Mack Trucks News Updates

Business, Technology

Mack, Volvo Enhance Over-the-Air Software Update Capabilities

Mack Trucks and Volvo Trucks have improved upon their over-the-air feature, which allows for updates to occur while a driver has downtime, such as while at a rest stop or home.

October 22, 2018
Business, Technology

For Martin Weissburg, President Post at Mack Trucks Is 鈥楧ream Come True鈥

ALLENTOWN, Pa. 鈥 Martin Weissburg, the newly appointed president of Mack Trucks, is studying further changes to the Lehigh Valley Operations plant as he begins to put his mark on what he called a dream job.

August 21, 2018
Government, Business, Equipment, TCA

Mack Trucks: Trump鈥檚 Tariffs Could Put Us at a Competitive Disadvantage

Back on March 23, 2017, President Donald Trump welcomed trucking industry representatives to the White House for a discussion on health care. During their visit, Trump, wearing an 鈥淚 [heart] truckers鈥 pin, climbed into the cab of a Mack truck parked on the lawn, pumped his fists and pretended to drive the stationary big rig.

June 28, 2018
Government, Business, Equipment, TCA

Mack Defense Wins Army Contract Valued at Up to $296 Million

Mack Defense of Upper Macungie Township, Pa., has landed one of its largest contracts, a deal that has the potential to keep the Mack Trucks鈥 subsidiary busy for the next seven years.

May 31, 2018
Business, Safety

Mack Trucks Wins Appeal of $6 Million Asbestos Verdict

Mack Trucks Inc. and Ford Motor Co. won a new trial in an asbestos exposure suit after Maryland鈥檚 top court threw out a Baltimore man鈥檚 $6 million jury award.

May 14, 2018
Business, Equipment, TCA

Orders Rise, but Market Share Falls for Mack Trucks in First Quarter

Everybody knows about the up-and-down, cyclical nature of the heavy-duty truck market. But as Mack Trucks proved in the first quarter, sometimes you can be up 鈥 and down 鈥 at the same time.

April 25, 2018
Business, Equipment

Mack Cites Comeback of Longhaul Market in 2018

LOUISVILLE, Ky. 鈥 Fleets in the longhaul segment are increasingly spurring Class 8 demand as the highway market makes a comeback, according to Mack Trucks, whose new Anthem model is aimed directly at that segment.

March 22, 2018
Business, Equipment, TCA

Mack Posts Modest Uptick in Deliveries, Receives Surge in Orders in 2017

If you look solely at Mack Trucks鈥 delivery total last year, you see a number that is only 4% 鈥 or about 800 trucks 鈥 higher than the company鈥檚 total in 2016, which was its worst statistical year since 2010.

January 31, 2018
Business, Technology, Equipment

Mack Adds Split-Shaft Function for mDrive HD AMT

Mack Trucks introduced split-shaft functionality for its Mack mDRIVE HD automated manual transmission to provide customers with high-demand power takeoff.

January 26, 2018
Business, Equipment, TCA

Want to Build Your Own Mack Anthem? You Can 鈥 on a Much Smaller Scale

Want an all-new Mack Anthem, without the six-figure price tag or commercial driver鈥檚 license needed to drive one? Well, you鈥檙e in luck.

January 23, 2018