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TRUCKMAKERS' NEWS WORLDWIDE
* Sweden - Volvo Trucks Invests Billions in Its Umeå Cab Factory
Stockholm,Sweden -BUSINESS WIRE (USA) -September 14, 2007: -- Volvo Trucks is investing almost SEK 1.1 billion in its cab factory in Umeå. The investment covers new production equipment as well as measures designed to increase capacity and flexibility in the production plant... Volvo Trucks’ cab factory in Umeå has undergone a number of changes in recent years. Now it is the turn of the bodyshop to be modernised and redesigned to suit an entirely new level of technological advancement. This latest investment encompasses the replacement of production equipment that is almost 20 years old. Previous investments have included the installation of a modern assembly line and a new paintshop – the world’s cleanest in terms of solvent emissions. The Umeå factory has its sights set on becoming entirely carbon dioxide-free within a few years...
* USA - Kenworth To Showcase Four Medium Duty Conventional Hybrid Trucks
At National Conference in SeattleKirkland,Wash,USA -Layover -14 Sept 2007: -- Kenworth will showcase four medium duty diesel-electric hybrid trucks at the 7th annual Hybrid Truck Users Forum (HTUF) Sept. 20-21 in Seattle at the Qwest Field Event Center... The national forum brings together fleets, suppliers and manufacturers to examine the latest in hybrid technology for the trucking industry... Kenworth's featured medium duty conventional hybrids will include a pickup and delivery truck, utility service truck, municipal aerial truck, and straight chassis... All four vehicles are equipped with a PACCAR PX-6 engine rated at 240 hp and 560 ft-lb of torque. The primary components of Kenworth¹s medium duty hybrids include an automated transmission with an integral motor/generator unit; frame-mounted, 340-volt battery pack; and a dedicated power management system...
* USA - J&R Schugel orders trucks with Cummins engines, APUs
USA -eTrucker -14 Sept 2007: -- Cummins Inc. recently announced that J&R Schugel Trucking has ordered 300 trucks powered by Cummins ISX engines and equipped with Cummins ComfortGuard auxiliary power unit systems, which Cummins began producing for the marketplace eight months ago...
* Canada - Peterbilt names National Paccar PX Skills Challenge winner
USA -eTrucker -14 Sept 2007: -- Trevor Friesen of Pacific Peterbilt, Surrey, Canada was named as Peterbilt’s inaugural National PACCAR PX Skills Challenge winner at the company’s National Customer Service Conference in St. Louis on August 25...
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