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TRUCKMAKERS' NEWS * Russia - Truck maker KamAZ suspends assembly line
Kazan,Russia -RIA Novosti -June 23, 2009: -- Russian truck maker KamAZ suspended its main assembly line on Tuesday after completing its orders for June, the company's press office said... The ongoing global financial and economic crisis has caused a slump in world demand for vehicles. Since the start of the year, the Volga-based truck producer has been working only to concrete orders... KamAZ last suspended its operations in late May, the most recent of several stoppages over the past 18 months... (Photo from RIA Novosti, by S. Solovjev - KamAz trucks at Kama Automobile Plant)* Germnay - Berlin bans sale of trucks to Syria, Iran
Berlin,Germany -The Jerusalem Post, by BENJAMIN WEINTHAL -Jun 24, 2009: -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel's administration imposed a ban on the sale of heavy trucks to Iran and Syria in April 2008 because of Israeli intelligence concerns, according to a report in last week's Der Spiegel magazine... Vehicles "with three or more axles" and a total "weight of more than 20,000 kilograms" can be used to fire Iranian missiles... Israeli government officials asked representatives of the federal republic last year what their reaction would be if it was ever learned that Teheran had fired missiles at Israel from German trucks...
* India - Tata Motors Has Loss as Jaguar, Land Rover Sales Fall
Mumbai,India -Bloomberg, by Vipin V. Nair -June 26, 2009: -- Tata Motors Ltd., the Indian truckmaker that owns Jaguar and Land Rover, posted its first annual loss in at least seven years after sales at the luxury units plunged amid the global recession... The consolidated net loss was 25 billion rupees ($520 million) in the year ended March 31, compared with a net income of 22 billion rupees a year ago, the company said in a statement in Mumbai today... * Giant truck maker in Newport News lays off 49 workers
Newport News,VA,USA -The Virginian-Pilot, by Carolyn Shapiro -June 26, 2009: -- Liebherr Mining Equipment Co., the Newport News manufacturer of large-capacity dump trucks, has laid off 49 employees, citing a nationwide downturn in the mining industry... Liebherr cut 44 full-time workers and five contract employees in its truck-manufacturing operation. Their last day was Friday. That unit still employs 345, and Liebherr has another 101 workers in other divisions in Newport News, said Sabrina Soares, a Liebherr spokeswoman...
* Germany - ZF and ISE ink parallel-hybrid drive partnership
Friedrichshafen,Germany -Fleet Owner -Jun 25, 2009: -- A new provider of parallel-electric hybrid drive systems and components for North American commercial vehicles has been launched via a strategic relationship jointly established by ZF Friedrichshafen AG (ZF), based in Germany, and Poway, CA-based ISE Corp... ZF is a major international supplier of driveline and chassis technology to both automotive and truck OEMs with a strong North American presence and ISE is a designer and manufacturer of hybrid propulsion systems and components for the global heavy-duty vehicle market... (Photo from blogcdn: zf-8speed)
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