* North Caroline - Daimler Trucks ramping up production
-- Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) said it plans to sharply increase production and employment levels at its Mt. Holly, N.C., truck-manufacturing plant over the next three months... The Mt. Holly truck plant will add a third shift to its operations and plans to fill the additional 580 manufacturing and 25 related supervision, engineering and administrative positions by mid-July. The Mt. Holly plant manufactures Freightliner M2 Business Class medium-duty diesel and natural gas-powered trucks, as well as Freightliner’s extensive line of 108SD and 114SD trucks built for the severe-duty vocational truck markets... The more than 600 new employees will be added to the company’s payroll in Mt. Holly to accommodate rising customer demand for the company’s Freightliner Business Class M2 line of medium- and severe-duty trucks. These positions will be in addition to the more than 2,300 positions filled in the company’s truck and parts facilities during 2014... The company said, will recruit locally in Gaston County and the surrounding areas for new employees...
(Photo: Daimler's new trucks, sales) -- Mt. Holly, N.C., USA - Trucking News - May 4, 2015
* Germany - Volkswagen aligns MAN, Scania truck brands in new holding
-- Volkswagen is creating a commercial vehicles group to align its truck divisions MAN and Scania, pushing its long-standing ambition to become Europe's largest truck manufacturer... The new truck holding will coordinate strategy across the truck brands including purchasing, development and human resources, VW said on Tuesday, citing an agreement by the supervisory board... VW's holding in Swedish truckmaker Scania will be transferred to the new Truck & Bus GmbH, VW said.
(Photo: Scania Factory view) -- Solderjtale, Sweden - The Economic Times (India) - 5 April 2015Labels: truckmakers news Sweden, truckmakers news USA
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