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Marcopolo Resumes Production After COVID-19 Shutdown
Marcopolo started producing again April 13 after a break forced by COVID-19 control measures. The plants of Caxias do Sul and Duque de Caxias are producing again with lowered output. The number of workers is reduced and the space between people is expanded, among other measures for safety purposes. The São Mateus plant has not reopened.
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PSR Analysis:
The current scenario points to a heavy impact on the Bus market due to reduced customer traffic…
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Foton To Produce Trucks in Brazil Again
This article initially appeared in the February 2020 issue of PowerTALK ™ News.
Foton says it will start producing Trucks in Guaíba-RS, in the facility formerly designated for his own factory. However, the production will be handled by GEFCO under a manufacturing contract, with parts imported from China. Previously, Foton assembled its trucks at the Agrale plant, also in Rio Grande do Sul state, to meet commitments made under government incentive programs. The number of models built here is likely…
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CASE IH Posts Record Sales for Sugar Cane Harvesters in South America
This article originally appeared in PowerTALK News .

Fabio Ferraresi CASE IH celebrates positive results in 2019 with 649 sugar cane harvesters sold in Brazil in 2019 being 50% made by CASE. Case points the share growth to the improvements made at the model A8000 that can make up to 15% on operational cost savings and robustness for those machines that operates over 4,000 hours per year.
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PSR Analysis: Agricultural business remains strong. Despite…
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Carlos Briganti To Participate in AutoData Commercial Vehicle Seminar

Carlos Briganti, managing director of South American operations for Power Systems Research, will discuss, trends and production volumes for the national market of commercial and off-road vehicles at a seminar on Commercial Vehicle Perspectives sponsored by Autodata Dec. 3, 2019.
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The Future of Diesel Engines in Metropolitan Areas
Introduction
Our team at Power Systems Research, as a lead global Market Intelligence Company and specialized in Propulsion Systems and Powertrain for Vehicles and Equipment, is frequently asked about the future of Diesel Engines.
It is impossible to provide a complete answer for this question due to the wide range of applications, as well as the excellent performance and versatility of Diesel Engines.
Thus, in this article we focus on the Diesel Engine application in Commercial Vehicles in metropolitan areas, and more specifically, in Urban Buses.
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CAOA acquires Ford Plant in Brazil

The Ford production plant in Sao Bernardo do Campo-SP will be acquired by the COCA Group. During a meeting with governor João Doria, CAOA group, that currently assembly Hyundai cars and Chery-CAOA cars in Brazil, announced the acquisition of Ford Plant in São Bernardo do Campo-SP.
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Brazilian Motorcycle Production Continues To Grow
In July 2019, 92,000 motorcycles were produced in Brazil, up sharply from the 68,000 units produced in June 2019. January to July production was 629,000, 6.3% above the 592,000 units produced in the same period of 2018.