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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - The business sections of most newspapers may be bursting with doom and gloom these days, but that didn't deter Navistar from celebrating the dedication of its Class 8 engine plant here in September.
It was a refreshing dose of good news, as the company dedicated a massive high-tech engine plant as part of its 75th anniversary as a diesel engine manufacturer.
The International MaxxForce 11- and 13-litre engines will be built at this 300,000 sq.-ft. plant, which was constructed last year.
"Since we announced our plans in 2005, these new engines have commanded the attention of the heavy truck industry," Navistar Engine Group president Jack Allen told a gathering of nearly 600 customers, OEMs, plant employees and members of the press. "Now, these advanced products, the culmination of our 75...