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TRUCKMAKERS' NEWS * USA - Navistar gets contract to build more military trucks
Warrenville,ILL,USA -The Chicago Tribune (Chicago,ILL), by James P. Miller -December 11, 2008: -- Navistar International Corp. said its defense group received a $362 million order from the Pentagon, calling for the Warrenville truck and engine manufacturer to provide 400 more "MaxxPro Dash" vehicles for use by U.S. military forces in Afghanistan... Navistar has been a leading provider to the Defense Department of what is known as "Mine Resistant Ambush Protected" vehicles, which are heavily armored and specifically designed to resist the blast effects from roadside bombs that have been used against American soldiers in Iraq... The MRAP vehicles, while effective in protecting U.S. forces, are extremely heavy and cumbersome during operations, however... The MaxxPro Dash is Navistar's "next-generation" MRAP, designed to be lighter and more mobile. The Defense Department ordered 822 of the Dash vehicles earlier, and Navistar will shortly deliver the last of that order, which will be used in Afghanistan... (Photo: Defense Industry Daily) 
* Volvo to cut output of truck motors in US
Hagerstown,Maryland,USA -Associated Press/The International Herald Tribune -December 11, 2008: -- Swedish truck and bus maker Volvo AB said Thursday it is laying off some U.S. workers, furloughing others and throttling back on engine and transmission production due to slow sales... The company will cut transmission production by a third and engine production by 25 percent at its powertrain plant in Hagerstown, effective Jan. 5, plant spokeswoman Ilse Ghysens said... The Hagerstown plant employs about 1,260 workers building heavy engines, gearboxes and driveshafts for Volvo brands. The company makes Volvo, Renault, Mack and Nissan Diesel vehicles...
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