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TRUCKMAKERS NEWS * USA: Volvo's - Toyota - Oskosh
* North Carolina - Truck builders and their suppliers seem to be bullish on North American demand in 2014
Greensboro,NC,USA -AMM -10 Feb 2014: -- Volvo AB, Gothenburg, Sweden, for example, expects North American heavy-duty truck registrations to reach 250,000 vehicles this year, up nearly 5.8 percent from 2013... Volvos latest Mack Trucks model, the Pinacle, is built with a galvanized steel cab, aluminum or steel fuel tanks, aluminum battery box cover, stainless steel hood latches and cab skirts, steel bumpers, aluminum torque rod, steel brackets on the chassis, steel pistons, aluminum transmission casing and aluminum parts in the engine...
* Michigan - Big Three auto makers agree to adopt standard towing capacity ratings
(Photo : REUTERS/Rebecca Cook - American car companies were reluctant to adopt the new standard)Detroit,MICH,USA -Design & Trends, by Pete Calautti -Feb 11, 2014: -- A towing capacity standard, known as SAE J2807, will be adopted by the Big Three American auto manufacturers for light duty pickups beginning with the 2015 model year... The standard was devised in 2009, but was never adopted after a series of delays from the Detroit automakers... The standard, if adopted, would have seen the officially published towing capacities of light duty trucks dip approximately 300 to 400 pounds. Toyota adopted the standard in 2011 and saw a roughly 400 pound drop in the official towing capacity. Up until this agreement, it was the only manufacturer to test to the official SAE standard...
* DC - Lawmaker holds stock in defense contractor he champions
Washington,DC,USA -Defense News, by DONOVAN SLACK -Feb. 10, 2014: -- Congressman Tom Petri has long been an enthusiastic booster in Washington for Oshkosh Corp., a defense contractor in his Wisconsin district, but he not only has a political stake in the company's success, he has a personal one as well. To the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars... Since 2006, he has purchased between $265,000 and $650,000 worth of shares in the company, which makes tactical vehicles for the military, a Gannett Washington Bureau review of financial disclosure reports found... He and others say that regardless of whether or not Petri's advocacy passes muster with the committee, his actions show that more needs to be done to rein in congressional trading of stocks... Some want them to stop trading, period...
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