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TRUCKMAKERS' NEWS * WORLDWIDE
* Sweden - Volvo’s October Deliveries Drop But Orders Show Improvement. Regional Decline Bests Global Downturn of 41%
Gothenberg,Sweden -Transport Topics -18 Nov 2009: -- Volvo AB said Wednesday its North American deliveries fell 28% in October from a year ago, but said orders rose from September... North American sales for the month fell 1,755 units from 2,443 units a year ago, the company said in a statement... The majority of the truck operations noted an increase of deliveries in October from September, and for the Volvo Group in total the increase was 12% from the previous month, the company said... Total truck unit sales worldwide fell 41% to 13,050 units from a year ago, led by a 70% decline in the Middle East and a 71% drop in Eastern Europe... The Volvo Trucks brand fell 50% worldwide and 39% in North America, while Mack Trucks sales fell 24% overall and just 10% in North America... * USA - Kenworth offering Primaax EX suspension
Kirkland,WA,USA -Fleet Owner -Nov 18, 2009: -- Kenworth T800, W900 and C500 heavy-duty truck models for vocational applications now can be spec’d with Hendrickson Primaax EX suspensions, the OEM has announced... The Primaax EX is a premium heavy-duty air suspension designed for the rigorous demands of vocational, severe-service and heavy-haul applications, the company noted. It is designed to enhance stability, durability, reliability and handling and includes higher roll stiffness, optimized suspension geometry for increased roll stability and a redesigned U-beam assembly, air spring, torque rod bracket and frame bracket... The suspension is available in tandem configurations rated at 46,000 lbs. and 52,000 lbs. and in a tridem configuration rated at 69,000 lbs... (Photo from indivor: New Kenworth T2000)
* Austria - Owners of start-up Holland company aim to revolutionize the North American truck industry
Salzburg,Austria -Rapid Growth/Bob Hakken, Wingliner North America -November 19, 2009: -- Two Holland entrepreneurs are aiming to revolutionize the North American truck industry by introducing drivers to an innovative Austrian-designed truck trailer with side panels that lift up with a push of a button... Bob Hakken, 52, and Duke De Leeuw, 47, signed a deal this month with Wingliner International to become the sole distributors of Wingliner System kits for sale in Canada, Mexico and the United States. The start-up venture, Wingliner North America Inc., would produce and sell the kits used to transform new truck chassis into a Wingliner truck... Wingliner International was started in 1996 in Salzburg, Austria after Johann Strasser Sr. invented the Wingliner System. Since then, thousands of Wingliner kits have been sold all over the world, including China, Europe, Japan, South America and Australia... (Video from YouTube, by RagomexMexico - 13 July 2009)
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