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TRUCKMAKERS NEWS * WORLDWIDE
* India - Global manufacturers go local in cost-wary
Mumbai,Tamil Nadu,India -Reuters by Henry Foy and Ketan Bondre -May 9, 2012: -- Daimler AG's $850 million India factory was opened... Daimler has been assembling high-end trucks in India for years, but its recently launched cut-price BharatBenz line has joined a trend by global heavy equipment manufacturers to compete in India's high-volume, high-growth - but cost-conscious - mass market... The potential is huge. Truck sales alone grew 18 percent in the year to March 2012 to over 800,000 vehicles, and are expected to double to 1.6 million by 2017. This eclipses the United States, where just over 300,000 commercial trucks were sold in 2011. But it's a market where being best isn't good enough... To target the low end of India's engineering markets, which accounts for over 70 percent of sales, manufacturers need to offer the best value, and to do that they need to go local. The BharatBenz 2523, a 25-tonne truck, will likely cost around 1.75 million rupees ($33,300) before tax. That's less than half the price of a comparable Mercedes-Benz Axor 2529 that retails in Europe for 61,000 euros ($81,000)...
* UK - Fuel trials lead to 300 Scania trucks order
* UK - Iveco prepares ultimate fuel saving heavy truck combo
* UK - Fuel-saving challenge for RG Bassett and Sons’ first Ecostralis
* USA - Navistar International signs deal with China’s JAC for sale of trucks in Brazil
Warrenville,ILL,USA -macauhub (China) -April 25, 2012: -- US company Navistar International and China’s Jianghuai Automobile Co. (JAC) Tuesday during the Auto China 2012 fair in Beijing announced an agreement that included the sale of light and medium-sized trucks in Brazil. The agreement between the two companies, which in China are partners producing trucks and diesel engines, is essentially intended to expand business, and in the case of Brazil will begin with imports of JAC vehicles... JAC’s trucks will probably be manufactured at Navistar International’s future factory in Brazil, which is expected to cost US$200 million...
* South Africa - Isuzu Trucks mulls new assembly options
Port Elizabeth,Eastern Cape Province,SA -Engineering News, by Irma Venter -2 May 2012: -- By 2014, Isuzu Trucks South Africa (Itsa) will have made “significant changes” to the way it assembles trucks locally, says COO Craig Uren... General Motors South Africa (GMSA) is currently responsible for the contract assembly of Isuzu trucks in South Africa, at its Kempston road plant, in Port Elizabeth. However, GMSA is mulling the sale of this asset, as it consolidates all of its own manufacturing activities into its Struandale plant... Uren says the factory is now back up to 100% capacity and that Itsa will see an improvement in volumes in the second quarter of the year... With this year assigned largely to catching up to a growing local truck market, next year will be dedicated to strong growth...
* Belarus - MAZ, Cummins talk over engine supplies
Minsk,Belarus -BelTA/Law.by -20 April 2012: -- Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ) and Cummins Inc. (USA) discussed the plans for supplies of engines for Belarusian trucks in 2012-2013, BelTA has learnt... The participants of the meeting discussed cooperation development regarding the supplies of Cummins diesel engines Euro-3, Euro-4 for MAZ vehicles... The sides also talked over pricing issues and development of a joint service network. Cummins showed its readiness to provide service support at its stations as well as assistance in accreditation of MAZ stations in Belarus and Russia... The Belarusian company has so far purchased 15 Euro-3 and Euro-4 engines. In April 2012 it expects another batch of 53 engines, with 78 more coming in June...
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