The opportunity for DAF Trucks Brazil Ltda to sell more trucks in Brazil has risen with the arrival in the country in June of Paccar Financial.

Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus Ltda, a subsidiary of the Traton Group has added the Delivery 4.160 urban distribution truck to its export programme for Mexico; in March it launched its larger model, the Delivery 6.160.

Scania do Brasil Ltda has announced it is to invest a further BRA1.4bn (USD350m) in upgrading its plant in São Bernardo do Campo over the next three years from 2021 to 2024.

Divemotor, the dealer representative of Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicles (trucks and bus chassis) in Peru presented new truck models for the truck Peruvian market last month; no fewer than seven models ranging from 6 tons gvw to 23 tons gvw are to be introduced during the coming months.

Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus (VWCO) together with bus body builder, Mascarello Carrocerias e Ônibus Ltda, has delivered 15 buses with Volksbus 17,280 OT chassis and Mascarello Gran Metro bodywork to Aruba in the Caribbean.

The Brazilian coachbuilder, Carbuss Ltda, announced in June it had exported, ten Vissta Buss 340 coaches on Scania K340 4x2 Euro 5 chassis for charter and tourism operations in Santiago.

At the end of May, JAC Motors Brasília SIA, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Brazilian company, SHC Group of Brasil, announced the launch of an electric light-duty truck in Brazil.

Marcopolo SA has taken a controlling shareholding in Metalsur Carrocerías S.R.L., a manufacturer of coach bodies, located in Santa Fe, Argentina by increasing its shareholding in Metalsur, from 25%, which it acquired in 2012 to 70%.

Bespoke builder of highly specialist aluminium containers and bodies for trucks and trailers, Truckvan Indústria e Comércio Ltda plans to invest BRA3m (USD750,000) this year at its factory in Guarulhos to modernize, improve its production efficiency and to raise output.

Randon Implementos, the trailer and specialty equipment division of Randon SA has exported its first tank trailer for USD60,000 to the Ivory Coast for transporting diesel.

Orders for the Scania New Generation Truck, launched last November, already total 8,000 units, Scania Brasil Ltda announced last month with sales growth expectations of up to 20% this year against 2018.

Iveco Brasil Ltda has reinforced its medium-duty Tector truck range with two new models - the 9.190 and the 11.190 - in the nine- and 11-tons gross vehicle weight segments.