NEWS & EVENTS

Jacobs Vehicle Systems, a worldwide manufacturer of heavy-duty diesel engine retarding and valve actuation systems, recently shipped the company’s first engine brake from its newly opened European facility near the city of Brno in the Czech Republic.

With its headquarters in Bloomfield, CT, and its Suzhou facility in Eastern China, Brno becomes the third production location as Jacobs continues to expand its global capacities.

BLOOMFIELD, CT, USA – Jacobs Vehicle Systems®, a worldwide manufacturer of heavy-duty diesel engine retarding systems and valve actuation systems, recently released the results of fuel consumption and emission reduction tests with the company’s Cylinder Deactivation (CDA) technology under evaluation with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Super Truck II program.

Fleets to get hands-on opportunity to experience new technologies

BLOOMFIELD, CT, USA – Jacobs Vehicle Systems, a leading worldwide manufacturer of diesel engine retarding systems and valve actuation systems, has launched the company’s North American Technology Tour, which will feature a new demonstrator truck equipped with technological enhancements to promote better fuel consumption, reduce harmful emissions and improve engine braking capabilities.   

Jacobs Vehicle Systems®, a leading worldwide manufacturer of heavy-duty diesel engine retarding systems and valve actuation systems, recently celebrated the delivery of its eight millionth engine brake. 

This milestone comes less than two years after Jacobs shipped its seven millionth brake, and nearly 60 years after the company’s first engine brake, invented by Clessie Cummins, was introduced to the trucking industry by Jacobs.