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TRUCKMAKERS' NEWS * WORLDWIDE
* USA - Navistar still interested in acquiring GM medium-duty trucks?
USA -Reuters (UK)/Autoblog, by Michael Harley -Feb 24, 2009: -- Even though a deal with Navistar International Corp dissolved over the summer, the commercial truck maker remains interested in possibly acquiring General Motors' medium-duty truck unit. Dan Ustian, Navistar's chairman, chief executive and president, told the Reuters Manufacturing Summit in Chicago that, "...we're always looking to grow and that compliments us pretty well."... In fact, he added, if the current downturn continues, the company may be forced to slow or stop production in their own existing heavy-duty truck plants in Mexico and Canada... While Navistar waits "to see how the economy materializes," maybe Isuzu will step up to the plate* Mexico - Daimler opens new Cascadia plant in Saltillo
Stuttgart,Germany/ Saltillo,Mexico -The Trucker News Services -27 Feb 2009: -- Daimler Trucks North America LLC has opened its new manufacturing plant in Saltillo, Coahuila, in northern Mexico, the company said Friday... The facility, which was built with an investment of $300 million, is expected to create 1,400 direct jobs and 200 indirect ones. In addition, it will generate 1,100 jobs within the local supplier industry... (Photo: The new Daimler plant in Saltillo, Mexico, will produce Freightliner’s new flagship, the Cascadia heavy-duty Class 8 truck. The plant can produce up to 30,000 Cascadia trucks annually for sale in the US, Canadian, and Mexican markets)* USA - Mack Trucks to sell Pa. headquarters building
Allentown,Pa,USA -AP/The Evening Sun -24 Feb 2009: -- Mack Trucks has agreed to sell its 38-year-old office complex in Pennsylvania as it relocates its headquarters to North Carolina... Terms were not disclosed but Mack says it has reached an agreement with New Jersey-based J.G. Petrucci Co. to buy the Mack World Headquarters complex in Allentown. J.G... Mack is undergoing a restructuring that includes moving 580 jobs from the Allentown area to Greensboro, N.C. Mack's parent company, Volvo AB, has its Volvo Trucks North America facility in Greensboro... (Photo by trucktype.com: Mack truck grill)
* Sweden - Volvo to make big investment in new trucks-paper
Stockholm,Sweden -Reuters -Feb 26, 2009: -- World No. 2 truckmaker Volvo's is to make its largest single investment in a project to develop new truck models, Swedish daily Dagens Industri said on Wednesday... The paper quoted Volvo Chairman Finn Johnsson saying the investment was "the biggest single investment that has ever been decided on by Volvo's board." ... Johnsson would not give further details... The paper said the five-year project would see the development of new models for Volvo's truck brands, such as Renault, Mack, Nissan Diesel and Eicher... (Photo: Volvo Concept truck)
* USA - Oshkosh receives $477 million Army vehicle order
Oshkosh,Wis,USA -Associated Press/FORBES -25 Feb 2009: -- Oshkosh Corp. said Wednesday it has received a $477 million order from the Army for more than 1,350 new and rebuilt trucks and more than 1,000 armor-ready trailers... With the latest order for Oshkosh's defense division, the value for the Oshkosh, Wis.-based company's heavy tactical vehicles III contract has increased to more than $2.1 billion, the company said... Rebuilding used Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks saves money, Oshkosh said. The vehicles are returned to Oshkosh, stripped to the frame and rebuilt to like-new condition, the company said...Labels: truckmakers news worldwide
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