TRUCKMAKERS NEWS * USA - Mack Truck suffers big drop in January orders
Allentown company blames global recession for lowest monthly totals in 9 years
Allentown,PA,USA -The Morning Call, by Tyrone Richardson -February 25, 2009: -- Mack Trucks saw January deliveries plummet to 624 trucks, its lowest monthly level in at least nine years, the Allentown company announced Tuesday... The last time Mack had such a large monthly drop was in April 2007 when it delivered 844 rigs, according to a company chart showing deliveries since 2000... The reason for the drop that time was the change in federal emission standards that raised price tags by as much as $7,500 per $100,000 truck... In January 2002, the truckmaker delivered 911 rigs, a decline linked to a recession that followed the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks...
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