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TRUCKMAKERS' NEWS * WORLDWIDE
* UK - M&S buys 60 Mercedes Axor tractive units
London,UK -Road Transport, by Dylan Gray -23 January 2008: -- Supermarket giant Marks & Spencer has taken delivery of 60 Mercedes-Benz Axors fitted with the manufacturer's 12-speed PowerShift automated transmissions. The tractor units will be powered by 360 and 400hp engines they will be fitted with standard sleeper cabs. In a bid to improve fuel economy the Axors will be also be equipped with air management kits from Hatcher Components... The Axors will be operated on M&S's behalf by supply chain specialist Gist...* Russia - US 'International' Trucks to Be Assembled in Saint-Petersburg
Saint Petersburg,Russia -FIS -January 24, 2008: -- In the city of Pushkin near Saint-Petersburg an official ceremony was held to open the production of american 'International' trucks in Russia... The plant will make up to 24 thousand vehicles of model 9800iI per annum. This will be a purely assembling production... The project is being implemented by Russian company GoodWill Holding, which earlier acted as a distributor of the US holding in Russia...* Azerbaijan - Ganja car factory ready to supply MAZ trucks assembled in Azerbaijan to Georgia
Baku,Azerbaijan -Azerbaijan Business Center/Fineko/abc.az -23 Jan 2008: -- Ganja Automobile Factory is ready to organize export of heavy-duty trucks assembled in Azerbaijan... The Factory reported that its representative office was opened in Georgia last year to provide truck export... In 2007 the Ganja enterprise manufactured a pilot lot of nine MAZ trucks. The Factory’s capacity allows production of up to 1,000 motor vehicles a year...* India - Tata Motors to ship up to 50,000upa electric micro pick-ups to US for Chrysler LLC
New Delhi,India -Business Line/Automotive World (UK), by Glenn Brooks -23 January, 2008: -- Tata Motors has signed a contract to develop electric vehicles for Chrysler LLC... The agreement is claimed to be with the Cerberus and Daimler-controlled OEM's Global Electric Motorcars division, with the first vehicle to be a version of Tata's Ace micro pick-up truck...* Japan - Hino to go modular sooner for foreign-bound trucks
Tokyo,Japan -Nikkei/AsiaPulse via COMTEX -Jan 25, 2008: -- Hino Motors Ltd. will introduce modular design for trucks earlier than planned this year in order to facilitate the rapid expansion of its overseas business... Trucks vary widely in design and specification because they have so many different commercial uses. In Japan, for example, Hino offers some 360 models of basic small trucks alone. To help rationalize production, the firm intends to introduce modular design for parts like engines and cabs in the first half of the 2010s... The common frame will have a number of evenly spaced holes so that modular parts can be flexibly attached as needed. By standardizing parts as much as possible, Hino aims to boost productivity and reduce errors on the factory lines...
* UK - Europcar First to Add LDV Lutons to Fleet
London,UK -TNN -24 Jan 2008: -- Europe’s number one car rental company has taken delivery of 50 LDV MAXUS Lutons in a deal worth over £750,000 at showroom prices... Europcar is the first national rental company in the UK to purchase the newly launched 3.5 tonne long wheel base vans which all feature tail lifts... Labels: truckmakers news worldwide
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