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

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, April 5th, 2018

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

R. Andrew Hove, president and CEO of AM General. Photo: AM General

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 Wednesday.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 a…

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