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TRUCKMAKERS' NEWS * USA - Volvo laying off 650 at Virginia truck plant
Dublin,VA,USA -The Canadian Press (OBT,CAN) -27 Jan 2009: -- Swedish vehicle manufacturer Volvo has announced permanent layoffs of 650 workers at its truck assembly plant in Dublin, Va... Volvo Trucks North America said Tuesday it will lay off 40 per cent of the Pulaski County plant's remaining workforce by the end of April. The layoffs will begin in March... Volvo spokesman Jim McNamara says the layoffs are prompted by declining demand for heavy trucks... The Swedish company company laid off about 1,000 workers at the plant last May, and had planned weeklong shutdowns during the first three months of this year to avoid additional job cuts... Earlier this month, Volvo announced it will cut more than 1,600 jobs in Sweden... (Photo; Volvo front side) 
* UK - Iveco heavy truck range fuelled up for 2009
Milan,Italy -Due Motori -28 gennaio 2009: -- Iveco dealers across the UK are offering retail customers 1,000 litres of free fuel with the purchase and registration of any new Stralis or Trakker heavy truck until 31 March 2009... This first quarter special promotion is being run in conjunction with Key Fuels, with the free fuel able to be drawn from any site within Key Fuels’ extensive network, which spans the length and breadth of the UK...Labels: truckmakers' news USA
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