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TRUCKMAKERS NEWS * WORLDWIDE
* Germany - Volkswagen Raises Stake in Truck Maker MAN Above 75%
(Photo: Heavy duty Volkswagen Worker truck) Frankfurt,Germany -Dow Jones Newswires/Fox Business (USA) -June 05, 2012: -- Volkswagen AG Tuesday tightened its grip on German truck maker and engineering firm MAN SE by lifting its voting stake above 75%, marking the next step towards forging a truck alliance with Sweden's Scania AB to take on global market leaders Daimler AG and Volvo AB... The truck business has emerged as a second pillar for Europe's largest car maker after it acquired majority stakes in MAN and Scania in recent years...
* Russia - KAMAZ truck-maker to assemble trucks in Lithuania
(Photo: RIA Novosti)Moscow,Russia -TASS/The Voice of Russia -Jun 5, 2012: -- Russia’s KamAZ truck-manufacturer is due to assemble its trucks in Lithuania... The assembly plant in Lithuania will turn out up to 2,000 trucks per year for the EU market. Lithuania has had a similar cooperation experience with Belarus’s Minsk Automobile Plant... Belarusian MAZ trucks, powered by MAN and Mercedes-Benz engines, are assembled at the Ziemgalos Automobiliai plant in Lithuania. The trucks sell well in Eastern Europe due to the attractive quality-to-price ratio...
* Belgium - 17 Iveco Stralis tractors for bpost
Brussels,Belgium -Truck and Business, by Michael Buckinx -1 June 2012: -- Belgium Iveco has delivered a series of first Stralis tractors to bpost. Iveco has won an award over a period of 2 years with possible extension to two years following. Bpost has a fleet of 425 trucks, 125 tractors that provide connections between nocturnal 5 major sorting centers located in Ghent, Antwerp, Brussels, Charleroi and Liege. The new Stralis is the type AD440S42T / P with Active Day cab, engine Cursor 10 EEV 420 hp and automatic gearbox Eurotronic...
* UK - British Defence acquires Iveco Trakker 206
* Belgium - The workshops launch the Scania Trailer Services
Brussels,Belgium -Truck and Business, by Claude Yvens -4 June 2012: -- Scania is launching in Belgium a new service offering to towed equipment under the name of Scania Trailer Services. Necessary investments were made and Scania has signed agreements with key component suppliers to integrate their parts in its inventory management system in Opglabbeek. The delivery of these coins will therefore identical to those parts Scania. As an introductory offer, all dealers offer free Scania an initial check and lubrication of the first semi-trailer.
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