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I like the optional "grate type" clutch pedal, frequently ordered on MR refuse chassis.

If need be, one could buy a Scania DC16 V-8 as a replacement, which shares the E-9's 16.4 liter displacement, with ratings from 550 to 770 horsepower. http://www.scaniausa.com/industrial-engines/

Renault Trucks Press Release / January 26, 2016 Related reading - http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.php?/topic/39998-volvo-unveils-automatic-all-wheel-drive-truck-tech/?hl=optitrack#entry289755

The sad story of the Mack V-8 is that Volvo killed the planned electronically-controlled E9 in favor of their D16. The MH Ultra-Liner was the most advanced truck that Mack Trucks ever produced. In a manner of speaking, a second generation Ultra-Liner II should be in production today commanding an impressive market share in the global market. Your truck is cherry, and it has the 450hp E9, Maxitorque 18-speed and air-ride. At $12,000, you're giving it away.

The Ultra-Liner, my favorite Mack product, only tied with the Value-Liner. Very nice specs. I hate to say it, but the problem is two-fold. 1. Parts availability. 2. Volvo's stratospheric pricing structure on the V-8 parts that remain available. A 20+ year old V-8 is going to require repair at some point. It would cost you a fortune to stock up now (on what you can still get). And in 5-10 years, you won't be able to get anything. .

Fleet Owner / January 26, 2016 Two new synthetic transmission lubricants and a replacement clutch for the Volvo I-Shift transmission where announced by Eaton during the 2016 Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week conference. The two new lubes are part of a move to rebrand the company’s entire lubricant offerings under the Eaton name and standardize labeling. That line also includes two axle fluids and multi-purpose grease. Designed for late model Eaton heavy-duty transmissions, the new Eaton PS-386 is backward compatible and mandatory for the Eaton Fuller Advantage Series of automated mechanical transmissions as well as its heavy-duty manual transmissions. It replaces the company’s PS-164rev7 spec lubricant and is said to improve fuel economy in manuals by 1.5%. The new Eaton PS-278 lube has been formulated for the medium-duty Eaton Procision transmissions and their wet dual-clutch design. It is not intended for any other Eaton transmission. The metric sized Eaton 430mm Push Wear-Thru clutch is designed to be a direct aftermarket replacement for Volvo I-Shift automated mechanical transmissions. Initially it will be offered in 232mm and 254mm damper sizes with a softer rate damper design intended to reduce vibrations and extend driveline component life, according to the company. Maintenance free, adjustment free and lubed for life, the new clutch is built with all new components that include premium organic driven disc facings. It will be available starting in March through OEM dealerships, distributors and Eaton’s Factory Direct program.

Accuride’s New Steel Wheel Has Corrosion Warranty; Lighter Weight Brake Drums in Development Transport Topics / January 26, 2016 Heavy-duty supplier Accuride Corp. introduced EverSteel, a new steel wheel that uses a four-phase coating technology and comes with a five-year warranty against corrosion, both industry firsts, the company said. Also, Accuride said its recently acquired patented metal matrix composite technology plays a central role in its research and development of advanced lightweight Gunite brake drums and wheel end components, a process expected to last 18 to 24 months before commercialization. Meanwhile the EverSteel wheel, in independently performed cyclic corrosion testing,based on an accelerated laboratory test standard, demonstrated six times longer life than its North American and offshore competitors and double the operational life of Accuride’s Steel Armor steel wheels, the company said. Rick Dauch, Accuride’s CEO, said in a statement, “Corrosion is an ongoing and costly issue for fleets working in harsh operating environments across North America. Never before have steel wheels received warranted corrosion protection like that offered by our EverSteel technology. It sets a new standard of performance and durability, and will enable our fleet customers to achieve significant savings in wheel refinishing costs and the associated downtime.” Traditional steel wheels are subject to corrosion from road salt and harsh de-icing chemicals and must be refinished about every three years in order to maintain their performance and appearance, Accuride said. By delaying the onset of corrosion for up to eight years, EverSteel extends the usable life of the truck or trailer wheel prior to initial refinishing, Accuride said. It estimated each EverSteel wheel could save customers about $105 in wheel refinishing and maintenance costs, as well as the downtime associated with taking the wheels out of service. Accuride said EverSteel wheels employ a four-step treatment process, including a surface treatment applied to the bare steel, then a zinc phosphate pre-treatment that prepares the metal for maximum adhesion. Next, an enhanced cathodic epoxy electrocoat optimized for sharp-edge and overall corrosion protection is applied. Finally, Accuride’s Steel Armor premium powder top coat is applied. The company said the technology is available initially on two Accuride 22.5 x 8.25 steel wheels: the 50408 and 50487. The wheels will be produced at Accuride’s Henderson steel wheel facility in Henderson, Kentucky, and available for customers to order effective Feb. 1, 2016. Turning to the upcoming brake drums, Accuride said metal matrix composite technology combines highly-engineered cast aluminum with a selectively reinforced MMC wear surface to form a durable and resilient yet lightweight brake drum. It said the pending brake drums are intended to provide a weight reduction of as much as 100 pounds per axle over standard cast drums, or a 300-pound savings for a typical 3-axle Class 8 tractor. The company said its lightweight Gunite-brand brake drums are an integral part of its component lightweighting initiatives to help the commercial vehicle industry comply with upcoming Phase II greenhouse gas regulations from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Dauch said, “Through our lightweight MMC brake drum development and wheel lightweighting programs, we’re focused on creating industry-leading technologies that provide our customers with solutions to the requirements of increasingly stringent fuel economy and emissions regulations.”

