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Mack Trucks‘ deliveries continued to slump in December, dropping 36 percent from the same month in 2006, Mack’s parent company Volvo AB reported Wednesday. The month-to-month comparison, however, ended an otherwise very bad year on a positive note. The Allentown company delivered 1,721 trucks in December, a 12 percent increase over its performance in November. [...]

Volvo Trucks North America and Mack Trucks are launching a new program that will eliminate freight charges for most emergency replacement parts, the companies have announced. The program will be launched in Canada at the end of March. If a part is not available at a local Volvo or Mack dealership, but is available within [...]

Two tank trucks laden with diesel fuel were reported stolen yesterday morning in Prince William County, but one of them was recovered last night after it caught the eye of a woman in Baltimore, authorities said. The theft of the Mack trucks from the S.W. Rodgers Co. in Gainesville was widely reported yesterday. Descriptions and [...]

Mack Trucks has named Matthew Walsh vice-president, export for its international operations business, effective immediately. In his new position, Walsh will be responsible for Mack’s international export business, sales and distribution development. His duties will include overseeing export marketing, truck and parts sales, logistics, customer support and distributor development. “The export component of Mack’s international [...]

Mack Trucks has named Matthew Walsh vice-president, export for its international operations business, effective immediately. In his new position, Walsh will be responsible for Mack’s international export business, sales and distribution development. His duties will include overseeing export marketing, truck and parts sales, logistics, customer support and distributor development. “The export component of Mack’s international [...]

Swedish truck maker AB Volvo Tuesday said it has appointed the head of its North American construction equipment operations, Dennis Slagle, as president and chief executive of its American subsidiary Mack Trucks. Slagle, 53, replaces Paul Vikner, who will retire April 1. Vikner will remain a member of the Volvo Group Executive Committee until the [...]

Mack Trucks will once again be sponsoring the Driving Skills Safety Challenge during the World of Concrete show. The event will be held in the Orange Lot outside the Las Vegas Convention Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 22-24. Allison Transmission, in conjunction with Mack, will sponsor a reception for all daily contestants [...]