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Paccar shutting down truck, engine plants around the world

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Updated Apr 7, 2020

Paccar plans to suspend truck and engine production at its factories worldwide for more than two weeks due to the economic fallout from the global coronavirus pandemic, the company announced Tuesday morning.

Truck and engine production will be halted effective today through April 6, 2020, but Paccar said in a release that it “will continue to provide aftermarket support to its customers who deliver essential infrastructure services to our communities.”

The company plans to review future actions on a regular basis.

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