Mack Partners with Oshkosh Truck

23 December 1998

Mack Partners with Oshkosh Truck to Offer New Front-Discharge Ready-Mix Concrete Vehicle

    LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. and OSHKOSH, Wis.--Dec. 22, 1998--Mack Trucks, Inc. and Oshkosh Truck Corporation today announced a partnership agreement that will allow each company to offer a new generation of Mack front-discharge concrete mixers featuring leading-edge technologies.
    The new Mack(R) FCM series front-discharge concrete mixer will feature a Mack E-TECH(TM) engine mounted at the rear of an Oshkosh(R) front-discharge concrete carrier featuring the industry-leading McNeilus(R) mixer drum. The vehicles will be manufactured by Oshkosh Truck. The new vehicle will be distributed through authorized Mack distributors and directly through the nationwide McNeilus sales and service network. This will be the only front-discharge concrete mixer sold in the United States that is powered by a Mack engine. The McNeilus network also sells the Oshkosh S-Series front-discharge concrete mixers, McNeilus rear-discharge concrete mixers and batch plants.
    "The new Mack FCM series will bring together three of the ready-mix industry's biggest names to offer a truly world-class product," said Paul L. Vikner, Mack executive vice president for sales and marketing. "It represents an important addition to the product line that's made Mack the industry's leading supplier of construction vehicles."
    "Robert G. Bohn, president and chief executive officer of Oshkosh Truck Corporation, stated, "Mack, Oshkosh and McNeilus are names which stand for top quality, superior performance, and outstanding reliability. We're proud to be associated with Mack Trucks and to have the Mack-powered FCM series available through both of our industry-leading sales and service networks."
    As a result of the agreement, Mack will discontinue production of its FDM model mixer, which was manufactured in Pleasant Grove, Utah, by its subsidiary, Mack Trucks of Utah, Inc. As the agreement is implemented, Mack will close the Utah facility and dissolve the subsidiary.
    Oshkosh Truck Corporation is a leading manufacturer of specialty trucks and truck bodies for the construction, refuse hauling, defense, and fire and emergency markets. McNeilus Companies, Inc. is a subsidiary of Oshkosh Truck Corporation. Products are marketed under the Oshkosh, Pierce and McNeilus brand names.
    Dedicated to quality, reliability, and total customer satisfaction, Mack Trucks, Inc. has provided innovative, forward-thinking products and services to its customers worldwide for nearly a century. Mack is one of North America's largest producers of heavy-duty trucks, in addition to major product components. The company also markets a line of medium-duty diesel trucks throughout North America. MACK vehicles are sold and serviced in more than 65 countries worldwide.