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Who is the manufacturer of UD Trucks?

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Sarah Oconnor

Updated on April 23, 2026

Offices and plants

NameUD Trucks Bangkok Plant
AddressSamut Prakan, Thailand
Principal businessManufacture of trucks for growth markets Manufacture of parts for CKD
Date of establishment or foundationJuly 2013

Does Isuzu own UD Trucks?

Today UD Trucks was acquired by Isuzu Motors from the Volvo Group, as part of the completion of the strategic alliance between the Volvo Group and Isuzu Motors. Naoto Hakamata has been appointed Chairman of UD Trucks and Tetsuya Aiba CFO of UD Trucks effective April 1, 2021.

What is UD bus?

UD buses will offer passengers a modern transport solution while at the same time focusing on the operational essentials: fuel efficiency, reliability and optimized uptime. “By introducing a new bus range, we are offering growth market customers a product that has been developed to meet their specific needs.

Who makes UD?

Isuzu Motors
The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Isuzu Motors since 2021. Until 2010, the company was known as Nissan Diesel. The UD name was originally used for the company’s Uniflow Diesel Engine (a two-stroke diesel engine), developed in 1955, but is now marketed as meaning “Ultimate Dependability”.

What is a Nissan UD truck?

UD Trucks. UD Trucks Corporation is a Japanese company whose principal business is the manufacture and sales of light, medium and heavy duty diesel trucks, buses, bus chassis and special-purpose vehicles.

What are UD Trucks?

UD Trucks. UD Trucks Corporation (UDトラックス株式会社) is a Japanese company whose principal business is the manufacture and sales of light, medium and heavy duty diesel trucks, buses, bus chassis and special-purpose vehicles. The company is owned 100% by the Volvo Group under Volvo Trucks since 2007.

What is a truck dealer?

• TRUCK DEALER (noun) The noun TRUCK DEALER has 1 sense: 1. a firm that sells and buys trucks. Familiarity information: TRUCK DEALER used as a noun is very rare.