TRUCKMAKERS' NEWS * USA
* Kenworth Manufacturing Facilities Earn Prestigious Certification For Environmental Management
Kirkland,Wash,USA -Truck Net -February 12, 2008: -- Kenworth Truck Company’s manufacturing facilities in Chillicothe, Ohio, and Renton, Wash., have earned the prestigious ISO 14001:2004 certification for effective environmental management systems established to help build Class 8 trucks in an environmentally sustainable manner... Kenworth’s medium duty products are produced at the PACCAR manufacturing facility in Ste. Therese, Que., which also currently holds ISO 14001:2004 status... ISO 14001:2004 is an internationally recognized standard that provides guidelines and specific requirements for an environmental management system. To achieve certification, a company must demonstrate and provide objective evidence to a third-party auditor that its system is operating effectively in conformity to the established standard... (Photo: New Kenworth T660)
* Kenworth says its hybrids get tax break
Kirkland,Wash,USA -Fleet Owner -February 14, 2008: -- Kenworth has announced that buyers of certain Kenworth medium-duty hybrid vehicles in the U.S. are eligible for a tax credit of up to $12,000 thanks to a qualified hybrid motor vehicle credit available from the federal government... The Treasury Dept.’s heavy manufacturing and transportation group recently certified the tax incentive eligibility of both the Kenworth T370 Class 7 and Kenworth T270 Class 6 hybrid models in two applications, said the OEM... (Photo: Kenworth T270 Class 6 hybrid-electric truck )
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