MaxxForce® P Brand Diesel
Gen-Sets to Serve Global Markets
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Navistar, Inc. today put a charge into the global power-generation
industry by announcing its new line of MaxxForce® P brand
power-generation diesel open-power units. The MaxxForce P family of
engines will power gen-sets serving the Middle East and other markets
around the world. The MaxxForce brand will be available to businesses
throughout the region and backed by a global service support network
beginning late 2011.
At its Middle East Electricity show booth in Dubai, Navistar presented
its broad MaxxForce P line, which includes 35 gen-set models that offer
31 kVA up to 216 kVA standby power at 50 Hz. and 40 kVA up to 260 kVA at
60 Hz. Other ratings will be announced as they become available. The
units are powered by Navistar's proven MaxxForce brand engines, with
offerings of 3-, 4-, and 6-cylinder diesels that meet customer needs for
fuel-efficiency, reliability and durability. The MaxxForce P lineup
includes units rated for non-regulated markets, and for Tier 2 / Stage
2, and Stage 3A, emissions regulated markets.
"We're committed to serving the diversified global power markets and
these MaxxForce units, specifically engineered for a wide range of
power-gen applications, will deliver the quality, performance and low
cost of ownership that customers have come to expect from our diesel
engines," said David LaPalomento, vice-president, global integration,
Navistar Engine Group.
Navistar, a diesel engine supplier to the power-generation industry for
decades, has nearly a century of history designing, engineering and
manufacturing diesel engines. The company's MaxxForce brand has gained
customers in a wide variety of industries around the world, including
the United States, South America, India, the Asia-Pacific region,
Australia, Eastern Europe and China.
MaxxForce P diesel engines will be manufactured in such Navistar
facilities as Brazil-based Navistar affiliate MWM International, USA
based Navistar, Inc. facilities and India based joint venture Mahindra
Navistar Engines Private Limited [MNEPL]. MaxxForce P power-gen units
will be supported by Navistar's authorized dealers and distributors
worldwide.
Navistar Engine Group History and Experience
Navistar has been designing, engineering and manufacturing engines for
more than 100 years. The company's history began with a modest
1-horsepower gasoline engine for farm equipment when the company was
known as International Harvester, and continues today, more than a
century and 15 million gasoline and diesel engines later as Navistar
Engine Group expands into major on- and off- highway markets around the
world.
Over the course of the past 75 years, Navistar has served a variety of
industries. Initially, as Navistar's heritage dictated, agriculture was
the company's core business, which expanded to include off-road and
construction equipment, military vehicles and on-highway trucks and
buses. Today, Navistar serves a blue-chip roster of well known global
corporations in the automotive and commercial truck sectors.
Navistar's wholly owned MWM International affiliate has more than 150
global customers and serves on-highway and off-highway market segments
like agricultural, stationary power and marine. Currently, the Navistar
affiliate is operating three shifts, 24 hours per day, seven days per
week to keep up with customer demand.
Navistar Engine Group is a leading manufacturer of diesel engines for
commercial and consumer vehicles for global on-highway and off-road
markets. The business unit of Navistar, Inc., which is owned by Navistar
International Corporation (NYSE: NAV), operates manufacturing plants in
North and South America, India and China targeted for 2012. Navistar
offers its MaxxForce® brand diesels in the 30-410 kW (40-550
hp) range. For more information, visit www.MaxxForce.com.
Media contact (Navistar):
Steve Schrier, 630-753-2264
or
Media
contact (Navistar Brazil):
Bruna Bernordi, + 55 11 3817-734
bruna@cdicom.com.br
or
Investor
contact (Navistar):
Heather Kos, 630-753-2406
Web sites: www.navistar.com,
www.maxxforce.com
Source: Navistar International Corporation
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