Capacity Announces Plans to Offer the Navistar MaxxForce 7 Diesel Engines
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LONGVIEW, Texas, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Capacity of Texas, a leading manufacturer of terminal tractors worldwide, announced today the availability of the Navistar MaxxForce 7 Diesel Engine in their terminal tractor product line beginning this fall. The Navistar MaxxForce 7 engine utilizes the MaxxForce Advanced Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) which provides 2010 emissions compliance using technology proven on MaxxForce engines since 2007. The agreement with Navistar to supply the MaxxForce 7, V-8 diesel engine furthers Capacity's engine offerings (Diesel, LP, CNG, LNG and Hybrid/Electric) and continues their tradition of engineering excellence by providing the most complete line terminal tractors in the industry. "We are extremely excited to announce this agreement with Navistar. The MaxxForce engines will provide our end users an option to use EGR instead of Selective Catalyst Reduction (SCR). With the MaxxForce engine, there is no need for additional aftertreatment hardware to maintain and there are no additional fluids to add ... this will offer our customers a tremendous operating advantage in the field," said Phillip Ford, President of Capacity of Texas. "Capacity can be confident that our MaxxForce engines will provide the quality, reliability and clean diesel power that is needed in this application." said Eric Tech, Vice President and General Manager for Navistar Engine Group, "We are glad that customers like Capacity recognize and choose to benefit from MaxxForce Advanced EGR, the customer friendly solution for meeting 2010 emission compliance." Capacity of Texas, Inc., based in Longview, Texas, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Collins Industries, Inc., and is the largest American owned manufacturer of terminal tractors in North America, offering a full product line of terminal trucks used throughout the world. Capacity distributes products through a national and international authorized representative network. For a current listing of Capacity products and authorized representatives, visit www.capacitytexas.com. Collins Industries, Inc., a subsidiary of BNS Holding, Inc., is also a leading manufacturer of ambulances (including medical attack vehicles, rescue vehicles and fire emergency vehicles), North America's largest producer of Type "A" small school buses, and a leader in the road construction and industrial sweeper markets. Since 1971, Collins Industries, Inc. has grown to approximately 900 employees in three plants comprising over eight-hundred thousand combined square feet of manufacturing space. Collins Industries, Inc. sells its products throughout North America and abroad. SOURCE Collins Industries, Inc. Heath Parsons, Vice President of Capacity of Texas, Inc., +1-903-759-0610, for Collins Industries, Inc.
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