* Maryland - Mack adds drive axles, carrier housings to Hagerstown plant production
-- The new Mack Trucks axle line at the Volvo/Mack factory here in Western Maryland represents a two year, $30 million investment by the OEM aimed at furthering efforts to offer its customers a completely integrated powertrain package – one aimed at making its dealerships more “one-stop-shops” for complete vehicle support, boosting fuel economy, plus making it easier for Mack to comply with greenhouse gas emission (GHG) rules... There’s also the opportunity to make drive axles “smarter” via in-house production, adding sensors to them not only to create more direct electronic linkage to the engine and transmission for boosting fuel savings but also possibly enhancing prognostic maintenance care as well... Mack officially began producing drive axles at the Hagerstown factory back in July and is currently up to 128 units per shift. The company added that the two year, $30 million plant upgrade included improvements to the facility’s engine assembly process and centralization of aftermarket core warehousing operations at Hagerstown, too...
(Photo: A Mack drive axle undergoing a leak test within the 1.5 million sq. ft. Hagerstown powertrain factory) -- Hagerstown, MD, USA - Fleet Owner - Oct 13, 2015
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