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June 29, 2009
Paccar delays plant opening one year
COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) — Paccar Inc., citing adverse economic conditions and a decrease in demand, has pushed back to late 2010 the expected opening date of its diesel engine plant near Columbus.
Although the plant originally was scheduled to begin operations late this year, the facility likely will not open until “late in 2010,” says Alan Treasure, spokesman at the company's Bellevue, Wash., office.
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