* Germany - European heavy truck market drops 6.7 pct in April
Frankfurt,Germany -Reuters -May 30, 2012: -- The market for new heavy trucks in Europe declined 6.7 percent in April as demand in both core and periphery euro zone countries plunged sharply versus the year earlier, data published on Wednesday showed... The decline to 19,458 vehicles, reported by Brussels-based industry body ACEA, represented the third straight monthly decline and the second-worst so far this year... Data shows contagion spreading from periphery to core... New truck registrations plunge in Netherlands, Spain and Italy, two of the biggest markets, saw demand drop by 13.6 percent and 41.1 percent, respectively... Demand for transporters and vans also drops sharply...
* Russia - Leading truck-maker ZIL to produce international brands
Moscow,Russia -RIA Novosti/RT, by Aleksey Filippov -28 May, 2012: -- Russia’s banking giant Sberbank will help re-energize the country’s leading truck-maker ZIL, that is set to start producing such international brands as Renault, Fiat and Hyundai as early as 2013... Moscow government will partner up with Sberbank in a joint venture, MosavtoZIL, worth $378 million, with half of that being the bank’s loan. Sberbank will hold a 51% stake, with Moscow government getting the remaining 49%. Anyway, by 2017 Sberbank plans to sell its stake to a strategic investor, according to the bank’s chief German Gref... New vehicles will start coming off the production line already in the 1Q 2013, creating about 3,100 new jobs, Gref specified ... The JV is set to start operating at its full capacity in 2019, when about 100,000 Light Commercial Vehicles (LCV) are planned to be produced annually. Circassian Derways, as well as Latvian AMO Plant are set to join the venture, increasing production numbers to 150,000 cars a year. Derways is also mulling production of the Malaysian Proton brand...
* Ireland - New Mercedes-Benz Antos on the horizon
Dublin,Ireland -HGVIreland -May 28, 2012: -- The new Mercedes-Benz Antos – a new range of trucks designed specifically for heavy-duty short-radius distribution use – will be available to Irish customers on order after it is presented to the market at the forthcoming Hanover commercial vehicle show in September, according to the company’s commercial vehicles sales manager, Fergus Conheady... With the Antos, Mercedes-Benz claims to be the first heavy truck maker to produce a vehicle specially developed to meet the varied requirements of the short-radius distribution industry...Labels: truckmakers news worldwide
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