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TRUCKMAKERS' NEWS WORLDWIDE
* UK - Leyland Trucks scoops accolades for excellence
Preston,Lancashire,UK -The Preston Citizen, by Andrew Greaves -28 June 2008: -- Staff and bosses at Leyland Trucks are celebrating after scooping two awards at the prestigious Manufacturing Excellence awards... The firm, based in Farington Moss, won the IMechE Award for Best Financial Management and the Warwick Manufacturing Group Award for Logistics and Resource Efficiency at the ceremony held at London’s Dorchester Hotel... Leyland Trucks, a designer and producer of light and medium weight trucks under the DAF brand, attributes the outstanding growth to a change of workplace culture that focuses on a team approach, as well as a financial boost, their parent company PACCAR invested £75 million in Leyland Trucks in the past five years... (Picture from BigLorryBlog: (UK) Benton's immaculate anniversary Daf XF105...)* USA - Mack's big, bold performance road show now in full swing
Lehigh Valley,Pa,USA -Truck News (CAN), by Jan Westell -27 June 2008: -- The 2008 Mack performance tour is featuring the "biggest and boldest trucks ever," and the "very fuel efficient, yet extremely powerful" Mack MP family of engines, according to the truck manufacturer... On the 2008 tour, Mack is promoting its products, its customer support and its dealer network, as well as its "fuel efficient" engine technology that has been designed for future requirements...* USA - Navistar Resumes NYSE Trading
New York,NY,USA -Transport Topics -30 June 2008: -- Navistar International Corp. said Monday its common stock has resumed trading on the New York Stock Exchange... The company was delisted in February 2007 after it fell behind in its financial reporting, which it brought up to date Friday... The parent company of International brand trucks will trade under its original ticker symbol, NAV...
* Thailand - A shift to greener pastures
Bangkok,Thailand -The Bangkok Post, by ALFRED THA HLA -30 June 2008: -- Contrary to popular belief, the emergence of the ecocar programme as the country's second product champion will not cannibalise the one-ton pickup truck market... The future of this soon-to-peak segment will depend on more efficient technology with greater product lineup variety... On the other end are its larger commercial siblings _ two- and three-ton, 3.5-ton and more, and buses _ which play a low-key but vital logistic role in sales that accounted for about 3.6% of total vehicle sales last year, according to information compiled by Hino Motor Sales Thailand...
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