News: December 2008

Volvo Trucks’ deliveries in the month of November declined with 8% compared with the year-earlier period.

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Scania’s 12- and 16-litre marine engines will be used in Kohler’s high-output marine generators.

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German manufacturer Volkswagen has announced the acquisition by its partner MAN AG of its subsidiary VW Truck & Bus, located at Resende in Brazil. Estimated at 1.175 billion Euros, the transaction is set to be effective from January 1st 2009. Within MAN AG, this acquisition represents a key step in its international development strategy. Employing almost 5,000, with a production volume of more than 47,000 vehicles in 2007 and sold in 30 countries, VW Truck & Bus constitutes the leading HGV manufacturer in Brazil. For Volkswagen, transferring its HGV activities to MAN strengthens its synergies with this company, of which it is the principal shareholder.

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On December 12, 2008, Daimler AG, Kamaz, Russian Technologies State Corporation and Troika Dialog signed an agreement in Moscow governing the exclusive strategic partnership and outlining the main principles and methods of cooperation between Kamaz shareholders.

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The European Road Transport Show at the RAI in Amsterdam next autumn has been cancelled.

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Austria is still forbidding HGV’s of over 7.5 tonnes transporting certain loads (stone, earth, waste) from using a section of the A12 motorway in Inntal. It would seem inevitable that this situation will have to come before a legal tribunal following the latest attempt by the European Commissioner for Industry, Günter Verheugen, to allow the transit of HGV’s meeting Euro-5 norms.

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MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG increases its share in the Indian joint venture MAN FORCE TRUCKS Private Limited from 30 to 50 per cent.

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One fatal accident out of three is caused by alcohol. Volvo Trucks has decided to take the bull by the horns and undertake a European campaign in collaboration with the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC), called ‘Safe & Sober’. Amongst the measures envisaged to combat this menace are ‘alco-locks’ which could be fitted to cars, trucks and buses. Volvo Trucks is a supporter of this measure and was the first manufacturer to offer a factory-fitted alco-lock on its vehicles, from 2005.

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