USA / Canada / Sweden – On display at the stand of Navistar Inc, during at the North American Commercial Vehicle show in Atlanta last month was the Scania XT construction truck with tipper body. Navistar, which is headquartered in Lisle, Illinois, USA, at the show announced it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Sweden’s Scania AB of Sodertalje, to explore opportunities for Navistar to support mining customers in the Canadian market.

Persio Lisboa, Navistar executive vice president and COO explained that its research had shown a concentration of opencast mining operations take place in Canada. He said Navistar had studied the needs of a select group of companies in the Canadian mining industry and had identified several service and support requirements that could  be addressed using a combination of International Truck and Scania products and services. Subject to agreement, Scania products would be distributed through Navistar and supported by a limited number of International Truck dealers in Canada.