Truck News / January 26, 2016 Accuride announced at Heavy-Duty Aftermarket Week that it’s developing a lightweight Gunite brake drum, using patented metal matrix composite (MMC) technology it acquired the rights to develop last July. The company says its new Gunite aluminum brake drum will help OEMs achieve GHG17 fuel economy targets. The technology was acquired from Century-3 Plus LLC last year. At a press briefing during HDAW, Accuride president and CEO Rick Dauch said the new drum will weigh about 61 lbs (a 46% reduction compared to currently available products), totaling a weight reduction of 100 lbs per axle or 300 lbs on a typical three-axle truck. It will also be available for trailers for further weight savings. Meanwhile, testing has shown the aluminum drum demonstrates more rapid heat dissipation, offers shorter stopping distances than current drum brakes and will last longer than traditional drums. Dauch admitted he was initially skeptical of the claims made by the drum’s initial developer, but thorough testing by Accuride determined they were true and resulted in the company investing in the technology. Initial development of the lightweight brake drum was funded in part by the US military, and Gunite will offer the finished product for military applications, Dauch said. The MMC drum combines cast aluminum with a selectively reinforced MMC wear surface to form a durable, yet lightweight patent-protected brake drum, the company announced. Dauch said the MMC drum will restore Gunite to a position of technological leadership. Prototypes are being built and fleet testing will begin later this year. Dauch indicated it will be 18-24 months before the product hits the market.

Note how the bad air cleaner location on that pre-production model.

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Today's heavy truck disc brake designs, perfected by European manufacturers, are the best way to go. But back in the late 1970s and 80s, Goodrich's fast wearing disc brakes gave U.S. operators a bad experience. The bad memory lasted in the US for quite a while. Even today, most cling to drum brakes. http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.php?/topic/34358-disc-brakes-in-north-america-the-first-time-around/?hl=goodrich

Abe Vigoda, sunken-eyed ‘Godfather,’ ‘Barney Miller’ actor, dies at 94 The Washington Post / January 26, 2016 Abe Vigoda, an actor who used his sunken eyes, gravelly voice and projection of gloom to memorable effect as characters on both sides of the law, from a doomed mafia capo in “The Godfather” to a worn-down police detective on the sitcom “Barney Miller,” died Jan. 26 at a daughter’s home in Woodland Park, N.J. He was 94. His daughter, Carol Vigoda Fuchs, confirmed the death to the Associated Press but did not cite a cause. On “Barney Miller,” in his best-known television role, Mr. Vigoda cultivated an appearance just shy of rigor mortis. Perhaps for that reason, an erroneous 1982 reference to him in People magazine as “the late” Mr. Vigoda became a running gag that the actor gradually embraced on late-night talk shows and in comedies such as “Good Burger” (1997), in which he played an ancient fry cook. He was the unlikely inspiration for a punk band and played his age for laughs in a Super Bowl commercial for Snickers candy bars, alongside his contemporary Betty White. Mr. Vigoda’s widespread recognition was a testament to his patience, having toiled in near-obscurity for the first half of his life. He began working in television during its infancy in the late 1940s and had a long stage career, including a few short-lived Broadway roles. In casting “The Godfather” (1972), filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola went looking for little-known stage actors to play in supporting roles. He tapped Mr. Vigoda to portray Salvatore Tessio, an underworld figure who betrays Al Pacino’s Michael Corleone and pays the price. As he’s led away to his execution, Tessio tells Corleone family consigliere Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall), “Tell Mike it was only business.” Mr. Vigoda was Jewish but had a visage that Coppola apparently found authentic for a mafioso — and that also seemed to draw the curiosity of New York mob members who showed up on the set one day. “They kept looking at me, as if to say, ‘What family is he from?’ ” the actor recalled years later on CNN. The film, based on a Mario Puzo novel, won Academy Awards including best picture, helped redefine the gangster genre and remains one of the seminal movies of its era. “The Godfather” elevated Mr. Vigoda’s career, but he became a household name in 1975 with “Barney Miller,” the long-running ABC sitcom about a New York precinct house. Hal Linden, in the title role, was officially the star, but Mr. Vigoda proved the sleeper in the cast, portraying the weary, hemorrhoidal Phil Fish, a detective with nearly 40 years on the force. Fish deals dyspeptically with calls from his wife, Bernice.

RT / January 26, 2016 Israeli defense minister Moshe Yaalon says ISIS has long been funded with “Turkish money.” "As you know, Daesh (a.k.a. Islamic State,ISIS/ISIL) enjoyed Turkish money for oil for a very, very long period of time. I hope that it will be ended," Moshe Yaalon told reporters in Athens on Tuesday after meeting his Greek counterpart, Panos Kammenos, Reuters reports. It's up to Turkey, the Turkish government, the Turkish leadership, to decide whether they want to be part of any kind of cooperation to fight terrorism. This is not the case so far," he said. Yaalon’s counterpart, Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos, made similar statements, saying that a large part of the Islamic State’s oil trade, as well as the financing of terror, is going through Turkey. Earlier, Russia had accused Turkey of shady dealings with ISIS. In December, the Russian Defense Ministry released maps and satellite images it said proved that Turkey was the main consumer of oil smuggled out of Syria and Iraq by the terrorists. The ministry also stated that the Turkish president and his family were involved in the criminal dealings. Iran has also said it was in possession of photographic and video evidence of ISIS oil entering Turkey in trucks. In December, Syria’s envoy to the UN Bashar al-Ja’afari also accused Turkey of supporting terrorist groups. The diplomat appealed to the UN, urging it to end Ankara’s "violations and crimes." READ MORE: ISIS oil trucks cross into Turkey every day, captured terrorist admits Turkey has denied the accusations, while the United States last month rejected Russia’s claims that the Turkish leadership was linked to ISIS oil smuggling. Turkey has "permitted jihadists to move from Europe to Syria and Iraq and back, as part of Daesh's terrorist network, and I hope this will stop, too," Yaalon added. Another force fighting against ISIS, an Iraqi Shia militia, says ISIS militants are freely crossing back and forth across the Turkish border, with Ankara providing militants with logistical support. Citing evidence gathered from prisoners and on the battlefield, the Popular Front’s Badr Organization said the data they've gathered directly implicates Turkey's involvement with Islamic State.

