"I've spent a goodly portion of my career in the heavy truck industry around the world, and I really like the truck business."

It also means an expansion in the truck business, whether by acquisition, alliance or a go-it-alone strategy.

Both firms have taken a 45 per cent stake in each other 's truck business.

A booming economy combined with a shift to just-in-time deliveries has meant a boom for the truck business.

The sales manager believed that "once the country adjusts itself to World War I, the truck business will be better than ever."

By the end of World War I, their major income was from their truck business.

This big V-8 was responsible for putting Ford squarely in the heavy truck business.

"But I don't think that's a good strategy, because then you start to put yourself into the truck business."

Under Chinese law, no foreign company can have more than two joint ventures in either the car or truck business.

Its truck business is the world's largest, and it is in a good position to benefit from the weak mark.