WEST POINT, Miss., 3 Jan. 2008. At a special ceremony to honor the men and women of the nation's Armed Services, assembly-line workers presented military personnel with the one-thousandth International MaxxPro Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle from International Military and Government LLC, a wholly owned affiliate of Navistar International Corp.
Elected Officials, military personnel and numerous Navistar employees gathered together at the company's West Point, Mississippi plant where final assembly of the MaxxPro MRAP vehicle occurs to mark the special occasion and pay tribute to the troops serving in harm's way. MaxxPro MRAP vehicles are designed to protect troops from roadside bombs and other threats.
"We gather today at Navistar to honor the service and sacrifice of the troops with a special presentation of our 1,000th MaxxPro MRAP vehicle," says Archie Massicotte, president of International Military and Government LLC.
In just five months of production Navistar delivered its 1,000th MaxxPro MRAP vehicle to the military, and next month the company will reach another production milestone of 500 MRAP vehicles in a single month. Moreover, the company's swift production ramp up is set to manufacture 1,000 MaxxPro's in the months of March and April combined. Currently, there are more than 700 MaxxPro MRAP vehicles in theater.
