PACCAR Parts celebrates 10th anniversary of MX engine
PACCAR Parts is celebrating ten years of providing support to customers of PACCAR MX engines, the company says. In 2010, PACCAR expanded its MX engines to North America and opened the PACCAR Engine Plant in Columbus, Mississippi, to manufacture proprietary engines. Since then, the company says 220,000 engines have been built at the PACCAR Engine
PACCAR celebrates 10 years of N.A. engine manufacturing
PACCAR is recognizing its Columbus, Mississippi engine factory for 10 years of manufacturing. A groundbreaking ceremony in 2007 marked the start of construction for the $400 million facility. PACCAR says the factory design and operations have resulted in many honors for manufacturing excellence and environmental impact over the last decade, such as zero-waste-to-landfill, and ISO
An at-a-glance look at PACCAR OTA engine reprogramming
Peterbilt and Kenworth have both joined the OTA engine reprogramming space since the last time we covered this topic in 2018 (you can find that story here). Here’s a quick run-down on getting started with OTA updates from those companies: Peterbilt Peterbilt Class 8 trucks with a model year 2017 or newer PACCAR MX-13 and
PACCAR Parts opens parts distribution center in Brazil
PACCAR Parts has opened a new 163,000-sq. ft. Parts Distribution Center (PDC) in Ponta Grossa, Brazil. The facility became operational in May and serves all dealerships across Brazil. The new distribution center has six times the capacity of the facility it replaces and is the latest addition to the PACCAR Parts global distribution network, which
PACCAR posts strong earnings despite five weeks of closed factories; shares updates on electric vehicles
PACCAR earned net income of $147.7 million in the second quarter, compared to $619.7 million earned in the same period last year, according to the company’s latest financial statement. Second quarter net sales and financial services revenues were $3.06 billion, compared to $6.63 billion achieved in the second quarter of 2019. “PACCAR closed its factories
SAF-Holland receives 10 PPM PACCAR Quality Award for Canadian facility
SAF-Holland has received the PACCAR 10 PPM Quality Award for 2019, the fourth year receiving the award for its Canadian manufacturing facility in Woodstock, Ontario. SAF-Holland achieved the award through a combination, warranty support, and continuous improvement to PACCAR, the company says. As part of the award, the Canadian SAF-Holland facility has been recognized as
PACCAR Parts opens new parts distribution center in Las Vegas
PACCAR Parts announced the opening of a new 250,000-sq-ft parts distribution center (PDC) in Las Vegas. The facility, which includes a 20,000 sq-ft small parts mezzanine, became operational in May and has increased parts availability and uptime to dealers and customers. This PDC serves 95 Kenworth, Peterbilt and TRP locations in the Southwest United States
Accuride wheel production facilities recognized by PACCAR
Accuride Corp.’s four North American wheel-production facilities have received the PACCAR 10 PPM quality award. Accuride’s steel wheel plants in London, Ont., and Henderson, Ky., Accuride’s aluminum wheel plant located in Erie, Pa., and Accuride’s steel and aluminum wheel plant in Monterrey, Mexico, received the award for their performance in 2019. This is the third
Dana recognized by PACCAR as 2019 Supplier Performance Management Achiever
Dana Inc. has been recognized by PACCAR as a 2019 Supplier Performance Management Achiever in North America, marking its second consecutive year as a recipient of the award. Suppliers are evaluated on cross-functional key performance indicators in the areas of product development, operations support, and business alignment with PACCAR’s objectives, the company says. “We are
Peterbilt expands availability of PACCAR transmission to vocational applications
Peterbilt Motors Company has expanded availability for the PACCAR 12-speed automated transmission. The transmission is now available for use in vocational applications where the truck spends most of its time on pavement or maintained dirt and gravel roads, such as roll-offs, bottom dump trailers and heavy equipment transport.
