PACCAR Australia is pleased to announce RDO Australia Group has successfully completed the acquisition of the Inland Truck Centres business that provides sales and aftersales support to Kenworth and DAF customers in Dubbo, Griffith, Orange and Wagga Wagga. Originally founded in 1968 as a machinery dealer in the town of Warren NSW by Peter Swane, the company quickly expanded to …
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On the road to even cleaner road transport. In the past years, significant progress has been made with regard to the impact of our trucks on the environment. Our current trucks are over 20% more efficient than the trucks we were making 20 years ago and emit 20% less CO2. This significant CO2 reduction has been achieved in parallel with …
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DAF is to invest EUR 200 million in its cab plant in Westerlo, Belgium in order to be prepared for future production volumes as DAF further expands its success worldwide. DAF made the announcement today during a visit by Philippe Muyters, the Flemish Minister for Work, Economics, Innovation. DAF opened its Westerlo plant in 1966, where – in addition to …
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On 1 April 1928, Dutch engineer Hub van Doorne started a small construction workshop in the city of Eindhoven, the Netherlands. From these humble begin-nings, DAF has evolved into a leading global truck manufacturer focused on inno-vation, quality, and transport efficiency. The highly talented Hub van Doorne opened his small workshop in the corner of the lo-cal Coolen brewery in …
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On April 1, 1928 Hub and Wim van Doorne founded the Commanditaire Vennootschap Hub van Doorne’s Machinefabriek, a small machine factory, located in the corner of a brewery in the heart of Eindhoven. Hub turned out to be a genius inventor with a sharp eye for quality and business opportunities while Wim was a great business man. No wonder that …
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DAF Trucks had strong performance around the world in 2017. DAF’s European (EU+2) market share in the heavy segment (16 tons+) was at a level of 15.3%, and in the light segment it increased to 10.5%. In addition, a record number of over 9,000 DAF trucks was registered outside Europe and PACCAR engines sales to leading coach and bus manufacturers …
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New owner chooses DAF because of low TCO and high reliability DAF has delivered its 500th truck to Jordan. This is much more than just a milestone as the Eindhoven-based truck manufacturer, considering its very recent entry into the Jordanian market in 2014. The delivery of a DAF CF85 4×2 Euro3 tractor is indicative of the strong position of DAF …
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DAF Trucks will participate in a two year truck platooning trial in the UK, led by TRL, the UK’s Transport Research Laboratory. Together with its partners, TNO, Ricardo and logistics company DHL, DAF Trucks has been selected by the UK government’s Department for Transport, in conjunction with Highways England to gain experience with truck platooning on selected routes on England’s …
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After nearly thirty years in Thame, Oxfordshire DAF UK is moving to a new facility in neighbouring Haddenham, Buckinghamshire. Last week, an official groundbreaking ceremony took place that signals the beginning of a £20 million investment that is “Instrumental in further strengthening DAF’s market leading position in the UK”, commented Ray Ashworth, DAF Trucks UK Managing Director. Senior executives from …
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On Wednesday, February 25th, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte unveiled the millionth Eindhoven-produced DAF truck. He then presented the truck to Mr. Bálint Révész from the Hungarian transport company bearing the same name, which specializes in bulk and tanker transport. Since the early thirties the “van Doorne’s AanhangwagenFabriek” (semi-trailer factory) had focused on the production of trailers, but in 1949 …
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