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TRUCKMAKERS NEWS * WORLDWIDE
* Germany - Daimler Trucks receives order for 2,884 Mercedes-Benz trucks from Brazil
Suttgart,BAV,Germany -ABR -22 October 2013: -- Mercedes-Benz do Brasil, a subsidiary of German truckmaker Daimler Trucks, has received an order for 2,884 Mercedes-Benz Atron dump trucks from the Brazilian Ministry of Agrarian Development... All these trucks will be delivered to several communities in rural regions of Brazil by the end of 2013... Besides this, the company has recently received an order for 2,100 Mercedes-Benz bus chassis from four public transport operators in a tender of Brasília's city government, which are to be delivered by December 2013... In October 2012, Mercedes-Benz do Brasil received a government order for over 2,100 Mercedes-Benz trucks and vans for different areas of application...
* Brazil - MAN Latin America to spend US$462.1m in Rio de Janeiro
Resende,RJ,Brazil -JustAuto, by Graeme Roberts -28 October 2013: -- Man Latin America is set to spend around EUR335m (US$462.1m) in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro by 2016... The event also saw logistics and transportation company JSL and Sindicarga RJ, the union of logistics and road cargo transportation companies in Rio de Janeiro, announce the purchase of 100 trucks each as part of the newly developed programme for renovation, modernisation, and sustainability of fleets in Rio de Janeiro... Under the programme, at least 30% of fleets in the state are to be renovated in the next five years. This includes 137,000 trucks with an average age of 17 years - more than half of the trucks have already been on the road for two decades. The aim is to reduce the average vehicle age to 12 years by 2018. The government is offering tax incentives to scrap 40,000 trucks, roughly one third of the vehicles registered in the state...
* Australia -UD trucks designed for ‘hell’ of Asia
Wacol,QLD,Australia -ig Rigs, by David Meredith -24 Oct 2013: -- Volvo is one of the most prominent technology companies in trucking, but even the engineers who have developed the new FH can accept that trucks in many Asian markets will be serviced rarely, overloaded constantly and washed never, so they'll need vast reserves of durability and strength... UD has just launched an all-new heavy-duty truck range aimed at the trucking hell of Asia... It will be available as a 4x2, 6x4 and 8x4 and be powered by either the GH8E 8-litre engine, developed from the current UD 7-litre, and the newer 11-litre GH11E engine, developed from Volvo's global 11-litre... Output ranges from 220 to 330hp and 850 to 1200Nm for the smaller engine, and from 370 to 420hp and 1700 to 2000Nm for the larger unit...
* Sweden - Volvo to cut 2,000 jobs as profits fall
Stockholm,Sweden -BBC News -25 October 2013: -- Truckmaker Volvo is cutting 2,000 jobs after investments in new models and a rising Swedish kronor held back third-quarter profits... Sweden's largest private sector employer said earnings fell to 2.50bn kronor ($393m; £242m) from 3.48bn kronor a year-ago... Volvo is launching a new range of trucks ahead of emissions rule changes... "The changeover to the new products will take another couple of quarters," chief executive Olof Persson said... Volvo, which makes trucks under the Renault, Mack and UD brands, said third-quarter sales fell to 64.9bn kronor, down 5% on the same quarter last year...
* Sweden - European pre-buy drives surge in Scania orders
Stockholm,Sweden -Reuters -Oct 23, 2013: -- Truck maker Scania posted a bigger than expected rise in third-quarter order bookings on Wednesday as European customers rushed to buy older models before sales are halted due to new emission rules coming into force at year-end... Scania, majority owned by Germany's Volkswagen, said its order intake surged 29 percent year-on-year in the quarter to 21,809 vehicles, easily topping the 20 percent gain seen in a Reuters poll of analysts... Europe's heavy truck makers have seen orders climb in recent quarters, if from low levels, due to a growing need to replace ageing fleets and a buying spree of so called Euro 5 trucks that typically cost roughly 10,000 euros less than their successors...
* India - Scania opens manufacturing facility
Bangalore,Karnataka,India -IANS/News Track India -29 Oct 2013: -- Swedish automobile major Scania Commercial Vehicles Tuesday opened its maiden manufacturing facility in Narsapura, near here. The plant has come up with an initial investment of Rs.250 crore... The company's new plant will manufacture about 2,500 heavy haulage trucks, besides 1,000 inter-city buses and coaches annually... According to the company, the facility will serve as its head office and centre for all commercial operations across the country. Currently, the company's localisation levels for trucks stand at 18 percent, while for bus bodies the level has reached 100 percent. Scania said that it plans to employ over 800 people at this facility within five years. The plant will house two manufacturing units- one each for truck assembly and another for buses. The facility will also have service workshop and a central parts warehouse. Scania had started production of trucks at the new facility during June and production trials have taken place for mining and off-road trucks...
* China - The commercial truck market this time it will be fueled by an increasing demand for higher-quality vehicles
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