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Pac Foundries history
Pac Foundries company history timeline
In 1905, William Pigott, Sr. founded Seattle Car Mfg.
1908 Seattle Car opens a 120-acre railcar assembly plant in Renton, Washington.
1917 Edgar Worthington and partner Captain Frederick Kent acquire Gerlinger Motor Car Company and rename it the Gersix Motor Company.
1924 William Pigott Sr. sells control of Pacific Car and Foundry to American Car and Foundry.
1929 Kenworth opens a new Seattle factory to position the company for rapid growth.
1933 Kenworth becomes the first American truck manufacturer to install diesel engines as standard equipment.
1941 Pacific Car joins the war effort by supplying Sherman tanks, components for Boeing B-17 bombers, steel for new defense factories, and logging and mining equipment.
1949 DAF Trucks begins producing its first truck, the model A-30.
Pacific Car and Foundry greatly expanded its heavy-duty truck capability with the purchase of Peterbilt Motors Company in 1958.
Also in 1960, Carco Acceptance Corporation, currently PACCAR Financial Corp., was launched to facilitate domestic sales of trucks.
1962 Pacific Car and Foundry fabricates steel for Seattle's iconic Space Needle, built for the 1962 World's Fair.
In 1967 the Dynacraft division was formed to provide belts, hoses, adapters, and other accessories for Kenworth and Peterbilt truck plants.
1968 The Dynacraft division is formed to provide belts, hoses, adapters, and accessories for Kenworth and Peterbilt truck plants.
1971 The first "Australian-made" Kenworth, a K12CR, is built in a newly completed factory in Melbourne.
In 1973, two major divisions of PACCAR were founded.
1978 PACCAR receives an order from the People's Republic of China for 22 Kenworth trucks.
1980 PACCAR acquires Foden Trucks, one of the oldest truck producers in the world.
In 1986, PACCAR signed a merger agreement with Trico Industries, Inc., and became a recognized world leader in manufacturing oil field pumps and accessories.
In 1988, PACCAR expanded its subsidiary PACCAR Automotive, Inc. when it purchased Grand Auto, Inc., a California-based retailer of auto parts and accessories.
PACCAR solidified its place in the Mexican heavy-duty truck market by purchasing the remaining portion of its Mexican Operation, VILPAC, S.A. in 1995.
1995 Kenworth T600 receives the National Award for the Advancement of Motor Vehicle Research and Development.
1998 PACCAR acquires Leyland Trucks, one of Britain's leading manufacturing companies.
2002 The DAF LF wins the 2002 International Truck of the Year Award.
Kenworth ranks highest in customer satisfaction among vocational Class 8 trucks and medium-duty truck dealer service in the 2004 J.D. Power & Associates customer satisfaction studies.
2005 PACCAR celebrates its 100th year of operation with record revenues, net income and trucks delivered.
2007 The DAF XF105 earns the 2007 International Truck of the Year.
The world class factory has produced over 130,000 engines since it was opened in 2010.
In 2010, PACCAR unveiled its PACCAR MX engine line for North America.
2011 PACCAR earns the #1 technology ranking in InformationWeek magazine's 2011 Top 500 company listing.
2013 PACCAR celebrates the opening of its new DAF assembly plant in Ponta Grossa, Brasil in the state of Parana on October 2, 2013.
Ron E. Armstrong is named Chief Executive Officer, effective April 27, 2014.
2014 DAF’s cab factory in Westerlo, Belgium, produces its one millionth DAF cab.
2016 DAF celebrates 20 years as a PACCAR company.
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