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TRUCKMAKERS' NEWS * USA - Daimler Truck Financial Celebrates 35 years in the Trucking Industry
* USA - May Class 8 Truck Sales Drop 39%
New York,NY,USA -Transport Topics, by Jonathan S. Reiskin -June 22, 2009: -- Heavy-duty U.S. truck sales continued their severe slide into a fifth month, as retail volume fell 39% in May, while the year-to-date total now lags the pace of last year by 33.9%, according to WardsAuto.com... And manufacturer order boards for new trucks remain lightly populated, essentially killing off a once-commonly held theory that there might be a small-scale pre-buy ahead of the Jan. 1 change in federal emission rules... (Photo from twitpic.com, by shewhoknowstruk -A Peterbilt truck) From a small captive finance start-up, company now manages $5.4 billion portfolio across major industry segments
Farmington Hills,MICH,USA -PRNewswire -23 June 2009: -- Daimler Truck Financial celebrates 35 years in the trucking industry this week, having put over a million trucks on the road since the mid-1970s while building up its portfolio serviced to $5.4 billion and managing more than 43,000 contracts... Starting as Freightliner Financial in 1974 with few employees and several contracts, the company has grown to 230 employees, primarily located in a new operations center in Fort Worth, Texas, while others are in Fort Mill, S.C. and Farmington Hills, Mich....* USA - Daimler Trucks: Western Star Trucks Recall
Washington,DC,USA -US Recall News -June 20, 2009: -- Daimler Trucks is recalling 43, year 2009/2010 Western Star 4900 Trucks, built with DD15 engines... A new forward cab crossmember design reduced clearance for cab mounter battery disconnect switch power cables on standard cab height vehicles. During cab articulation the new crossmember may pinch power cables against the cab... Consequence: Cables that become pinched between the cab and forward cab crossmember could short to ground and potentially overheat resultin in injury to vehicle occupants... (Photo from hankstruckpictures.com: Western Star 4900sa-logger)
* Mack truck assembly to move Volvo in Dublin to Pennsylvania
Lehigh Valley,PA,USA -WSLS -June 25, 2009: -- Mack Trucks, Inc. today announced that the company will move forward its assembly facility in Macungie, PA... The plan involves transferring assembly of Mack highway vehicles from the plant in Virginia’s New River Valley to Macungie, where Mack’s construction and refuse trucks are assembled, to take advantage of efficiencies arising from consolidated assembly, and to create a brand-unique environment for Mack customers... The company expects to begin the transfer in September 2009 and complete it by the end of November 2009, during which period there will be a gradual production ramp-down in NRV and a corresponding ramp-up in Macungie... (Photo from haletrailer.com: Mack trucks CH613)
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