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TRUCKMAKERS' NEWS * WORLDWIDE
* USA - Mack Trucks to close Macungie plant for two weeks
Macungie,PENN,USA -The Lehigh Valley Express-Times -January 23, 2009: -- Mack Trucks said today it will close its Macungie plant for two weeks in the coming month because of the economic downturn... Spokesman John Walsh said the shutdown affects most of the plant's 425 unionized employees. Affected workers can apply for unemployment benefits... The shutdown announced today comes one month after Mack said it was laying off 180 workers at Macungie because of economic conditions... Manufacturing operations are slated to remain in Macungie...* Holland - Paccar's DAF plans to save 100 mln euros in 2009
Amsterdam,Holland -Reuters -Jan 24, 2009: -- Paccar's Dutch truck brand DAF plans to cut costs by at least 100 million euros ($129.6 millon) in 2009, a DAF spokesman said on Saturday... Job cuts could not be ruled out, and would depend on the condition of the truck market in the coming year as well as Dutch government measures on temporary unemployment, the spokesman told Reuters... Like others in the car industry, truck makers are feeling the sting of a global credit crunch that has drastically tightened lending conditions for customers including hauliers and other logistics groups...Labels: truckmakers' news worldwide
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