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2 www.bigrigowner.com N OV E M B E R 2 0 1 6 by Jeff Crissey COVER STORY > Even though there only a handful of players, the OEM truck business in North America is a complex market. All major players, save one, have relationships or ownership in coun- tries that provide a global presence – Volvo and Mack, Daimler with Freightliner and Western Star, and Paccar and DAF. Until recently, Navistar was the only player in the North American market without true international ties, and Volkswagen was a major European player without a stake in North America. That all changed with the announcement from Navistar and Volkswagen that the German truck and bus maker had secured a 16.6 percent stake in Navistar. Navistar, Volkswagen outline strategies for new partnership Troy Clarke, left, and Andreas Renschler, middle, talk about the fledgling partnership between Navistar and Volk- swagen at a meeting with trucking industry press at the bi-annual IAA show in Hanover, Germany, on Sept. 21.