Tag Archives: navistar

Industry News – International and Oshkosh

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Eric

Here are some interesting links for you Monday morning read.  You may recall that two months ago billionaire investor Carl Icahn purchased a very large stake in Navistar.  At the time Mr. Icahn was already held significant shares in Oshkosh, a direct … Continue reading →

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9.8% Please

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Eric

Late last week the floundering stock price of Navistar received quite a boost when “activist investor” Carl Ichan purchased a 9.8% interest in the company worth around 118 million.  In the financing and investing industry Ichan is now for this kind of … Continue reading →

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Navistar and Caterpillar – Close Friends Getting Closer

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Eric

Way back in the ancient history of 2008 Caterpillar and Navistar joined forces to create a new truck manufacturing company called NC(2) Globall, LLC.  The goal of this company was to create trucks for various markets around the world.  The … Continue reading →

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One Truck to Rule them All – The CT600

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Eric

This past spring Caterpillar unveiled their newest product line, the CT600 Class 8 vocational truck.  Some may say that making inroads into the already competitive commercial truck market with a new and unproven product during an economic downturn is a big challenge, if not … Continue reading →

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Best Class 8 Truck? – International

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Eric

J.D. Power and Associates has named International as the 2011 award recipient for the Highest Customer Satisfaction among Pickup and Delivery Class 8 Trucks.  This class covers the ProStar+, DuraStar, and TranStar.  International trucks scored high marks in Engine, Cost of … Continue reading →

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