STOUGTON, WI (WTAQ) - A company near Madison that makes freight containers and grain haulers says it will hire 125 more people by the end of June. Stoughton Trailers added 300 workers last year, and is now at 800. Company president Bob Wahlin says the hiring reflects a recovery from the Great Recession. He says quote, “Freight tonnage is up considerably, and a lot of trucking companies are preparing for better economic times.” Stoughton Trailers has plants in Stoughton, Evansville, and Brodhead. It had 1,500 employees in 2005 – but that number plunged to 250 in the recession-plagued year of 2009. Wahlin says the new employees will be spread evenly across its three plants. Most will be assembly workers.
