TRUCKMAKERS' NEWS
* Sweden - Europe behind the high delivery volumes for Volvo Trucks in February
Stockholm,Sweden -Easier (Chester,UK) -23 March 2007: -- Volvo Trucks deliveries in January and February 2007 totalled just over 15,000 vehicles, an increase of five percent compared with the same period last year... On the European market, deliveries rose by 25 percent, totalling 8,284 trucks (6,604)... North American deliveries amounted to 3,661 (5,284), which is a drop of 31 percent compared to the same period in 2006... For South America, the positive trend continued with deliveries totalling 1,060 (769) for the first two months of 2007. Asia and the Middle East also show an increase in deliveries of 17 and 16 per cent respectively...
* India - Daimler may make trucks
Mumbai,India -Daily News & Analysis, by Rabin Ghosh -March 23, 2007: -- DaimlerChrysler trucks, which are currently being sold as CBUs (completely built units) in the country, may be manufactured locally... Currently, DaimlerChrysler markets only the Mercedes Benz Actros range trucks, which it launched in the country only late last year... DaimlerChrysler India is setting up a greenfield plant in Pune spread across 100 acres of land. The new plot would have space for a possible truck assembly line, if the company decides to set up a such a facility...
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