Freightliner Director for Daimler Truck & Bus Pacific, Stephen Downes.

Winning Formula

Customer advocacy has been a point of focus for Stephen Downes, Freightliner Director for Daimler Truck & Bus Pacific, as the North American brand continues its pursuit of bringing the latest innovations
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Lauren Pulitano.

Family Jewels

Record sales figures and a major historical milestone are cause for celebration at UD Trucks Australia whose Vice President, Lauren Pulitano, is understandably excited by what the future might hold for the brand.
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Thomas Hemmerich, Managing Director of MAN Truck and Bus Korea

Talkin’ Bout New Truck Generation

A recent visitor to our shores as an international attendee at the Brisbane Truck Show, Thomas Hemmerich along with Craig Lee, Penske Australia On-highway Executive General Manager, spoke to Prime Mover about MAN’s new truck generation range as it settles into the market following its launch in Australia in August 2022.
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Scania instrument digital display.

View from the Left Side

As a manufacturer, Scania has long realised the importance and potential of driver coaching, particularly in one-on-one situations with a trainer sitting in the passenger seat offering tips to the driver.
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Driving Force: Steve Broadbent

A second generation truck driver, Steve Broadbent stepped away from being a butcher and obtained his truck licence when he was 19 and has since driven around 6 million kilometres at the wheel of trucks. Read More

New Heights

Manfred Streit has taken the reins of Scania Australia as the brand rides a sustained wave of growth locally.
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Bright Star

In 2019, Bethany Magill was nominated by NatRoad to be a participant in Canberra at the Daimler Truck and Bus Future Leaders’ Forum, which was run by the Australian Trucking Association (ATA) and supported by Daimler Truck and Bus Australia Pacific.
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Ryan Laskey.

High Voltage

Despite being his first trip to Australia in nine years, Ryan Laskey, Dana Senior Vice President Commercial Vehicle Drive and Motion Systems, spoke to Prime Mover after a 20-hour flight from Detroit, buoyed by encouraging signs of market recovery.
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John Saint accepts an award from Volvo Group.

Patron Saint

In the past 30 years at JT Fossey Trucks in Tamworth, John Saint has sold more than 3,500 new trucks with all but a few being single unit sales.
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