Godfather actor Abe Vigoda dies aged 94 The Guardian / January 26, 2016 The character actor was best known for his role as Sal Tessio in the Coppola film, and as Phil Fish in US TV show Barney Miller Character actor Abe Vigoda, known for his work on The Godfather and on the television series Barney Miller, died Tuesday aged 94. The actor’s daughter, Carol Vigoda Fuchs, confirmed his death to the Associated Press, and said her father died in his sleep at her home in New Jersey. Vigoda, recognizable for his leathery, sunken-eyed face, came to fame in 1972 after Francis Ford Coppola cast him in The Godfather as Sal Tessio, an old friend of Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) who aims to take over the family by killing Vito’s son, Michael Corleone (Al Pacino). In the film, Michael anticipates that Sal’s suggestion for a “peace summit” among crime families is a setup and has him executed by the men Sal thought were his escorts. The success of the Godfather films brought Vigoda’s face and voice to fame and led to numerous roles. But it was his turn in Barney Miller as Phil Fish that brought the actor the most recognition. For his portrayal of Detective Fish, Vigoda received Emmy nominations three years in a row (1976-1978). Vigoda enjoyed sharing the story of how he won the role in Barney Miller: he had just returned from a five-mile run when his agent told him to report immediately to audition for the part. Danny Arnold, who was producing the pilot, remarked to Vigoda that the actor looked tired, and Vigoda told him about the long run. Arnold said: “You look like you have hemorrhoids,” to which Vigoda replied: “What are you, a doctor or a producer?” He got the part and remained a regular on Barney Miller until 1977, when he took the character to a spin-off series called Fish. Before making it onscreen, Vigoda earned his acting stripes on and off Broadway, performing Shakespeare, Strindberg and Shaw. Vigoda died about 34 years after People magazine started the rumor that the actor was dead. In 1982, People magazine wrote that “the late” Abe Vigoda did not attend the Barney Miller wrap party, spawning years of reports that Vigoda was no longer alive. He played up the mistake by posing for a photograph published in Variety in which he was sitting up in a coffin and holding a copy of People. A website dedicated to tracking the actor’s status was updated on 26 January to reflect Vigoda’s death. Vigoda was married to Beatrice Schy from 25 February 1968 until her death in 1992.

Actor Abe Vigoda, who played the decrepit Detective Phil Fish in the television sitcom "Barney Miller" and Mafia lieutenant Sal Tessio in the original "Godfather" movie, died Tuesday. He was 94 years old. Vigoda passed away at the New Jersey home of his daughter, Carol. Though Vigoda achieved a good bit of fame from his 1970s "Godfather" role, his years on "Barney Miller" and the short-lived spinoff "Fish," he arguably became best known for being alive despite reports of his premature demise. "I hope he knew about our tribute, and I hope he was amused by it. Our intent was always to bring a smile by pointing to his longevity, which was an inspiration," said Sun Sentinel reporter Rafael Olmeda. A noted New York stage actor by the time Francis Ford Coppola came calling about "The Godfather," Vigoda had not read the book and wasn't thinking about mobster roles; he was Jewish, not Italian. But Coppola liked him as a mobster, and he won the role of Tessio in the 1972 original and returned for the 1974 sequel. "The Godfather" was his first really big job, and he remembered a car being sent for him every day of shooting and sitting near Marlon Brando during makeup. "I found him to be a quiet man. He kept mostly to himself," Vigoda told CNN in 2008. "He was a great star. This was my first big thing: I felt lucky and grateful I was with these people." Notable to him was the presence of actual New York mob family members on the set. "They kept looking at me, as if to say, 'What family is he from?' " Vigoda said. "It was fascinating." Robert Duvall, a "Godfather" co-star, remembered Vigoda. "We had some great memories together and he will really be missed," Duvall said The "Godfather" movies led to his successful run on "Barney Miller," which ran from 1974-82 and starred Hal Linden as the title character. Vigoda was on the show until 1977. "Abe was responsible for as much of the success of 'Barney Miller' as I was -- easily. More so than me," Linden told CNN. "We all owe a great debt of gratitude to a fine character actor who created a very memorable character that will go on and on, with all the re-runs. Thank God people will get to see what Abe did." Vigoda was nominated for three Emmy awards for his performance as Fish. In contrast to the very fit Vigoda, a dedicated handball player and jogger, Detective Fish complained about his aches, his pains, his bladder problems and hemorrhoids, always seeming on the verge of death. Fans assumed he had the same ailments, he said. "I was sitting in a restaurant," he told the Washington Post in 1977, "when this young lady came up and asked for my autograph. "Then she said, 'I hope your hemorrhoids aren't bothering you too much.' She was very serious. I said, 'You must be joking.' She said, 'No, I'm not. I just don't want you to worry about it because I have them, too.' " Only his character was plagued by hemorrhoids, Vigoda told her, but he said she didn't believe him. A ordinary person, like us Many people liked Fish because he had many of the same ordinary problems they did, Vigoda told the Los Angeles Times in 1982. "Like Fish, we all meet with rejection, and things are seldom easy, no matter what we do," he said. But it was the 1982 report of his premature death that caused him some consternation and was the basis of many jokes during his later years. As the story goes, he didn't attend a 1982 "Barney Miller" wrap party because he was doing a play in Canada. He was 60 at the time and very much not dead. But a People magazine writer assumed he wasn't there because he was dead. "Somehow it mentioned in the article that 'the late Abe Vigoda' was not (there)," Vigoda told CNN in 2008. And thus, a joke was born, a joke that Vigoda eventually told as well. People magazine acknowledged their mistake and awarded itself the Mark Twain Exaggerated Death Award "for announcing the demise of 'Barney Miller's' Abe Vigoda before his time," months after the article was published, but it was too late. The actor would later say he lost out on some parts because casting agents thought he was dead. He even placed ads in Hollywood trade papers with him in a coffin to remind casting agents he was alive. But he joked about it on "Late Night with David Letterman." Vigoda was also featured in skits on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" on NBC. ("Conan," O'Brien's current show, airs on Turner-owned TBS, which also owns CNN). And he'd occasionally stop by "The Today Show" to celebrate the birthdays of co-host Matt Lauer and former co-host Meredith Vieira, and Vieira once referred to him as "the very much alive Abe Vigoda." As the Internet became widespread, Vigoda -- and his well-being -- became a hit for a generation that knew him only through reruns. People could quickly find out whether he was living through a website dedicated to answering that question. Olmeda launched an "Abe Vigoda Facts" Facebook page and Twitter account to marvel at the longevity of Vigoda's life. "The running gag started in the summer of 2009, when the memorial for Michael Jackson was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles," Olmeda said. "I speculated that Abe Vigoda, Ernest Borgnine and Zsa Zsa Gabor were in attendance -- the joke being that no one expected those three to outlive the forever child, Michael Jackson. "Over the years, untimely celebrity deaths gave rise to my growing amazement that Abe Vigoda was outliving so many people," said Olmeda, who took to honoring those celebrities with Vigoda-themed quotes. One of Olmeda's favorite posts: "Let the joyous news be spread: Abe Vigoda is still not dead!" In honor of Ruth Robinson Duccini, the last female Munchkin. Playing "old" in the first grade Born February 24, 1921, Vigoda grew up on New York's Lower East Side, the son of a tailor who studied acting at the American Theatre Wing and played character parts for much of his early career. He had established a successful New York stage career in the 1960s when "Godfather" director Coppola noticed his work. "The Godfather" changed Vigoda's life, leading him to "Barney Miller," "Fish" and movies such as "Cannonball Run II" (1984) with Burt Reynolds, "Look Who's Talking" (1989) with John Travolta and Kirstie Alley, and "Joe Versus the Volcano" (1990) with Tom Hanks. He also appeared in 1997's "Good Burger." But even as a youngster, he always played older than his actual age. "When I was in first grade in New York, a teacher came into the room and told us she was casting a play titled 'Candlelight,' " he told the St. Petersburg Times in 1996. "She said she needed someone to play a 50-year-old baron who finds his wife in the closet with a strange man. "She asked if any of us would like to audition, and about 30 of us raised our hands," he continued. "But she looked at me and said, "I think you'll do because you look old.' " Vigoda was married to his wife Beatrice for 24 years until her death in 1992. They had one daughter, Carol. Related information - http://www.amazon.com/Barney-Miller-Complete-Hal-Linden/dp/B005BUA1JY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1453854447&sr=8-1&keywords=barney+Miller

