Mack Trucks Moving Production To Pennsylvania

DUBLIN, Va. (AP) -- Mack Trucks Inc. will move production of its highway truck line from Pulaski County to Macungie, Pa.

Company officials on Thursday announced the transfer to consolidate its operations. It will begin in September.

Officials say the move will result in job losses at the Dublin plant, but that it's too early to say how many.

The plant will continue to produce Volvo Trucks North America's entire product line.

Plant officials said earlier this year that 1,200 were working at the plant. Last year, a Mack Trucks spokesman had estimated transfer of its line would eliminate 200 jobs from a work force that then stood at 1,400.

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Mack production returns to Macungie 6/29/2009 1:22:00 AM I'm glad that all Mack trucks will once again be built by skilled "Mack people" in Allentown (the Macungie plant is minutes away from Allentown). Things have been going downhill every since former Mack President Curcio tried to break the union by opening the failed plant in Winnsboro, South Carolina for the on-highway models, from which production was later shifted to New River Valley in southwest Virginia (a horrible location for a truck plant) where Macks have been assembled by Volvo workers (whom are accustomed to the work Volvo culture which is incompatible with Macks). Regrettably, Mack engineering was snubbed by Volvo Group and Mack on-highway trucks began using Volvo truck chassis several years ago. Now Mack trucks use Volvo D11, D13 and D16 6-cylinder engines which are renamed MP7, MP8 and MP10 respectively. Mack seems to have given up on promoting its well-respected axles and transmissions as well, as most on-highway Macks are now built with Eaton units. I can still remember when Mack took pride in building a "pedigreed" truck with its industry-leading Mack components stating "performance counts"! Sadly, the only part of the truck that can still be considered a "Bulldog" is the cab and hood. When Renault purchased Mack in 1981, they understood the immense value of the Mack brand, and superbly brought the company back into greatness. However Volvo has demonstrated their intentions for the Mack brand with their closure of Mack's headquarters in Allentown. All functions have been transferred to Volvo Truck headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina (inefficiently putting Mack's Macungie factory and Volvo's headquarters hundreds of miles apart). Volvo has transformed Mack into a brand without a heart or identity, a brand merely on paper that now makes mediocre disposable trucks rather than the impressively engineered trucks that once made the company a legend and major force in the truck industry.

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