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Tue April 3, 2012
Business

Nacogdoches poultry transport maker receives agribusiness award

Credit Bright Coop, Inc.
In the 1950s, the Bright Coop "chicken hauler" was made out of hardwood timber from east Texas.

Bright Coop Co., based in Nacogdoches, is undergoing a $2 million expansion in its Viking Trailers division. Vice president Clem Russell says the company is in need of welders and metal fabricators.