Mack Trucks News Updates

Guillaume Giroudon will become general manager of Mack Trucks’ Lehigh Valley Operations manufacturing plant in Macungie, Pa., the Volvo Group division said.

Mack Trucks began serial production of the Anthem regional-haul tractor Jan. 13, the Volvo Group division said. Anthems are built at the Lehigh Valley Operations plant in Macungie, Pa.

The tractor was unveiled as the brand’s new flagship on-highway tractor in April in Brooklyn, N.Y., near where the company was founded 125 years earlier by Jack and Gus Mack.

Monthly orders data has trended below prior-year results since the start of the year. President Trump’s focus on tariffs has created uncertainty for both OEMs and truck buyers.

Both Daimler and Traton operate assembly sites in Mexico that may be affected by the levies.

Any carrier that has a Load Finder account can connect all its trucks via its electronic logging device, VTNA Product Marketing Manager Madeline Sullivan told Transport Topics.

The remanufacturing facilities’ output constitutes more than 25 different product lines, from engines and transmissions to coolant pumps and NOx sensors.

“We are planning as best we can, but it’s a dartboard,” Mack Trucks President Jonathan Randall said. “What we would like is a level of certainty.”

Mack Trucks opened the order book for the revamped Anthem regional haul tractor Sept. 3, the company said.

Mack hopes the Pioneer — with a more aerodynamic shape than its predecessor, the Anthem — will help revitalize the company's fortunes in the longhaul segment of the truck market.