MAN Nutzfahrzeuge has opened a new assembly plant for heavy trucks in in Poland.

The plant will produce mainly heavy trucks from the TGA WorldWide range for growth markets in Eastern Europe, the CIS countries and the Middle East.

All variants of the heavy truck range can be built at the new plant which was chosen because of closeness to sales and procurement markets.

The new heavy truck plant has now commenced series production and with its present workforce of 400 will have produced up to 4,000 trucks by the end of the year.

It is designed for a maximum output of 15,000 units per shift. By mid-2010 the company will be employing at least 650 people at the new facility.

Important pillar
As a supplier of trucks, buses, diesel engines, turbo machinery and industrial services, the MAN Group is one of Europe’s leading industrial companies, with a focus on transport related engineering.

Anton Weinmann, chairman of the executive board said Poland has become an important pillar in the international growth strategy of MAN.

"We build our low-floor buses in Starachowice, our city buses in Poznan and now our heavy trucks in Niepolomice. After all, every second major logistics provider in Poland now bases its operations on MAN products".

Following the ramp-up of series production in September MAN Nutzfahrzeuge aims to build up to 4,000 vehicles in the Cracow plant by the end of 2007.
Source: supplychaindigital.co.uk