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Feight, president of DAF, elevated to Paccar executive VP

Sept. 25, 2018
Will be relocating back to the United States

Paccar Inc. has promoted Preston Feight to executive vice president. He was most recently a Paccar vice president, and also president of DAF Trucks since April 2016.

DAF is the European arm of Paccar, parent company of Peterbilt Motors and Kenworth Trucks

Feight, who has been living in Europe, told Fleet Owner during the IAA Commercial Vehicles show he will be relocating back to the Seattle area. Paccar’s corporate headquarters building is located in Bellevue, WA.

In his new role, he will have oversight responsibility for DAF, as well as Paccar Parts.

Harry Wolters has been promoted to the new president of DAF. David Danforth is currently the global general manager for Paccar Parts. 

Feight has held numerous roles with Paccar in his 20 years with the company, including general manager of Kenworth in 2015.

At IAA, DAF displayed a wide variety of trucks, including the LF Electric and CF Electric.

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Neil Abt

Neil Abt, editorial director at Fleet Owner, is a veteran journalist with over 20 years of reporting experience, including 15 years spent covering the trucking industry. A graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., he began his career covering sports for The Washington Post newspaper, followed by a position in the newsroom of America Online (AOL) and then both reporting and leadership roles at Transport Topics. Abt is based out of Portland, Oregon.

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