Renault Trucks

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Renault Trucks

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legal form Public company ( SAS )
founding 1894
Seat Saint-Priest , France
management Bruno Roger Michel Blin
(Chairman of the Board of Directors)
Branch commercial vehicles
Website www.renault-trucks.de

Renault Trucks is a French manufacturer of trucks with headquarters in Saint-Priest near Lyon . Its history goes back to 1894. From 1978 under the name Renault Véhicules Industriels, the company developed into one of the largest market players. Renault Trucks has been part of the Swedish Volvo Group , based in Gothenburg, since 2001 . The model range today primarily includes heavy trucks for long-distance, distribution and construction site traffic.

history

In 1955, Renault merged its production of heavy commercial vehicles with the manufacturers Somua and Latil under the name Saviem . In 1978, at the instigation of the French state, the group also took over the commercial vehicle manufacturer Berliet in order to create an internationally competitive market player. The founder Marius Berliet built his first engine in Lyon in 1894. In 1916 the factory in Véneux started operations, where engines for Renault Trucks are still manufactured today.

With the merger of Saviem and Berliet, the new company Renault Véhicules Industriels was created. The takeover of the truck division from Peugeot in 1981 added the existing production facilities in Great Britain and Spain as well as a sales network in the Benelux countries and parts of Scandinavia . In contrast to other manufacturers, Renault Véhicules Industriels mainly focused on medium-sized trucks, which brought the company high profits in the 1980s.

In order to expand its presence in the United States, Renault Véhicules Industriels took over a minority stake of 40% in Mack Trucks from the parent company in 1987 . The two companies had worked closely together in research and development since 1983 , after Renault joined Mack Trucks in 1979. In 1990, Mack Trucks agreed to be fully acquired by Renault Véhicules Industriels.

In the early 1990s, Renault Véhicules Industriels had to contend with falling demand, which among other things resulted in job cuts and the sale of a subsidiary for financial services. In 1993 the company founded a joint venture with the Czech bus manufacturer Karosa with the aim of obtaining a majority stake. In 1998 Renault Véhicules Industriels spun off the bus business and brought it with Iveco into the joint venture Irisbus . Renault Véhicules Industriels sold the 50% stake to the Fiat group in 2001 .

In 2000, the Swedish Volvo Group announced that it would take over Renault Véhicules Industriels. This created the second largest truck manufacturer in the world and a market leader in Europe. Renault Trucks became the sister brand of Volvo Trucks . Since 1990/1991 there had already been a cross-shareholding between Renault and Volvo, which however was dissolved again in 1993/1994 due to different strategic goals. In the years that followed, the collaboration between Volvo Trucks and Renault Trucks intensified, including in the field of drivetrains and the development of alternative drives.

Timeline of Volvo - and Renault -Nutzfahrzeugmarken since 1900
brand 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
Western star White Western Star Western star to DC
Autocar to White
White WhiteGMC Volvo
GMC (truck) GMC truck WhiteGMC Volvo
Volvo trucks Volvo
Volvo Buses Volvo
Leyland (bus) to BLMC Volvo
Renault Trucks Renault Saviem RVI Renault
Latil Saviem RVI Renault
SOMUA Saviem RVI Renault
Berliet to Citroën RVI Renault
Dodge -UK Dodge on PPE Renault
Commer at Rootes to Chrysler Dodge on PPE Renault
Career at Rootes to Chrysler Dodge on PPE Renault
Barreiros to Chrysler Dodge on PPE Renault
Mack Trucks Mack bus Mack Trucks to Renault VI
UD trucks Nippon Diesel Minsei Diesel UD Nissan Diesel UD trucks
Buses … ... from Renault, Saviem and Berliet Irisbus to Iveco
Sodomka / Karosa Sodomka Karosa to Renault VI Irisbus
ACMAT ALM ACMAT Renault Trucks
  •  Brand of an independent company with truck production before takeover by Volvo or Renault, possibly already active in other areas beforehand
  •  Brand of Renault or subsidiary
  • Brand of the Volvo Group, in which Renault had a 20% stake and currently still holds 17.5% of the voting rights
  •  Brand or majority sold or transferred to an independent company
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    structure

    In 2002 the company changed its name from Renault Véhicules Industriels to Renault Trucks. Since then, the company has been operating as a simplified stock corporation under French law ( Société par actions simplifiée ). Their share capital is 50 million euros. The business purpose extends to the development, production and sale of commercial vehicles, including all related activities. For several years now, sales and service of the five truck brands of the Volvo Group have been combined in several geographic units. While sales continue to be separate, the administrative tasks for Volvo Trucks and Renault Trucks have been brought together in the central organization Volvo Group Trucks Central Europe based in Ismaning .

    The current Chairman of the Board of Directors of Renault Trucks is Bruno Roger Michel Blin.

    Models

    The Renault Trucks range currently includes eight different trucks powered by four or six cylinder engines. The Renault Trucks T range, available with low and high cab , is intended for long-haul transport. In 2015, for example, it was named “International Truck of the Year”. The D series, of which there are also several variants, is a truck for distribution transport. This is already available with a natural gas drive and will be mass-produced as an electric version from 2019 . Two series are used on construction sites: the K series is intended for heavy construction sites and the C series for light construction sites. Renault Trucks also offers light commercial vehicles, including the Renault Master .

    In 2018 Renault Trucks was one of the first manufacturers to introduce its all-electric ZE range. At the same time, the company is continuously working on further improvements to diesel trucks.

    • Renault Trucks T

    • Renault Trucks D.

    • Renault Trucks K

    • Renault Trucks C.

    • Renault Trucks ZE

    criticism

    As the long-time owner of the Renault group, the French state had a decisive influence on the company. In 1986 it became known that France had given Renault Véhicules Industriels a loan of 1.5 billion francs and liquidity aid of 750 million francs. The European Commission considered this to be illegal aid and initiated infringement proceedings .

    literature

    • Peter J. Davies: The World Encyclopedia of Trucks . Manise, 2003, ISBN 978-2-84198-214-1 , pp. 256 (English, French: L'encyclopédie mondiale des camions .).
    • Patricia Kapferer, Tristan Gaston-Breton: Renault Trucks: Une autre idée du camion . Le Cherche Midi, 2005, ISBN 978-2-7491-0447-8 , p. 183 (French).

    Web links

    Commons : Renault Trucks  - Collection of Images

    Individual evidence

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    35. ↑ Renault: Brussels suspects secret subsidies. Commission accuses Paris of infringement. In: Handelsblatt . August 6, 1986, p. 4 .