MACK
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American truck manufacturer founded in 1900, which took its present name in 1922 and has belonged to Volvo since 2000.
- Founded
- 1900, as the Mack Brothers Company
- First truck
- 1905
- Name
- Mack Trucks since 1922
- Owner
- Volvo, since 2000
Mack Trucks was founded in Brooklyn in 1900 as the Mack Brothers Company and built its first truck in 1905, the year it also moved its headquarters to Allentown, Pennsylvania, where it stayed for over a century.
The company adopted its present name in 1922 and has been a subsidiary of Volvo since 2000, when Volvo bought Mack and its former parent Renault Véhicules Industriels. Its trucks are built in Lower Macungie, Pennsylvania, and Salem, Virginia.
- 1900Mack Brothers Company founded in Brooklyn
- 1905First truck built; headquarters moved to Allentown
- 1922Company adopts the name Mack Trucks
- 2000Becomes a subsidiary of Volvo
- 2009Headquarters moved to Greensboro, North Carolina
