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Encyclopedia > Navistar

Navistar International Corporation (NYSE: NAV) is the parent company of International Truck and Engine Corporation, a leading producer of mid-range diesel engines, medium trucks, heavy trucks, severe service vehicles, and parts and service sold under the International® brand. IC Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary, produces school buses. The company also is a private label designer and manufacturer of diesel engines for the pickup truck, van and SUV markets. The diesel engine is a type of internal combustion engine; more specifically, it is a compression ignition engine, in which the fuel is ignited by being suddenly exposed to the high temperature and pressure of a compressed gas containing oxygen (usually atmospheric air), rather than a separate source of ignition... A yellow school bus. ... Pickup truck with extended cabin and homebuilt lumber rack. ... Van can mean: van (road vehicle) van (rail vehicle), also called a boxcar Turkish Van cat shortened form of vanguard the VAN method for earthquake prediction Van is also the name of several places: In Turkey: Van, town Van, province Lake Van In the United Kingdom: Van, Caerphilly In the... A sport utility vehicle (SUV) or off-roader is a vehicle that combines the load-hauling and passenger-carrying capacity of a large station wagon or minivan with features designed for off-road driving. ...


The company's products, parts and services are sold through a network of nearly 1,000 dealer outlets in the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Mexico and more than 60 dealers in 90 countries throughout the world. The company also provides financing for its customers and distributors principally through its wholly owned subsidiary, Navistar Financial Corporation. The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ... The Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil in Portuguese) is the largest and most populous country in South America, and fifth largest in the world. ... The United Mexican States or Mexico (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or México; regarding the use of the variant spelling Méjico, see section The name below) is a country located in North America, bordered to the north by the United States of America, to the southeast by Guatemala and Belize, to...


The company was formed in 1985 as a spinout from International Harvester Corporation of Chicago, Illinois, a diversified manufacturer of farming equipment, truck, buses, and related components. 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... International Harvester was an American corporation based in Chicago that produced a multitude of agricultural machinery and vehicles. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ...


List of Navistar engines

Ford may mean a number of things: A ford is a river crossing. ... The Liberty V8 aircraft engine clearly shows the configuration :See also V8 (beverage) A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders. ... The Liberty V8 aircraft engine clearly shows the configuration :See also V8 (beverage) A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders. ... The straight-6 (also inline 6, I-6, or I6) is an internal combustion engine with six cylinders aligned in a single row. ...

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Navistar: Transfer of Trade Secrets Recorded on Paper Subject to California Sales Tax (State & Local Tax Bulletin ... (3496 words)
Navistar argued that Solar's trade secrets should be classified as nontaxable intangibles, and the paper documents on which they were recorded ignored, because Caterpillar's "true object" was the acquisition of the intangible trade secrets, rather than the tangible paper documents.
Navistar argued that Regulation 1501 establishes that the transfer of intangible personal property (i.e., an original idea) recorded on paper is nontaxable as long as the true object of the transaction is the acquisition of the intangible property rather than the paper.
Navistar contended that the evidence supported the conclusion that the true object was the nontaxable trade secrets since the tangible means of conveying the intangible property (the paper) was not "of particular value as an item of tangible personal property" and was not physically useful in the manufacturing process.
Navistar Chassis Update at NTEA (1196 words)
Navistar managers who spoke during the seminar included Rex Kuhn, special equipment consultant; Al Ambrosini, southeast regional sales manager in the engine division; and Bill Cheever, northeast regional sales manager in the engine division.
Navistar recently broke ground for a 50,000-sq-ft expansion at its technical center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Kuhn said.
Navistar's new single-box engine controller is located on the upper left-hand side of the I-6 DT466 or 530 engines.
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