Alex Molinaroli is a real piece of work who would probably be in jail today, if not for some very good lawyers. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-26/affair-ponzi-scheme-tyco-deal-johnson-ceo-s-unusual-two-years

Sanders is the only genuine one of the bunch. But he's 75 years old. Given the intense work schedule and pressure of the position, c'mon............ Out of the entire group (Sanders aside), there isn't a single individual that stands out with presidential level qualifications and experience. The ability to vote is muted, to say the least, when neither choice is qualified to be president. I would rather nominate a businessman, a no-nonsense professional rather than a politician. I would vote for Bill Ford or Sergio Marchionne (Sergio was born in Italy, but I'd make a birth exception in his case).

I'd hate to say any solution from Hillary is the way to go. Seriously speaking, I think she's dangerous. There's always going to be a handful of attractive countries in which U.S. companies can gain significant tax savings. But, we can't allow these American companies that largely profit in the U.S. to move their legal home abroad for tax purposes. Their corporate ethics, morals and values should be put on the block.

As far as Neway is concerned, those studs are not serviceable. http://ww1.safholland.us/sites/damedit/literature/XL-AK384-en-US.pdf http://ww1.safholland.us/sites/damedit/literature/XL-AK398-01_en-US.pdf http://ww1.safholland.us/sites/damedit/literature/XL-AK424_en-US.pdf

Transport Engineer / January 25, 2016 The ongoing trailer efficiency debate – which pits vehicle weight against aerodynamics – should be viewed as a ‘horses for courses’ situation, according to Don-Bur marketing manager Richard Owens. “Aerodynamics plays a huge part with trunking trailers whereas weight becomes a more important consideration for secondary distribution rigid vehicles,” he insists. Even at today’s low diesel prices, however, Owens believes that getting the choice and/or compromise right can generate “significant savings in fuel costs” – while getting it wrong can “mean a worthless investment”. For Owens, there are two distinct issues any fleet engineer should make consider. Firstly, what payload do you expect to be carrying and secondly, what is the average speed of the vehicle? “The results from this simple research will determine whether your vehicle will be most affected by either momentum or relative wind speed,” he explains. That said, Owens warns operators to remember that low tare weight semi-trailers (say, below 6 tonnes) have little impact on the overall total laden weight, if the vehicle is running close to its maximum 44 tonnes. “1 tonne tare [off trailer weight] may offer an opportunity to add more payload [which] won’t directly affect your overall weight and fuel consumption, but will reduce the number of trips to transport the same load,” he continues – indirectly saving “a high percentage” in fuel. That argument changes radically, however, when it comes to a 500kg weight saving on a 7.5 tonne rigid. “This relatively large weight reduction will have a far greater effect on fuel economy for a strictly urban vehicle than any aerodynamic widget you can stick on it,” he says. What about aerodynamics? Owens suggests that at 56mph, ”roughly half” of fuel burned is directly attributable to aerodynamic drag – meaning that an aerodynamic with average fuel savings of just 5% will shave £1,466 off the annual diesel fuel bill. “Under the same circumstances, a Teardrop trailer with in-operation average fuel saving of 11.3% will reduce fuel consumed by over £3,000 per annum,” he says (based on 80,000 miles per year and bulk diesel at 76.21ppl). His conclusion: trunking trailers that spend much of their time running between 40 and 56mph “benefit hugely” from aerodynamic interventions, while urban trailers on stop-start cycles with multiple drop-offs are “unlikely to reach high enough speeds where aerodynamics will have any effect at all”. Pictured: an Argos max-cube longer semi trailer with a tare weight of 14.9 tonnes, capable of carrying 60 UK pallets. Related reading: http://www.donbur.co.uk/gb-en/products/aerodynamic-teardrop-trailer.php http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.php?/topic/39382-thinking-outside-the-box/?hl=don-bur .

