Grote Industries announced the relocation of its European headquarters to Niederwinkling, near Straubing, Germany. In addition to its world headquarters in Madison, Indiana, Grote maintains facilities in Canada, Mexico and Asia and had conducted its European operations from Spain since 2005...
A refrigerated intermodal container that includes a range of electronic monitoring capabilities has been placed in service by SRS Intermodal Leasing LLC...
American Humane Certified, an animal-welfare monitoring and humane-labeling program for food products, will convene a panel of experts in animal handling, animal science, veterinary medicine and transportation-equipment manufacturing to develop improved welfare standards for design, technology and monitoring of livestock transportation...
Orders for heavy-duty commercial vehicles are coming in as anticipated, according to the latest edition of FTR Associates’ North American Commercial Truck & Trailer Outlook. As a result, FTR’s forecast for 2009 calling for a decline of almost 47% in Class 8 truck production remains unchanged...
Regulations have always been major considerations when designing trailers, and recessions always seem to lead established trailer manufacturers to venture...
Bill Schaffer
