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TRUCKMAKERS' NEWS WORLDWIDE * China - Truck factory, it’s look out Daimler-Benz
Foton is the second-largest commercial-vehicle producer in the world – and is nipping at the heels of German powerhouse Daimler-Benz
Changping,China -The Christian Science Monitor, by Peter Ford - 11 Sept 2009: ... Foton is the second-largest commercial vehicle manufacturer in the world, churning out 440,000 trucks, buses, and vans in the first half of this year... But what was most surprising was their founding date: 1996... This company has been going for only 13 years, and already it is snapping at the heels of the world’s biggest producer, Daimler-Benz. Messrs. Daimler and Benz lodged their first automobile patents in 1886, 123 years ago...
AMAZING and AWESOME CHINA
This kind of pace blew Kent Molen away, too. He is a long-time employee of Cummins, the US engine makers, and he came to China last year to be plant manager for the new joint venture that Cummins and Foton have set up... “When I came here in January 2008, there were 16 beams up, that’s all,” he recalls. “I was told we’d be producing engines by November, and I thought, ‘How the heck is that gonna happen?’ ” ... But it did. The first engines rolled off the line in early December. “I was absolutely amazed that this building came together so quickly,” Mr. Molen admits. “We went from ground to a producing facility in a year”... He was also pretty impressed by the cost. The million-square-foot, state-of-the-art plant designed to turn out 400,000 engines a year cost only $400 million. “That’s incredible,” he says... How much would a similar factory cost in the United States?... “I don’t know,” he replies. “Too much”... (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP - Chinese workers assemble a bus at a factory owned by Chinese auto manufacturer Foton Motor Group in Beijing Friday. China's recovery gained momentum in August as stimulus spending helped boost industrial output, investment and retail sales in the world's third-largest economy, offsetting a slump in exports)* South Africa - Belated arrival of world’s best truck
Johannesburg,South Africa -The Business Day -11 Sept 2009: -- The 2009 International Truck of the Year, the third generation Mercedes-Benz Actros, has arrived in SA somewhat belatedly, after being unveiled in Germany in March last year and previewed at the Johannesburg International Motor Show last October... SA is the third largest Actros market in the world this year, after Germany and France, and has helped MBSA increase its share of the extra- heavy truck market by 5% at a time when sales of trucks in this category have tumbled by more than 50%, stressing the importance of a trusted brand in tough financial times... (Photo: The new Mercedes-Benz Actros. The Actros is available for a range of heavy duty applications, above. Comfort and safety, left, are key areas in the new Actros)* USA - Eaton breaks new ground with automated transmission lineup
Marshall,MI,USA -Fleet Owner, by David Cullen -Sep 11, 2009: -- Eaton Corp. rolled out a complete lineup of new automated manual transmissions that provides broad coverage for vocational Class 8 trucks as well as linehaulers here yesterday at its proving grounds... Dubbed UltraShift Plus, the product family includes a new automated manual for over-the-road rigs, but most significantly it boasts five other distinct units that taken together will cover nearly every on/off-road and vocational Class 8 truck application at work in North America, according to Eaton... Labels: truckmakers' news worldwide
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