Commercial Motor TV - sponsored by DAF Trucks / January 25, 2016

Reuters / January 25, 2016 Hillary Clinton called the planned inversion by Johnson Controls and Ireland-based Tyco “outrageous,” and said as president she would block such moves using an “exit tax.” “These efforts to shirk U.S. tax obligations leave American taxpayers holding the bag while corporations juice more revenues and profits ,” Clinton said in a statement. “I have a detailed and targeted plan to immediately put a stop to inversions and invest in the U.S., block deals like Johnson Controls and Tyco, and place an ‘exit tax’ on corporations that leave the country to lower their tax bill.” Johnson Controls announced on Monday a plan to buy Tyco for $16.5 billion, which the companies said will save $500 million in taxes in the first three years and an additional $150 million a year through tax synergies. Related reading - http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.php?/topic/42799-white-house-refuses-to-step-on-pfizer-tax-dodge/?hl=inversions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Johnson Controls’ $20bn Tyco deal revives inversion debate The Financial Times / January 25, 2016 Johnson Controls revived a vexed political debate about tax-cutting “inversion” deals on Monday, agreeing a $20bn combination with Tyco International which would move the US manufacturer’s domicile to Ireland. The industrial tie-up highlights Washington’s failure to stop large companies from fleeing the country’s high corporate taxes, and suggests that inversion deals remain highly attractive to companies struggling to find top-line growth. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, currently leading the Democratic and Republican primary election races, have both promised action to turn the tide. On Monday, Clinton reiterated her plan to block such deals and introduce an “exit tax” to deter companies from leaving. “It is outrageous when large multinational corporations game the tax code and shelter money overseas to avoid paying their fair share, including through maneuvers like inversions,” she said. Trump has promised to lower the corporate tax rate to 15 percent to keep companies in the US. US companies currently pay as much as 35 percent in tax at home, while in Ireland the headline rate is 12.5 percent. Bernie Sanders denounced Johnson Controls and Tyco as “corporate deserters”. He said: ”If you want the advantages of being an American company then you can’t run away from America to avoid paying taxes.” The companies are pushing to complete the deal by the end of the year, before President Barack Obama leaves office. Their transaction is structured as a reverse takeover that will see Tyco shareholders own 44 percent of the combined group, while Johnson Controls investors will hold the remainder and receive $3.9bn in cash. It values Tyco shares at $34.88, an 11 percent premium to its closing price at the end of last week. The new company will keep Tyco’s Irish domicile and Cork headquarters, allowing Johnson Controls to create “at least $150m in annual tax synergies”. Other savings will total at least $500m over the first three years. The combined companies will have $32bn in revenues and operating profits of about $4.5bn, following the planned 2017 spin-off of Johnson Controls’ seating business, which has revenues of $17bn. The structure of the deal is similar to US drugmaker Pfizer’s $160bn combination with Irish-headquartered rival Allergan two months ago. Milwaukee-based Johnson Controls has been seeking to focus on energy storage and building systems such as air conditioning, where Tyco’s fire protection expertise will complement its building solutions division. A deal would mark the disappearance of a corporate name — Tyco — that became infamous in the first years of this century, when former chief executive Dennis Kozlowski and its chief financial officer were convicted in 2005 of stealing $150m and fraud. The current Tyco International was one of three companies created in 2012 after a break-up of the conglomerate. The other parts became Pentair, which makes heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, and ADT, a specialist in building security. The board of the new company will consist of six members from Johnson Controls and five from Tyco. Alex Molinaroli, chairman and chief executive of Johnson Controls, will initially hold both roles in the new group. George Oliver, Tyco’s current CEO, will be president and chief operating officer. But after 18 months from the deal closing, Oliver will become CEO and Molinaroli will become executive chairman. A year later, Oliver will become chairman and CEO. In November, the US Treasury announced measures to make inversions less attractive, but lawyers said that the actions were modest and would do little to stop such deals. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Johnson Controls-Tyco Deal Adds to U.S. Tax Exodus The Wall Street Journal / January 25, 2016 Johnson Controls is set to become the latest American company to move abroad in search of tax savings—and to do so on the coattails of the dismantled Tyco empire. Johnson Controls said Monday it will merge with Tyco International PLC and take on Tyco’s Irish tax address. The deal, valued at roughly $14.4 billion, is a so-called inversion that should allow Johnson Controls to lower its tax rate over time. The merger highlights the self-perpetuating nature of inversions, as American companies that move their legal homes abroad create opportunities for others to follow. Those deals, in turn, further challenge U.S. regulators trying to stanch the exodus of tax dollars overseas. Tyco was an early expat, decamping first to Bermuda in 1997 and finally settling