TRUCKS MAKERS NEWS * USA
* Kenworth Lays Off Workers, Shuts Plant for a Fortnight
OH,USA -The Central Ohio, by LOREN GENSON -11 Oct 2007: -- An as yet unknown number of workers at Kenworth’s Chillicothe, Ohio plant are to be laid off on Friday of this week, and the plant will shut for two weeks from Monday next week... The plant will also close for an extended Christmas break, from December 24th through to January 4th...
* Daimler AG may sell Freightliners in Russia
Detroit,Ill,USA -The Detroit News -10 Oct 2007: -- Daimler AG may sell Freightliner-brand trucks in Russia to capture demand for long-haul commercial vehicles. The company may assemble trucks in Russia with imported parts... Russia has "enormous" potential and is the one large emerging market that has truck standards similar to those in the U.S. and Europe, Renschler said... About 4,000 used Freightliners were sold in Russia last year, surpassing Mercedes-Benz, also made by Daimler, in the world's largest country by area...
* International trucks roll on the wheels of Goodyear
Akron,PH,USA -Truck News (CAN), by Steven Macleod -11 Oct 2007: -- The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company revealed its commercial tires are now available for specification on all International Truck and Engines vehicles... Goodyear said it has been named an International Truck primary tire supplier...
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