TRUCKMAKERS' NEWS * USA
* Washington - Paccar ready to launch MX engine
Bellevue,WASH,USA -Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr -Jan 27, 2010: -- Global truck and engine builder Paccar Inc., the parent of Kenworth Truck Co. and Peterbilt Motors, plans to roll out its new MX diesel engine in the U.S. this summer. MX engines will be imported from Paccar’s European truck subsidiary, DAF Trucks, and will be equipped with selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology to comply with EPA 2010 emission regs. The powerplants will be available in a range between 380 and 485 horsepower and will boast up to 1,750 ft-lbs of torque, making them suitable for use in both over-the-road and vocational applications, the company said...
* Oregon - Daimler to provide emission retrofit systems to Cleaire
Portland,OR,USA -The Trucker News Services -27 Jan 2010: -- Daimler Trucks North America has announced a partnership with Cleaire Advanced Emission Controls to be the exclusive North American (excluding California) provider of Cleaire retrofit emission control systems... Daimler will provide Cleaire retrofit systems, parts and services for all on-highway applications through selected outlets of DTNA’s extensive dealer and engine distributor network... Cleaire retrofit systems are designed to reduce emissions caused by diesel-powered vehicles... (Photo: Cleaire's Vista retrofit systems)
* Minnesota - Timpte opens branch in Mankato, MN
Mankato,MN,USA -Fleet Owner -Jan 27, 2010: -- Timpte Trailers, a builder of bulk commodity semi-trailers has opened a new full- service branch in N. Mankato, MN. Strategically located in the southwestern part of the state on Hwy. 14 near the Hwy. 169 junction, the 11,000-sq-ft facility has six drive-through service bays... The facility stocks all popular parts for Grain and many other types of semi- trailers and will also be able to meet the trailer, parts, and service needs of all bulk commodity haulers in the area, the company said... The new Timpte location replaces the Savage, MN branch that had been sold... (Photo: Denver, 1884. The August Timpte Wagon and Carriage Works and the Wm. Timpte Carriage Works were soon busy supplying and repairing delivery wagons, buggies and carriages)
* Illinois - Oshkosh net jumps on military sales
Chicago,ILL,USA -Reuters, by James B. Kelleher & Lisa Von Ahn & John Wallace -Jan 28, 2010: -- Specialty truckmaker Oshkosh Corp reported stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings on Thursday, driven by a big jump in vehicle sales to the military, sending its shares up 7.4 percent in premarket trading... Sales of access equipment, used by builders to get workers and material to high places, fell 60 percent, reflecting continued weakness in the residential and commercial real estate markets... Sales of fire and emergency vehicles were also down as cash-strapped municipalities postponed updating their fleets... Oshkosh said sales of ambulances were hurt by a reduction in Medicare reimbursement rates and uncertainty surrounding the medical industry because of President Barack Obama's push to overhaul healthcare...
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