Paccar Delays Engine Plant Opening Until Late 2010

rookietrucker · Jun 29, 2009

Paccar Delays Engine Plant Opening Until Late 2010

Truck maker Paccar Inc. has pushed back by a year the opening date of a diesel engine plant in Mississippi to late 2010, the Associated Press reported.

The Columbus, Miss., facility was originally scheduled to begin operations late this year, but Paccar has delayed it due to the slow economy, AP said.

The plant will manufacture 12.9-liter and 9.2-liter diesel engines for U.S. units Kenworth Truck Co. and Peterbilt Motors Co., and Europe-based DAF.
Paccar originally announced plans for the plant in 2007, signing a contract with the state to provide 500 jobs at the site by 2013, AP said.

Workers are installing and checking equipment at the nearly complete facility, AP reported.

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Euro_Peter · Nov 24, 2011

Please, anyone in the States can inform about the status of the Columbus engine Plant?
Is it already producing engines?
Or only assembling with parts manufactured in Eindhoven?
thanks

RickG · Nov 24, 2011

http://www.paccarengines.com/News-030411.aspx

bamanation · Nov 28, 2011

I drive by this plant atleast once a week. It looks like a ghost town. Usally a couple of security guards parked at the front gate.

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