Navistar to Cut 250 Corporate Positions

Navistar International Corp. plans to eliminate about 250 salaried positions, with many coming from the company’s Warrenville, Ill., corporate headquarters, the Chicago Tribune reported.

Navistar, which has about 17,000 employees worldwide, did not disclose the specific impact the white-collar job cuts will have, the paper said.

The company is taking “significant steps” to reduce its overall spending, including cuts in consultants and contractors it uses, spokesman Roy Wiley told the Tribune in an interview.

The market for both medium and heavy-duty trucks remains mired in a slump, and the company said recently it will lay off 375 workers at its heavy-duty truck factory in Chatham, Ontario, Canada, the paper reported

Navistar, which makes trucks and engines, makes International brand trucks.