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DAIMLER LAYOFFS': "SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER" * USA
* Oregon - Daimler says layoffs to be ‘Significantly Lower’ than previously announced
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Portland,ORE,USA -Transport Topics -12 March 2013: -- Martin Daum, president of Daimler Trucks North America, said the company’s previously announced layoffs at its production facilities will be “significantly lower” than the 1,300 jobs it had projected earlier this year... Daimler will release the final figure at next week’s Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky., Daum said here Monday at Heavy Duty Dialogue... DTNA in late January cited softening economic conditions as the reason for the potential factory layoffs, which the company said would bring production rates in line with new order intake if implemented... The potential cuts included a total of 1,120 at two Freightliner plants in North Carolina, plus another 80 at the components and logistics facility in the state, according to notices listed on North Carolina’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act website...
* North Carolina - Volvo Expands Remote Diagnostics Service
Greensboro,NC,U.S.A. -Transport Topics -12 March 2013: -- Volvo Trucks said it has expanded its remote diagnostics tool as a standard feature on its entire North American product line... The remote diagnostics tool provides repair assistance by communicating problems to Volvo’s support team, who can then work with the nearest dealer to ensure the right parts are on hand before a truck arrives... The tool has been proven to reduce the average time of repair by 25% and reduce diagnostic time by more than 70%, Volvo said late Monday...
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