2010
Mack Customers’ SCR Experience Captured on Video - Validates Choice of SCR for 2010
LEHIGH VALLEY, PA (April 24, 2009) – Customers report Mack Trucks, Inc.’s selective catalytic reduction (SCR) emissions technology delivers improved fuel economy and reliable performance in test fleet operation, while being virtually transparent to the user.
Several Mack customers relate their fleets’ successful, in-depth operational experience with SCR in a video on Mack’s website (http://www.macktrucks.com/default.aspx?pageid=2561, using the “Click here to view the Mack SCR Customer Experience video” on left side of screen), as well as on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8xnerK2uPc).
For instance, Dan Alderfer, fleet superintendent of the H&K Group (Haines & Kibblehouse), a large vocational fleet in the Northeast U.S., says his SCR-equipped MACK® Granite® has “very good” performance while delivering significantly better fuel economy. And the diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) used by the SCR system is a non-issue, since it only needs replenishing once a week.
Mike Burns, vice president of regional truckload carrier Burns Motor Freight, also reports good results with his SCR-equipped MACK® Pinnacle™. The fuel economy is very good, the fleet found it could handle DEF with no more concern than antifreeze or windshield washer fluid, and the truck handled winter extremes of cold in the mountains and northern states without any problems.
These experiences, as well as those of the other Mack SCR test fleet customers, clearly demonstrate why SCR is the technology of choice to successfully meet the strictest emissions standards in the world, while providing improved fuel economy and low operating costs.
Dedicated to quality, reliability, and total customer satisfaction, Mack Trucks, Inc. has provided its customers with innovative transportation solutions for more than a century. Today, Mack is one of North America’s largest producers of heavy-duty trucks. All Mack manufacturing locations are certified to the internationally recognized ISO 9001 standard for quality and ISO 14001 standard for environmental management systems. Mack is also a proud sponsor of Share the Road, an American Trucking Associations' public information campaign aimed at enhancing the safety of our nation’s roadways.
Mack Trucks, Inc. is part of the Volvo Group, one of the world's leading manufacturers of trucks, buses and construction equipment, drive systems for marine and industrial applications, aerospace components and services, and one of the world's leading producers of heavy-diesel engines (9-16 liter). The Group also provides complete solutions for financing and service. The Volvo Group, which employs about 100,000 people, has production facilities in 19 countries and sells their products in more than 180 markets. Volvo Group sales for 2008 amounted to over $46 billion. The Volvo Group is a publicly-held company headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden. Volvo Shares are listed on Nasdaq OMX Nordic Exchange and are traded OTC in the U.S.