in Ireland. Over the years, it spawned a crop of spinoffs and subsidiaries that inherited one of Tyco’s most valuable assets: its foreign tax address. When M&A activity rebounded after the financial crisis, those new firms became major players in a wave of cross-border, tax-lowering deals, enabling American companies with about $70 billion in annual revenue to slip out of the U.S. tax net. Tyco paid 12% of its profit in taxes over the past three years, versus an average 29% by Johnson Controls, according to S&P Capital IQ. Johnson Controls said its effective tax rate before certain items was around 19% over the past two years ended Sept. 30. In some ways, Monday’s deal has its roots in the accounting scandal that rocked Tyco more than a decade ago. After CEO Dennis Kozlowski’s conviction, breakup artist Edward Breen took over with a mandate to pare Tyco’s sprawling empire, which at the time included companies making products from pharmaceuticals to burglar alarms. Many of the resulting offshoots have become targets for U.S. companies seeking inversion partners, while others have used their lower tax rates to become consolidators, buying U.S. assets—which on average pay higher rates—and squeezing tax savings that way. In 2012, Tyco sold its pump-and-filter business to Pentair PLC, an inversion that moved the U.S.-based company abroad. Last summer, Pentair bought U.S.-based Erico Global for $1.8 billion. Tyco’s health-care business was eventually hived off into two new companies, both of which have enabled tax-lowering combinations. A more than $40 billion takeover of Covidien PLC, which housed Tyco’s medical-device business, allowed U.S.-based Medtronic Inc. to invert last year. Meanwhile, Mallinckrodt PLC, Tyco’s legacy pharmaceuticals arm, has used its lower tax rate to advantage as an acquirer. In its 2½ years as a stand-alone company, Mallinckrodt has spent nearly $11 billion on takeovers of higher-taxed U.S. drug assets. Monday’s deal also underscores the snowball effect of inversions. As such deals pile up in a particular industry, they enable more—and—bigger companies to follow suit. That is because U.S. rules require foreign targets to be of a certain size relative to their buyers. Witness what happened in the pharmaceutical industry. In 2013, a New-Jersey based drug company called Watson Pharmaceuticals inverted by buying a small Irish rival. After a series of deals, the resulting company—Allergan PLC, with a $117 billion market value—is big enough to serve as the inversion partner for Pfizer Inc., in what would be the largest corporate expatriation ever. The deal is pending. And if a combined Pfizer-Allergan spins off its generics business, as is widely expected, it would create a potential inversion partner for a host of big U.S. drugmakers. The Johnson Controls-Tyco deal is at least the 12th inversion pursued by American companies since the U.S. Department of the Treasury moved in September 2014 to curb these deals, according to a Wall Street Journal review. That is roughly the same number in the 16 months before the move. “This is yet another example of why we need tax reform to keep our employers and jobs in America, rather than encouraging them to move overseas,” said House Speaker Paul Ryan (R., Wis.), who has pushed for a tax overhaul that would, among other changes, lower the rates U.S. companies pay. Johnson Controls is the largest public company based in Mr. Ryan’s home state of Wisconsin. The company was founded 131 years ago by a Milwaukee professor who had received a patent for the first electric thermostat. Sen. Bernie Sanders said the deal would be “a disaster for American taxpayers” and denounced “corporate deserters.” Johnson Controls and Tyco structured their deal to reap maximum tax benefits. By giving ​Johnson Controls investors ​less than 60% ownership of the combined company, they sidestep regulations aimed at more-lopsided combinations that might have made the deal less attractive. Below 60 percent is the Holy Grail of inversion planning, Inversions let U.S. companies lower their tax rates over time by giving them ways to shift profit out of the U.S. and move cash easily from low-tax jurisdictions back to shareholders. Johnson Controls Chief Executive Alex Molinaroli said the merger wasn’t tax-driven and pointed to the roughly $500 million in annual savings expected to be wrung from combining the businesses. But, he said in an interview Monday, “we definitely get some benefits, so we’ll take those benefits.” Back to 1997, when Tyco moved to Bermuda by acquiring home-security firm ADT, it was one of the earliest inversions. After Bermuda came under fire as a tax haven, the company moved in 2008 to Switzerland, and to Ireland in 2014, after Switzerland enacted tougher rules around CEO pay and corporate governance. Just last week, Tyco settled a long-running dispute with the Internal Revenue Service for up to $525 million, far less than the government had sought. That controversy stemmed from what’s known as earnings stripping, the practice of using internal company transactions to concentrate tax deductions in the U.S. and profit in low-tax countries. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update: Reuters / January 27, 2016 [unwilling to grab hold on the matter] The White House on Wednesday declined to comment on the latest so-called tax-inversion deal by a major U.S. company, but said legislation was needed to close the loophole. Asked at a White House briefing about a $16.5 billion deal announced on Monday by Johnson Controls to acquire Ireland-based peer Tyco International Plc, spokesman Josh Earnest said he would not comment on specific deals. "Ultimately, we need legislation to address this loophole," he said.

