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TRUCKMAKERS' NEWS * WORLDWIDE
* France - Renault Trucks to partially shut French sites
Lyon,France -AP -20 June 2008: -- Auto manufacturer Renault Trucks, a subsidiary of Sweden's Volvo, said Wednesday it would temporarily close three sites in France for up to 90 days in 2009 due to falling demand amid an economic slowdown... The partial shutdowns will affect production sites in Lyon, Bourg-en-Bresse and Blainville-sur-Orne, which will operate only three days a week in January and February... Renault Trucks also plans to cut back production. The company offers various types of vehicles from light trucks for delivery to heavy trucks for long haulage.... Forecast production would be cut by 66 percent between July 2008 and July 2009 to keep pace with falling orders...
* USA - Daimler Trucks chief looking at longer downturn
New York,NY,USA -MarketWatch, by Steve Gelsi -Nov. 19, 2008: -- Daimler AG Trucks began preparing for a downturn in 2007, but now thanks to the credit crisis the slowdown in the sector could go on longer than expected, its top executive said Wednesday... While Andreas Renschler counts falling diesel-fuel prices along with growing interest in alternative fuels and hybrid technologies as positives for big truck makers, Daimler Trucks -- which employs some 30,000 in the United States under the Freightliner brand, among others -- is keeping a close eye on the latest developments in the ailing global economy... Daimler made moves to curb production back in 2007, when the industry, which includes Paccar Inc., Navistar International Corp., and Volvo, saw a drop of more than 40% in heavy trucks... Despite the credit crunch, Renschler commented that the company's big fleet customers such as UPS Inc., still have been able to get financing to buy new trucks...
* USA - Volvo Trucks Launches Diesel Particulate Filter Remanufacturing Program
USA -Traffic World -19 Nov 2008: -- Volvo Trucks North America has launched a large-scale program to remanufacture diesel particulate filters (DPF). The program will operate out of the Middletown Remanufacturing Center (MRC) in Middletown, Pa.... The program enables Volvo Trucks customers to simply exchange the used ceramic filter element from their DPF for a clean one when service is required, reducing service time and simplifying emissions control systems maintenance. Customers are also assured of receiving a clean filter warranted by Volvo, while at the same time avoiding the need to invest in expensive filter cleaning systems... The DPFs are remanufactured to more than 90% of original capacity...
* Sweden - Swedish truck firm set to open Iraqi plant
Stockholm,Sweden -CNN -November 19, 2008 -- Swedish truck and bus maker Scania is to reopen a former plant in Iraq... The Swedish truck and bus maker that assembled trucks in Iraq during the Saddam Hussein era has signed "an agreement in principle" with the government to open an assembly plant next year... The company, Scania, issued a statement on its Web site confirming the deal to produce 500 trucks ordered by Iraq, with work starting during the third quarter of 2009... The work will be performed in the same Iskandariya factory south of Baghdad where the company's previous operation was housed. The operation comes under the auspices of Iraq's State Company for Automotive Industry...
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