Nexio Power has secured a 77-acre industrial campus in Anderson, Texas, adding about 180,000 square feet of space for commercial truck production, finishing, testing, warehousing and offices as it prepares to build propane-powered vehicles. The Anderson site will provide near-term assembly capacity and serve as a bridge to Nexio’s planned Lufkin campus. Nexio expects Anderson to remain available for additional capacity after Lufkin opens. The Lufkin project is planned to support engine production and powertrain assembly, and Nexio is targeting early 2027 for production vehicles. Existing infrastructure at Anderson includes 13 overhead cranes, large-vehicle paint and sandblast equipment, an 11-bay test complex and 13,000 square feet of racked warehouse space. The campus can support chassis preparation, powertrain and cab installation, superstructure assembly, wiring, plumbing, painting and final finishing. Quality-control, chassis-dynamometer, repair and refurbishment capabilities are also included, along with on-site propane autogas fueling. “Anderson gives us immediate capacity in a facility that was already doing work very close to ours,” said Nexio COO Ryan Gaul. The expansion follows Nexio’s Aug. 8 unveiling of a production-intent Class 7 propane bobtail for PICO Propane and Fuels, the retail brand of Meritum Energy Holdings. Following its debut at the Red River Crossroads Propane Expo in Irving, Texas, the truck entered commercial demonstration service on routes across South Texas. The PICO-branded vehicle uses Nexio’s 7.2-liter supercharged V-8 paired with an Allison 3500 RDS six-speed automatic transmission. PICO will share operating data with Nexio’s engineering team as EPA and California Air Resources Board certification work continues. The truck will refuel at PICO locations across Texas through the fleet’s existing propane network. That arrangement allows PICO to evaluate the truck in daily service without developing a separate fueling network for the demonstration.