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Chicago Tribune / October 21, 1954 Mack Trucks, Inc., will attempt to double its market share of the long-haul highway truck market from 10 to 20 percent and will seek even greater percentage shares in the bus, off-highway, construction, and fire apparatus fields, Elliott G. Ewell, Mack vice president, said yesterday. Addressing some 120 company salesmen and distributors from 10 central division states at a meeting in the Chicago Mack factory branch, Ewell said this can be accomplished thru the introduction of 20 new models by next August. The new models will replace some of the existing ones and will add four to the present 34 basic models, Ewell said.

The factory-owned branches of Mack Trucks, Inc. set the benchmark for the entire American truck industry. Never before, and never since, has an after-sales service organization approached the performance level of Mack’s factory-owned sales and service locations. From Atlanta to Richmond to Dallas, from Denver to Salt Lake City to Seattle, from Chicago (both the Wentworth Ave. and O'Hare branches) to Buffalo to Queens, no truckmaker in the history of the United States ever had a finer and more capable sales and after-sales support network than Mack Trucks. The efforts of the dedicated Mack men and women who made it all possible will never be forgotten. They symbolized the very best of the “Mack family”. Not enough can be said about Mack’s factory branches and the people behind them. In simple terms, they were "the best of the best". The list below is a compilation of all the factory branches in the history of Mack Trucks (I need to grab my 1980s directory to add a few). Many of you experienced the massive scale of these facilities, from Dallas handling BFI and Richmond catering to Overnite, to Allentown dealing with Air Products, Chemical Leaman, Matlack and Penske. The Wentworth Ave. branch in Chicago, a MASSIVE multi-story building, was contracted for years to service the city's GM municipal transit buses. If you drove into any Mack "factory branch", be it Seattle, Baltimore, Charlotte or Atlanta, they exceeded your expectations in parts availability and service expertise. Mack Trucks, Inc. 3101 Airport Blvd. Birmingham, Alabama (Originally located at 2501 Avenue “F”, and later 2829 6th Ave. S.) Mack Trucks, Inc. 531 Air Base Blvd. Montgomery, Alabama (Originally located at 531 U.S. 31 Bypass) Mack Trucks, Inc. 523 W. Washington St. Phoenix, Arizona Mack Trucks, Inc. 315 W. 12th St. Little Rock, Arkansas Mack Trucks, Inc. 1652 “H” St. Fresno, California Mack Trucks, Inc. 2001 S. Alameda St. Los Angeles, California Mack Trucks, Inc. 1902 E. 12th St. Oakland, California Mack Trucks, Inc. 470 N. 16th St. Sacramento, California Mack Trucks, Inc. 236 East St. San Bernardino, California Mack Trucks, Inc. 652 Second St. San Diego, California Mack Trucks, Inc. 1745 Folsom St. San Francisco, California (Originally located at 11th & Howard Sts) Mack Trucks, Inc. 24 N. Aurora St. Stockton, California Mack Trucks, Inc. 4850 Vasquez Blvd. Denver, Colorado (Originally located at 585 S. Broadway, and later 500 Grant St.) Mack Trucks, Inc. 3250 Fairfield Ave. Bridgeport, Connecticut Mack Trucks, Inc. 709 Windsor St. Hartford, Connecticut Mack Trucks, Inc. 151 Orange Ave. New Haven, Connecticut (West Haven) Mack Trucks, Inc. 175 Main St. Norwich, Connecticut Mack Trucks, Inc. 1188 S. Main St. Waterbury, Connecticut Mack Trucks, Inc. 3371 Kenilworth Ave. Bladensburg, District of Columbia (Originally located at 57-59 “L” St., S.E.) Mack Trucks, Inc. 2203 West Beaver St. Jacksonville, Florida (Originally located at 114-124 Park St., and later 2203 W. Rearer St.) Mack Trucks, Inc. 2101 N. Miami Ave. Miami, Florida Mack Trucks, Inc. 604 S. Morgan St. Tampa, Florida (Originally located at 1712 Platt St. & Packwood Ave.) Mack Trucks, Inc. 780 Memorial Drive, S.E. Atlanta, Georgia (Originally located at 464 Spring St. N.W.) Mack Trucks, Inc. I-75 at US41 Ringgold, Georgia Mack Trucks, Inc. 3300 S. Wentworth Ave Chicago, Illinois Mack Trucks, Inc. 7009 Archer Ave. (South) Chicago, Illinois Mack Trucks, Inc. 2000 Elmhurst Rd. Chicago, Illinois (O’Hare branch) Mack Trucks, Inc. 1810 W. 16th St. Indianapolis, Indiana (Originally located at 730 E. Washington St.) Mack Trucks, Inc. 732 W. 1st St. Davenport, Iowa (Originally located at Corner Front & Brown Streets) Mack Trucks, Inc. 1820 Arthur St. Louisville, Kentucky (Originally located at 2311-2319 S. Brook St.) Mack Trucks, Inc. 110 E. Airline Hwy. Kenner, Louisiana Mack Trucks, Inc. 1100 S. Jefferson Davis Pkwy. New Orleans, Louisiana Mack Trucks, Inc. 2060 Texas Ave. Shreveport, Louisiana Mack Trucks, Inc. 1079 Forest Ave. Portland, Maine (Originally located at 4 York St.) Mack Trucks, Inc. 1210-28 E. 20th St. Baltimore, Maryland Mack Trucks, Inc. 75 N. Beacon St. Boston, Massachusetts (Allston) Mack Trucks, Inc. 231 Bedford St. Fall River, Massachusetts Mack Trucks, Inc. 39 First St. Lowell, Massachusetts Mack Trucks, Inc. 51 North St. Salem, Massachusetts Mack Trucks, Inc. 101 Liberty Street Springfield, Massachusetts (Originally located at 1236-40 State St.) Mack Trucks, Inc. 306 Belmont St. Worcester, Massachusetts Mack Trucks, Inc. 10401 Ford Rd, Dearborn, Michigan Mack Trucks, Inc. 5133 Grand River Ave. Detroit, Michigan Mack Trucks, Inc. 215 E. 1st St. Duluth, Minnesota Mack Trucks, Inc. 2505 University Ave. St. Paul, Minnesota (Twin City branch) Mack Trucks, Inc. 3738 Gardner Ave. Kansas City, Missouri (Originally located at 2605 Warwick Blvd.) Mack Trucks, Inc. 2350 Chouteau Ave. St. Louis, Missouri (Originally located at 2800 Pine Street) Mack Trucks, Inc. 7210 “L” St. Omaha, Nebraska (Originally located at 2752 Farnam St.) Mack Trucks, Inc. 62 Elm Street Manchester, New Hampshire (Originally located at 664 Chestnut St.) Mack Trucks, Inc. Corner New York & Reading Aves. Atlantic City, New Jersey Mack Trucks, Inc. 6th & Jefferson Sts. Camden, New Jersey Mack