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Apr 10, 2015

TRUCKMAKERS NEWS * Russia: MAN Halt production on truck plant

* Germany - MAN SE idles Russian truck plant since March 1 until May 12
-- Germany's MAN SE has halted truck production in Russia, responding to the prolonged slump in demand and mirroring retrenchments by global automakers... MAN suspended production at its factory in St. Petersburg already on March 1 and will refrain from building heavy trucks at the site through May 12, a spokesman said... MAN, part of the Volkswagen group, makes a three-digit number of trucks per year at St. Petersburg where the manufacturer employs 88 workers, the spokesman said, declining to be more specific... 

 * Russia: Others trucks and automakers news

* Swedish truckmaker Scania, also owned by VW, has not idled its Russian plant like MAN but has scaled back output, a spokesman at the Sodertalje-based company said, without being more specific.

 * VW said last month it will cut working hours and jobs at a car-making plant in Kaluga from April, responding to plunging demand which has been eroded by effects of the weak rouble, falling economic growth and Western sanctions imposed over Russia's involvement in Ukraine.

 * Similarly, General Motors is aiming to shut its Russian factory and wind down the Opel brand in the country, while Nissan Motor Co suspended Russia production for 16 days in March... 
(Photo: Russian Siberian road to Yakutsk/Lena, Highway 1)   --  Berlin, Germany - Reuters, by Andreas Cremer and Louise Heavens - Apr 8, 2015

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