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TRUCKMAKERS' NEWS WORLDWIDE * Sweden - Scania to raise output as demand recovers
Stockholm,Sweden -Reuter, by Niklas Pollard/Victoria Klestys & David Holmes/Mike Nesbit -Mar 16, 2010: -- Truck maker Scania AB will raise production and bring back staff to full-time work to cater to a recovery in demand from the deepest market downturn in decades, it said on Tuesday... Scania, majority-owned by German auto group Volkswagen AG, said in a statement workers in many of its factories would return to a five-day working week in April after having worked four-day weeks during the downturn... European truck makers have been savaged as the global financial crisis pulled the plug on years of booming demand, sending commercial vehicle sales down more than 30 percent last year... Economies across the region have limped out of recession on the back of massive stimulus measures from governments and central banks, injecting some measure of activity in the highly cyclical heavy-duty market though demand has remained tepid... But in recent months demand in emerging markets such as Brazil, one of Scania's biggest markets, has grown steadily more robust while activity in Europe has lagged behind... (Photo from truckswallpapers: A Scania's truck)
* China - HD Straight Truck Sales Up 22% in 2009
Shanghai,China -Trailer Body Builder (USA) -Mar 16, 2010: -- The China medium- and heavy-duty Classes 4-8 commercial truck and bus markets posted strong sales in the fourth quarter of 2009, pushing annual sales to just over one million units for the year, according to a report published jointly by ACT Research Co., LLC, (ACT) and China's State Information Center (SIC)... The just-released China Commercial Vehicle Outlook notes that sales of heavy- and medium-duty trucks in Q4’09 were up solidly on a year-over-year basis from a weak fourth quarter of 2008. Due to strong demand for construction related vehicles and improving fundamentals in transportation, each vehicle segment posted strong growth for the full year, led by heavy-duty straight truck growth of 22 percent. However, a continuing shift towards freight hauling versus construction is expected to lead to heavy-duty tractor growth of 27 percent in 2010. The current China Outlook report increased the forecast in each vehicle category for full year 2010...
* Germany - MAN Makes Costs, Brazil Priorities, Not Scania Linkup
Munich,Germany -Bloomberg, by Andreas Cremer -March 17, 2010: -- MAN SE, the German truckmaker that failed to take over Scania AB in 2007, will focus on reducing labor costs and expanding in Brazil this year as a merger with the rival is unlikely... The recession led to a 55 percent drop in deliveries at Munich-based MAN last year and a 41 percent decline at Scania. Combining the manufacturers would create a company with revenue exceeding 18 billion euros ($24.8 billion), compared with Volvo AB’s 20.6 billion euros. Volkswagen Chairman Ferdinand Piech said this month that he expects the truckmakers’ cooperation to accelerate, possibly leading to parts and technology sharing... (Photo from home.deds.nl: Man Truck)
* COMMENT / India - Global truckmakers eager to get going on Indian roads
Mumbai,India -The Economic Times Delhi, by Lijee Philip -Mar 17, 2010: ... Global truckmakers such as Paccar, Scania and Iveco are looking to enter India, aiming to replicate the country’s spectacular success in the small car segment... These companies are taking aim at a segment that is growing at 28% to 2.1 lakh units and expected to touch 5 lakh units by 2015 after having recovered smartly from the 2008 slowdown... Sales of trucks and buses, linked to economic activity, are also riding on expectations of a GDP growth over 8% this year and a faster clip in the next... * India - Daimler Unveils Truck Test Track In India; Third Globally
New Delhi,India -Dow Jones -17 March 2010: -- Daimler AG Thursday unveiled a new track in India for testing trucks, marking a milestone in its plans to introduce commercial vehicles in the country from mid-2012... The test track, in the southern city of Chennai, is part of a planned INR44 billion investment in India over five years by Daimler as it looks to tap the country's commercial vehicle market... The Chennai factory will have a maximum annual capacity of 70,000 trucks, the company added.... (Photo from Mercedes Benz.co.za)
* Australia - NC2 Global To Launch Cat On-Road Trucks In
Australia -Manufacturing.automotive-business-review -18 March 2010: -- NC2 Global, a global joint venture between Caterpillar and Navistar International, said that it plans to launch Cat on-road trucks in Australia later this year... The company said that the products, Cat CT 610 and CT 630, are expressly designed and optimised for the Australian market and will be assembled at its manufacturing facility in Tullamarine, Victoria... According to the company, the products are both conventional prime movers and will be available in day-cab and extended-cab options. The CT 610, which will be available first, will be powered by the 470-hp Cat C13 engine and is targeted to 19-metre applications and has a capacity of up to 57 tonnes. It has a bumper to back-of-cab (BBC) measurement of 2.72 metres... The CT 630 will be powered by the 550-hp Cat C15 engine and is suitable for B-double on-highway roadtrain applications and will be available in both 72-tonne and 90-tonne options. It has a BBC measurement of 3.10 metres... (Photo from img1.classistatic: CAT Off Road Truck)
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