Ford truck production cuts cause International to idle diesel engine plant
In the auto industry, the carmakers themselves are just the tip of the pyramid when it comes to jobs. Far more people are employed by all the companies that provide components and services to the likes of Ford, GM, and Chrysler. When the big auto companies are in trouble, far more than their own employees are affected. The latest case in point, is International Truck and Engine which is a division of Navistar. Navistar currently supplies the 6.4L diesel V8 for Ford's Super Duty pickup trucks. The combination of the collapsing housing bubble and rising fuel prices has caused Ford to drastically cut production of those big trucks. If Ford isn't building trucks, they don't need engines for them and as a result Navistar is closing its Indianapolis engine plant until at least July 16. Chances are, that plant and many others will be seeing a lot more downtime in the foreseeable future.
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Nikax 4:43PM (5/25/2008)
if only they could shift production to smaller diesels...
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Wave54 10:31PM (5/25/2008)
Ford was going to discontinue use of the Navistar engine in a few years anyway.
http://www.leftlanenews.com/ford-scorpion.html
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stevefazek 1:21AM (5/26/2008)
Just more proof American companies are retarded and failed to see a changing market. They had 35 years in my opinion but in reality 7 years.
This is what happens when the only thing that matters is the next quarter.
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