September 1, 2006
Feature Articles
The family knows snow
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM
BUSINESS at Kooy Brothers is growing so fast that the Kooy family can't keep up. Sixteen people who are not related to anyone in the Kooy family now work for the Toronto-based company...
Changes in snowplow-mounting guidelines
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM, BY RICK WEBER
GENERAL MOTORS has made the most significant changes in the manufacturers' snowplow-mounting guidelines for the 2007 model year. ...
Web-savvy sales
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM, BY RICK WEBER
the beauty of Internet sales is that there is no geographical limitation on potential customers. NBC has customers as far west as Washington, as far east as Maine, and everywhere in between....
Industry Newsdesk
Heil Environmental sells truck equipment business
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Heil Environmental has sold its truck equipment business, consisting of the Heil Truck Equipment Group and Heil South distributorship, to Truck Bodies and Equipment International Inc (TBEI)...
Tremcar acquires Hutchinson Industries
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Tremcar Technologies has acquired Hutchinson Industries Canada inc. ...
FCCC opens new Factory Service Center
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp (FCCC) has opened its new Factory Service Center in Gaffney SC. ...
Wabash National reports 2Q, YTD results
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Wabash National Corp has announced results for the three-and six-month periods ended June 30, 2006. Net sales for the quarter were $333.6 million...
Breakdown assistance program debuts
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Freightliner's new Excelerator breakdown assistance program is now available to owner-operators and fleets of up to 25 units. ...
Willis APU builder moves to larger facility
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Anticipating sales growth into the triple digits, Auxiliary Power Dynamics, manufacturers of the Willis APU, completed its move to a new facility in Sparks NV that is five times bigger than Willis' previous location...
Reconfigured Day Cab facility will close
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Freightliner LLC is closing its Reconfigured Day Cab manufacturing operation in Tooele UT. Shutdown of manufacturing operations will occur on a phased basis through October and November 2006...
Mack, Volvo open new PDC in Florida
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Mack Trucks Inc and Volvo Trucks North America, both members of the Volvo Group of companies, have opened a new parts distribution center in Jacksonville Florida...
Purchase reflects dealer's silver anniversary
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co has announced that one of its Canadian dealers, Ocean Trailer, has purchased 25 new Utility 3000R reefers with Alcoa Translite exterior panels. ...
ArvinMeritor commits to FreedomLine, will discontinue Meritor production
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM
ArvinMeritor has decided to place greater emphasis on the sales and marketing of the FreedomLine automated manual transmission by ZF Friedrichshafen in Germany...
PacLease gains Lone Star State locations
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Paccar Leasing Co (PacLease) has added three Texas locations in Corpus Christi, Laredo, and Pharr. The new branch locations are operated by French-Ellison PacLease, headquartered in San Antonio TX. ...
ArvinMeritor will build new plant in China
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM
ArvinMeritor Inc will open a new wholly owned operation in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China. The 300,000-square-foot facility will initially manufacture trailer axles and suspensions...
Thiele turns out 250,000th truck body
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM
In 2001, Thiele celebrated its 100th year in business, and in June 2006, the firm rolled out its 250,000th truck body. ...
Companies sign tire supply agreement
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Continental Tire North America Inc has signed an agreement with International Truck and Engine Corp to supply International branded trucks with Continental tires. ...
Carrier Transicold expands CPEC program
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Carrier Transicold, a business unit of United Technologies Corp, has lowered the price and expanded the range of trailer refrigeration units covered under its CPEC program...
Kenworth making Chillicothe plant bigger
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Kenworth is expanding its production plant in Chillicothe OH by nearly 30%. This project will add 105,000 square feet to the Kenworth-Chillicothe plant...
A Rumble by the River for a Truck-Lite trophy
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM
The Monroe County Fairgrounds in Monroe MI marked the spot that kicked off the 2006 National Association of Show Trucks (NAST) Truck-Lite trophy series....
Jerr-Dan Corp adds five new distributors
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM
JerrDan Corp has added five new distributors to its nationwide sales and service network...
Thermo King Corp marks 50 years in refrigerated container shipping
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Thermo King Corp is celebrating its 50-year anniversary within the container shipping industry in 2006. Thermo King built the first container refrigeration unit in 1956, just 18 years after the company invented the first truck refrigeration unit. ...
Western Star trucks serve Nevada agency
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM
The Nevada Department of The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) recently purchased 36 Western Star trucks. NDOT will distribute the trucks among its snowplow, sander, and dump truck fleets...
Collins tallies fiscal figures, declares dividend
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Collins Industries Inc has reported results for its fiscal 2006 third quarter. Sales for the quarter ended July 31, 2006, increased 11% to a third-quarter record $89.2 million...
PSI reports record sales in fiscal 2005
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Pressure Systems International Inc (PSI) reported that fiscal year 2005 sales of the Meritor Tire Inflation System (MTIS) by PSI increased 30% over 2004...
Utilimaster produces 5,000th DuraPlate
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM
For nearly five years, Utilimaster Corp has been incorporating DuraPlate into its production line and recently built its 5,000th truck body using the material. The milestone truck was built for UPS Cartage Services....
Webb's Indiana facility is ISO-certified
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Webb Wheel's OEM Business Unit facility in Tell City IN has recently acquired the ISO 9001:2000 registration. ...
NTEA Business and Market Planning Summit to deliver insights, forecasts
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM
The National Truck Equipment Association 2007 Business and Market Planning Summit (formerly the Economic Outlook Conference) will be held Oct 3-4, 2006, at the Embassy Suites Hotel Chicago-O'Hare Rosemont...
NTDA annual convention scheduled for October
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM
The 17th annual National Trailer Dealers Association (NTDA) Convention is set for Oct 24-26, 2006, at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Resort in Cambridge MD...
Product Profiles
Snowplows can be controlled in any position
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Hiniker Co's new 1852 and 1952 DA-Series V-plows use double-acting angling cylinders to provide full moldboard control in all positions. ...
Product Profiles
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM
New for 2006, the Avalanche dump box salt/sand spreader connects to a dump body in about 15 minutes. ...
People and Positions
Trailer, truck, & body OEMs
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM
The board of directors of FTEC Inc, dba Fontaine Truck Equipment Co, a subsidiary of Omaha Standard Inc, has appointed Gary Overby president and Ross DePaul chief financial officer of the company....
Component manufacturers
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Pioneer, a Wastequip company formerly known as Pioneer-Cover-all, has named Lenny Brescia president. ...
Fabricators
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM
MegaFab has consolidated the service departments of its three major machine tool brands: Whitney, Piranha, and Bertsch. ...
Industry association profiles
Sep 1, 2006 12:00 PM
The Intermodal Association of North America has named Rip Watson to the newly created position of director of communications and public relations. ...
