PACCAR Inc., U.S. commercial vehicles maker, recently unveiled plans for a new $400 million powertrain manufacturing and assembly facility in the Southeast United States, saying its comprehensive Six Sigma program helped the company attain the goal. “PACCAR’s outstanding profits, excellent balance sheet and intense focus on quality, technology and productivity enhancements have enabled the company to consistently invest in its products, services and processes during all phases of the business cycle,” comments Mark Pigott, chairman and chief executive officer.

“The $400 million investment in PACCAR’s newest facility complements the $2.5 billion invested over the last 10 years to accelerate award-winning product development, Six Sigma implementation, customer aftersales support and dynamic information technology programs in our capital goods and financial services markets.”

Construction of the 400,000-sq-ft plant will begin in mid-2007 and be complete in 2009. The new plant will strengthen the company’s worldwide market share in the commercial vehicles sector. PACCAR manufactures and designs medium- and heavy-duty trucks under the Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF nameplates.

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