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AM General Chief Touts Global Market For Aiding Company’s Success

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, April 6th, 2018

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AM General, the automotive manufacturer best known for building the Humvee multipurpose vehicle for the U.S. military, is finding tremendous success overseas, a key ingredient to its competitiveness, Andy Hove, the company’s president and CEO, said on April 4.Hove said AM General has the largest installed base of military vehicles globally, with more than 260,000 in service with over 70 countries. In 2017, 80 percent of the company’s military vehicle production was for international customers, he said as part of…

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