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International to Open Truck Plant in Russia
International Truck and Engine Corp. will open an assembly plant in Russia this month to tap demand for heavy-duty vehicles in that country, Bloomberg reported Friday.
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International, a unit of Navistar Corp., will unveil the new facility under the name of local distributor GoodWill Holding on Jan. 22, a spokeswoman for GoodWill told Bloomberg.
The plant, based Pushkin, near St. Petersburg, will produce 16 to 24 trucks a month, mainly the International 9800i model, using parts from Brazil and the United States, Bloomberg said.
Toyota Motor Corp. opened a plant near St. Petersburg last month, following Ford Motor Co. as one of five foreign automakers with plants either built or planned to be built around Russia鈥檚 second-largest city, Bloomberg reported.