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TRUCKMAKERS' NEWS WORLWIDE
* Sweden - Volvo reports weak total truck deliveries for H1Stockholm,Sweden -Automotive Business Review (USA) -24 September 2007: -- Sweden-based Volvo's total deliveries of trucks from its four truck companies through August this year amounted to 135,781, which is a decrease of 4%, compared with the year-earlier period... Excluding Nissan Diesel, deliveries amounted to 119,109, a decrease by 16%, compared with the year-earlier period...
* USA - Universal Technical Institute and Freightliner LLC Announce a Technician Training Elective Program
Phoenix,AR,USA -PRNewswire/FirstCall -September 25, 2007: -- Universal Technical Institute, Inc. , a provider of technical education training, and Freightliner LLC, a manufacturer of commercial vehicles, announced today that they have agreed to launch a Freightliner-specific elective course targeted toward training top graduates of UTI's diesel program. As part of the agreement, Freightliner LLC will provide UTI with trucks, specialized learning aids and tools to conduct the elective course to support Freightliner's unique training needs...
* USA - Kenworth adds aluminum hubs
USA -Fleet Owner -Sep 26, 2007: -- Kenworth Truck Co. has introduced a new line of aluminum hubs for front and rear axles on its Class 8 trucks and tractors equipped with Bendix ADB22X air disc brakes. The new hubs will reduce nearly 80 lbs per axle from iron hubs and lower operating costs, the company said... For front applications the aluminum hubs are available with Bendix ADB22X air disc brakes on Dana Spicer rear axles rated up to 14,600 lbs., and for rear applications up to 23,000 lbs. (single), 46,000 lbs. (dual), and 69,000 lbs. (tridem)...
* Japan - Isuzu to launch global van in 2010
Tokyo,Japan -Automotive World (UK), by Andrew Mollet -26 September, 2007: -- Isuzu reportedly plans to release its first global commercial van in or around 2010 in a bid to boost worldwide sales as domestic sales stagnate... The Japanese truck manufacturer aims to develop a commercial van with a 1- to 2-ton loading capacity...
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