Trucks, Inc. 480 Mundet Place Hillside (Newark), New Jersey (Originally located at 1232 S. Broad St., Newark) Mack Trucks, Inc. West Side Ave. at Newark Ave. Jersey City, New Jersey Mack Trucks, Inc. 931 E. 24th St. Paterson, New Jersey Mack Trucks, Inc. 1064 Broadway Albany, New York Mack Trucks, Inc. Leggett Ave. & Barry St. Bronx, New York Mack Trucks, Inc. 73 Empire Blvd. Brooklyn, New York Mack Trucks, Inc. 579 Eagle St. Buffalo, New York (Originally located at 1734-1740 Jefferson Ave.) Mack Trucks, Inc. Queensbury Blvd. Glens Fall, New York Mack Trucks, Inc. Anable Ave. & 34th St. Long Island City, New York Mack Trucks, Inc. 393 Jericho Turnpike Mineola, Long Island, New York Mack Trucks, Inc. 25 Bridge St. Newburgh, New York Mack Trucks, Inc. 64 St. & West End Ave. New York, New York (Originally located at 604 W. 43rd St.) Mack Trucks, Inc. 205 Delafield St. Poughkeepsie, New York (Originally located at 836 Main St.) Mack Trucks, Inc. 58-40 Borden Ave. Queens (Maspeth), New York Mack Trucks, Inc. 1357 University Ave. Rochester, New York Mack Trucks, Inc. 103 Weaver St. Schenectady, New York Mack Trucks, Inc. 304 Broadway New Brighton, Staten Island, New York Mack Trucks, Inc. Erie Blvd. East East Syracuse, New York (Originally located at 923 W. Genesee St.) Mack Trucks, Inc. 131-135 N. Genesee St. Utica, New York (Originally located at 65 N. Genesee St.) Mack Trucks, Inc. 111 S. Kensico Ave. White Plains, New York Mack Trucks, Inc. 228 Dalton Ave. Charlotte, North Carolina (Originally located at 1300-06 Mint St.) Mack Trucks, Inc. 1100 Triplett Blvd. Akron, Ohio (Originally located at 832-34 Coburn St., and later 695 Johnston St.) Mack Trucks, Inc. 1223 W. 8th St. Cincinnati, Ohio Mack Trucks, Inc. 13600 Broadway Cleveland, Ohio (Originally located at 7001 Carnegie Ave.) Mack Trucks, Inc. 517 N. Park St. Columbus, Ohio Mack Trucks, Inc. 124 Van Buren St. Dayton, Ohio Mack Trucks, Inc. 2221 Detroit Ave. Toledo, Ohio Mack Trucks, Inc. 1309 Logan Ave. Youngstown, Ohio Mack Trucks, Inc. 3200 W. Reno Ave. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Originally located at 1-3-5-7 E. 10th St., and later 1816 N.E. 10th St.) Mack Trucks, Inc. 105 N. Boulder Ave. Tulsa, Oklahoma Mack Trucks, Inc. 1122 N. Williams Ave. Portland, Oregon (Originally located at 285 Oregon St.) Mack Trucks, Inc. Rts 22 & 309 Allentown, Pennsylvania (Originally located at 727 Union Blvd.) Mack Trucks, Inc. 2322 Union Ave. Altoona, Pennsylvania Mack Trucks, Inc. 25-37 W. 4th St. Bridgeport, Pennsylvania Mack Trucks, Inc. 960 W. 12th St. Erie, Pennsylvania (Originally located at 1921-23 State St.) Mack Trucks, Inc. Erie & Castor Aves. Frankford, Pennsylvania Mack Trucks, Inc. 2020 Paxton St. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Originally located at 724-728 S. Cameron St.) Mack Trucks, Inc. 2647 E. York St. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Originally located at 42nd & Woodland Ave.) Mack Trucks, Inc. 1501 Beaver Ave. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Originally located at Liberty Ave. & Gross St., and later 728 Shore Ave.) Mack Trucks, Inc. 1212 Moss St. Reading, Pennsylvania Mack Trucks, Inc. Corner Washington Ave. & Walnut St. Scranton, Pennsylvania Mack Trucks, Inc. 264 Carey Ave. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Mack Trucks, Inc. 35 Corliss St. Providence, Rhode Island (Originally located at 1124 N. Main st.) Mack Trucks, Inc. 1129 Fort St. Chattanooga, Tennessee Mack Trucks, Inc. 213 W. Depot Ave. Knoxville, Tennessee Mack Trucks, Inc. 980 Jefferson St. Memphis, Tennessee Mack Trucks, Inc. 801 Lea Ave. Nashville, Tennessee Mack Trucks, Inc. 3611 Irving Blvd. Dallas, Texas (Originally located at 1900 S. Ervay St.) Mack Trucks, Inc. 2901 N. Freeway Fort Worth, Texas (Originally located at 505 W. Weatherford St., and later 2812 N. Main St.) Mack Trucks, Inc. 5331 Gulf Freeway Houston, Texas (originally 1117 Chenevert St.) Mack Trucks, Inc. 704 S. 3rd St. West Salt Lake City, Utah (Originally located at 161 Motor Ave., later at 807 S. Main St.) Mack Trucks, Inc. 528 S. Military Hwy. Norfolk, Virginia (Originally located at 204 W. 24th St.) Mack Trucks, Inc. 1705 Commerce Rd. Richmond, Virginia (Originally located at Boulevard & Leigh Sts., and later 1705 Ninth Street Rd.) Mack Trucks, Inc. 3707 Airport Way South Seattle, Washington (Originally located at 701 9th Ave. North) Mack Trucks, Inc. 309 Puyallup Ave. Tacoma, Washington Mack Trucks, Inc. 5800 McCorkle Ave., S.E. Charleston, West Virginia Mack Trucks, Inc. 4321-31 Wisconsin Ave. Milwaukee, Wisconsin --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mack Trucks Canada 1540 Saskatchewan Ave. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Mack Trucks Canada 140 Clark Side Road London, Ontario, Canada Mack Trucks Canada 2644 Sheffield Rd. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Mack Trucks Canada 221 Bay Street Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada Mack Trucks Canada 1350 The Queensway Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Originally located at 1941 Yonge St.) Mack Trucks Canada 5830 Cote DeLiesse Rd. Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Originally located at 1501 St. James St., West) Mack Trucks Canada 395 Alexander St. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Mack Trucks Canada 676 Albert St. Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mack Trucks, Inc. Avenida de la Republica 190 y 192 Havana, Cuba --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mack Trucks Australia Darra 4076 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Mack Trucks Australia Chipping Norton Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Mack Trucks Australia 1850 Hume Hwy. Campbellfield, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Mack Trucks Australia 541 Prospect Rd. Cepps Cross, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Mack Trucks Australia Winnellie Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia