Number-crunching the Cat deal
Jun 13, 2008 12:44 PM,
By the FleetOwner staff
Statistics may lie, but cold hard numbers don’t. A close reading of data compiled by Wardsauto.com on factory installations of Class 8 engines for the first four months of 2008 shed light on yesterday’s Caterpillar-Navistar deal,...
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Caterpillar, Navistar both benefit from deal
Jun 12, 2008 3:23 PM,
By Fleet Owner staff
Caterpillar’s long-rumored exit from the on-highway truck engine business not only positions the company to take advantage of a rapidly expanding international market for its heavy equipment, but also holds significant benefits for its new partner, Navistar International, according to industry analysts...
Caterpillar, Navistar to team up
Jun 12, 2008 10:37 AM
Caterpillar Inc. and Navistar International Corp. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to cooperate on a number of engine platforms and pursue global on-highway truck business opportunities, the companies announced this morning...
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A very big deal
Hoo boy. Here we go. By the end of today, we’ll have news stories galore all over the place detailing the just announced “memorandum of understanding” Caterpillar Inc. and Navistar International Corp. to form a strategic partnership aimed at garnering more share of the global truck business...
Nine lives
What fascinates me the most about the big Caterpillar-Navistar deal, word of which broke this morning, is that among other weightier things, it means the death of one Cat come 2010– the heavy-duty on-highway Caterpillar truck engine in North America– and the birth of another– the Caterpillar severe-service truck...
