Marathon Truck Body
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Networking: 3:00 – 4:00 pm
Presentation and Tour: 4:00 – 5:00 pm

Ticket info below

***Reminder: Children are welcome to attend Tech Wednesday events.***

Marathon’s heritage in the Truck Body Industry dates back over the last forty years, into the early 1970s. Marathon Industries, Inc., is a privately held company.

Marathon Truck Body's main business is the manufacture, assembly, installation, and repair of truck bodies, trailers, and transportation equipment. They manufacture all types of truck bodies in its ≈37-thousand square foot facility in Sparks, Nevada, such as:

• Aluminum and FRP Van bodies

• High cubes (Ford Pool available to dealers)

• Studio Bodies

• Flat and Stake Beds (Ford Pool available to dealers)

• Knapheide KUV’s, utility beds and the full line (Ford Pool available to dealers)

• Dump and chipper bodies

• Moving vans

• Refrigerated Bodies (from cargo vans to full size van bodies)

• Contractor beds (Ford Pool available to dealers)

• Curtainsides

• Customization

During your visit you’ll see/learn:  

• See the steps of how a truck body is built from start to finish

• Understand the dynamics of how we hire and train new employees and work through the new employment reality of high turnover

• See the challenges of producing such a large item, from incoming process to manufacturing, storing and delivery

• Why there is such demand for these specialized vehicles

• Why Northern Nevada is a prime location for Marathon Truck Body to operate

Sign up early for Marathon Truck Body’s onsite presentation and tour of the production facility from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. and networking from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Marathon Truck Body
775 E Glendale Avenue
Sparks, Nevada 89431

Wednesday, January 10
3:00 - 4:00 pm: Networking
4:00 - 5:00 pm: Presentations & Tour

• $20 — NCET members

• $30 — General Admission