Dynacraft breaks ground on $40 million McKinney plant, adds 200 jobs

McKinney’s industrial corridor is set to pick up more than 200 jobs as Dynacraft builds a $40 million manufacturing plant on Redbud Boulevard that will make truck components and battery-electric vehicle parts for some of the biggest names in commercial trucking.

Dynacraft officials broke ground April 30 on the 150,000-square-foot facility at 3490 Redbud Blvd. The company says the plant is expected to open by summer 2027 and will add production lines for fabrication and assembly, expanding work tied to DAF, Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks. The new building will also handle battery-electric vehicle components, putting McKinney deeper into PACCAR’s shift toward electrified transportation.

The project matters well beyond the construction site. Dynacraft, a PACCAR company, already has a McKinney footprint, and PACCAR lists the Redbud Boulevard address for the company’s local operation. Dynacraft says it supports North American PACCAR truck plants, PACCAR Parts distribution centers, PACCAR Powertrain and more than 1,000 Kenworth and Peterbilt dealerships, making the McKinney site part of a larger supply chain rather than a standalone factory.

For McKinney, the plant adds another industrial anchor at a time when the city is still absorbing rapid population growth. The city’s population memo puts McKinney at 237,130 residents on Jan. 1, 2026, up from 224,043 in 2025. City officials say McKinney has industrial parks, redundant utilities and incentives through its economic development organizations, and the business page says the city is about 70% built out, leaving room for more industrial development.

Dynacraft is already listed by the McKinney Economic Development Corporation as one of the city’s notable employers. The company’s own materials say it has only two U.S. locations, McKinney and Louisville, Kentucky, underscoring how central the Collin County plant is to its footprint.

There is also a clear timeline behind the new building. A Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation filing for Dynacraft Building 2 at the same address lists a registration date of April 30, 2025, a planned start date of Aug. 11, 2025, a completion date of Sept. 18, 2026 and an estimated cost of $50 million. That suggests the project has been in motion for months, even before the public groundbreaking.

McKinney Mayor George Fuller has already used Dynacraft’s site to spotlight PACCAR’s electric future, proclaiming PACCAR Battery Electric Vehicle Day there on March 22, 2023, when Peterbilt 579EV trucks were showcased. The new plant extends that relationship and gives McKinney another industrial bet tied to advanced manufacturing, logistics and long-term tax base growth.