Leading Russian heavy truck builder, KAMAZ AG summed up the financial results of the year.

Engineering service provider, FEV, Germany has expanded its Indian operations with the inauguration of a new mobility centre in Pune.

Swiss energy storage company, Leclanché  has commissioned Comau specializing in advanced industrial automation products and systems, to build one of the world’s first automated manufacturing lines for lithium-ion battery modules for transport applications.

Navistar Inc says it is to make capital investments of approximately USD125m in new and expanded manufacturing facilities at its Huntsville engine plant in Alabama State.

Hino Motors Corporation in April began construction of a new assembly plant in Khimki, near Moscow, to supply the local market with light and medium trucks.

Daimler Kamaz Rus, the joint venture between Daimler AG and Russian partner, PSJC Kamaz, has opened a new truck cab production facility in Naberezhnye Chelny.

Following the announcement in April 2018 by FX Meiller Fahrzeug-und Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co KG it was investing EUR22m in a new tipper production facility at Oed-Öhling, Daniel Böhner, CEO, when visiting Tip-Ex 2019 in Harrogate last month, said the new plant would be ready to move into by November this year and start of production was scheduled for February next year.

Filtration specialist, Donaldson Company Inc, has started construction of a USD15m Material Research Centre at its corporate headquarters in Bloomington, Minnesota.

Winnipeg-based NFI Group has launched, what it is calling its Autonomous Technology Programme which is to be developed by its New Flyer of America Inc and New Flyer Industries Canada ULC subsidiaries.

Cummins Inc has announced Columbus is to become the manufacturing centre and corporate hub for its Cummins Electrified Power Business.

Trailer and body (7.5t gvw+) builder, Don-Bur (Bodies & Trailers) Ltd, at the 2019 Commercial Vehicle Show displayed its latest lifting deck trailer, which has been re-engineered for optimal durability and to reduce maintenance by an estimated 12.2%.

Priden Engineering Ltd, which is now part of the TVS group alongside SB Components (International) Ltd (Wisbech) and McPhee Mixers McPhee Bros Ltd, recently opened a new five bay purpose-built manufacturing unit in Wisbech for bulk tipping trailers.