January 10, 2012, Bellevue, Washington – PACCAR held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new DAF assembly plant in Ponta Grossa, Brasil on January 9, 2012. The ceremony, led by Mark Pigott, PACCAR Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Paraná Governor Beto Richa, was attended by state and local officials, supplier partners, key transport companies and other business and educational leaders. “This new DAF assembly facility is a strategically important development for ...

To extend its leading position in the field of fuel efficiency and low operating costs even further, DAF is introducing a significant number of innovations to the successful 12.9 litre PACCAR MX engine. New pistons, optimised fuel injection and a unique, fully encapsulated exhaust manifold unit ensure substantially lower fuel consumption and ...

DAF Trucks has joined an elite group of UK companies and organisations supporting the provision of apprenticeships for young people.   The UK’s leading truck maker has just become one of the top 100 ‘Apprenticeship Employers’ under a joint initiative by the National Apprenticeship Service and ...

The DAFcheck maintenance records system continues to assist road transport operators and technicians improve access to,and retention of, service and maintenance records averaging some 4000 inspection records every week, having just passed 280,000 inspections since launch.   ...

With the Operators Compliance Risk Score (OCRS) system used by VOSA becoming even more important and affecting O Licences, the recording and retrieval of vehicle maintenance records is increasingly critical for truck operators. Now DAF has developed DAFcheck, its own in house web-based system for recording the inspection and service history of trucks, and it has made it available free-of-charge to operators. It has also opened up the service to other marques, making it ideal ...

From 340 to more than 60,000 articles Within the framework of the ‘One Stop Shop’ strategy, in which the haulier can find everything for his entire fleet at one location, PACCAR Parts introduced its Truck and Trailer Parts programme (TRP) in 1994. In the last fifteen years, this programme has expanded into the most professional and market leading range of universal parts for all makes of trucks and ...