From left are: Kathie Falcone, Kenworth director of sales operations; Kevin Baney, Kenworth assistant general manager for sales & marketing; Mark Collins, UPS Director of Maintenance and Engineering for Transportation Equipment; Bill Brentar UPS Senior Director of Maintenance and Engineering for Transportation Equipment; Katie Guest, new truck sales, MHC Kenworth – Atlanta; Eddie Davis, MHC Kenworth vice president; Andy Manos, Kenworth national fleet service manager; and Lance Walters, plant manager, for the PACCAR Engine Plant in Columbus, Miss.The 200,000th Paccar MX engine produced at the company’s engine plant in Columbus, Miss. for the North American market was recently presented to UPS.
The milestone MX-13 engine is rated at 455 hp and 1,650 lb-ft of torque and was spec’d in a Kenworth T680 Day Cab for UPS’s regional haul operations.
UPS purchased its first Kenworth trucks with MX engines from MHC Kenworth – Atlanta in 2012 and now operates more than 3,000 Kenworth T680s with the MX-13, which UPS Senior Director of Maintenance and Engineering for Transportation Equipment Bill Brentar says “are performing well in UPS operations throughout the United States.”
“It was fitting to recognize UPS with the 200,000th PACCAR MX series engine. We have established an excellent collaboration with UPS over the years, aided by the strong support of MHC Kenworth – Atlanta and the PACCAR Columbus engine plant,” said Mike Dozier, Kenworth general manager and PACCAR vice president.
During the presentation ceremony, Kevin Baney, Kenworth assistant general manager for sales and marketing, presented a special commemorative plaque to Brentar and Mark Collins, UPS Director of Maintenance and Engineering for Transportation Equipment. Also participating were MHC Kenworth’s Eddie Davis, and Katie Guest, new truck sales, MHC Kenworth – Atlanta; Lance Walters, plant manager for the PACCAR Engine Plant in Columbus, Mississippi; Kathie Falcone, Kenworth director of sales operations; and Andy Manos, Kenworth national fleet service manager.
