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Truck & Bus Manufacturing

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Industry Description

The US heavy truck and bus manufacturing industry includes about 80 companies with combined annual revenue of about $20 billion. Major companies include PACCAR (Peterbilt and Kenworth); Navistar International; Daimler Trucks North America (Freightliner); Volvo Trucks North America; and the commercial truck division of Ford. The industry is highly concentrated: the top 20 companies account for about 95 percent of revenue. The industry includes companies that manufacture and assemble complete vehicles and companies that supply vehicle chassis to assembly plants.

SIC: 3711
NAICS: 336120
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Top 5 Companies

CompanySalesLocation
AB Volvo47,206.82MTorslanda, Sweden
MAN SE22,123.54MMunich, Germany
Isuzu Motors Limited17,081.37MTokyo, Japan
PACCAR Inc16,355.20MBellevue, WA
Hino Motors, Ltd.14,995.55MHino, Tokyo
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Industry Indicator

US durable goods manufacturers' shipments of motor vehicles and parts, an indicator of demand for trucks and buses, rose 5.3 percent year-to-date in March 2012 compared to the same period in 2011.
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Quarterly Industry Update

Class 8 Truck Sales Rise - US sales of Class 8 trucks -- those used in tractor-trailer rigs -- increased nearly 53 percent in January 2012 compared to the same time...
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