DAF Trucks to expand cab build and trim plants by 45%
By Jim Gibbins - 1st May 2019
DAF Trucks NV of Eindhoven, The Netherlands (a Paccar Inc subsidiary) has announced it is investing EUR200m to expand its cab plant in Westerlo, Belgium by 45%. This will enable it to build up to 300 cabs per day based on a 2-shift operation in order to prepare itself for future production volumes. This number is said to be in line with capacity of its state-of-the–art, highly automated cab paint factory, which was officially opened at the end of 2017, following an investment of EUR100m.
DAF said for the ‘body-in-white’ cab assembly of the DAF CF and XF cabs, the existing 17,800 square metre (sq m) cab body welding factory would be expanded by 13,200 sq m. The extension is to feature a single line layout with some 130 highly advanced robots and 135 fully automated welding guns.
