin building its lineup of composite service bodies and pickup-truck Toppers and Inserts there by the fall of 2004.

Once renovations are complete, the Pocahontas operation will be the largest, most automated composite service body plant in the industry — and by a wide margin. The plant’s square footage exceeds the production space of all other fiberglass service body manufacturers combined. Its equipment will include a CNC 5-axis router, CNC laser, and other new CNC metal-cutting and bending machines incorporating the latest technologies. These and other high-efficiency provisions will enable Brand FX to manufacture on a production-line basis — an industry first — while maintaining the levels of quality its products are known for.