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TRUCKMAKERS NEWS WORLDWIDE * Sweden - * Germany - * China - Nigeria / Africa
* Ireland - Prestigious Quality Award to Volvo Trucks
* Germany - Mercedes-Benz to unveil midsize van
Stuttgart,Germany -Transport Topics (USA) -21 Jan 2015: -- Mercedes-Benz Vans is slated to introduce the Metris midsize van to the U.S.A. market at The Work Truck Show in March, host organization NTEA announced... The Metris will join the manufacturer’s larger Sprinter in competing for U.S.A. commercial buyers in an increasingly crowded marketplace... The Metris is sold as the Mercedes-Benz Vito in markets around the world. Parent company Daimler Trucks said at the IAA Commercial Vehicles Show in Hanover, Germany, in September that it planned to introduce the Vito in North America during 2015. The truck maker said that the van would carry a different name in the United States (of A.) and Canada...
* Germany - VW mulls separate listing of trucks business
Frankfurt,Germany -Reuters, by Jan Schwartz, Edward Taylor, and Jane Merriman -Jan 21, 2015: -- Volkswagen AG may restructure its trucks business so that it could be spun off from the main group, and establish a separate headquarters for it in Frankfurt, German monthly Manager Magazin said, citing company sources... Manager Magazin said the trucks holding company would be structured so it could be listed on the stock exchange in the event that parent company Volkswagen wanted to raise cash... A spokesman for Volkswagen said the company declined to comment on speculation... Volkswagen has hired former Daimler manager Andreas Renschler to integrate its different trucks businesses which include Swedish truck maker Scania and German MAN SE as well as its own VW-branded light commercial-vehicle business...
* Nigeria - Transit support rolls out Shacman Trucks
Enugu,Nigeria -The Business World, by Pearl Ngwama -Jan 19, 2015: -- Transit Support Services Limited, a subsidiary of ABC Transport Plc, in partnership with Anambra Motor Manufacturing Company Limited (ANAMMCO), last week officially rolled out Shacman trucks from the ANAMMCO plant in Emene Industrial Layout, Enugu... The resuscitation of ANAMMCO by Transit Support Services Limited is in response to the new national automotive policy, and the need to grow domestic automobile capacity and generate employment opportunities in Nigeria... Established in 2007, Transit Support Services Limited, Nigeria, has been behind the success of notable transport operators in the whole of Africa, and is continuously researching for best solutions to enhance cost efficient services in transport and logistics operations... Shacman is a brand of the Shaanxi Automobile Group Company Limited of China, which has over 45 years of manufacturing experience and remains one of the leading automobile manufacturers in that country. The company produced the first heavy duty military off-road truck in 1968, and has since inception manufactured over 600,000 vehicles of different varieties, making great contribution to China’s national defense construction, developing the national economy and adding value to the entire Chinese society...
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