January 1, 2012
Editorial
Raising kids, raising companies
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM, by Bruce Sauer
MAYBE you have pushy kids. You know, the kind who never seem to be pleased with what they get. Buy them a kid's meal, they want it super-sized. Get them...
Industry Newsdesk
Muncie names new president
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Ray Chambers has been named chairman, chief executive officer, and president for Muncie Power Products, Inc. Chambers has more than two decades of proven...
Construction Equipment Manufacturers Forecast Slower Growth Pace From 2012-2014
Dec 14, 2011 2:43 PM
Construction equipment manufacturers anticipate overall business in 2011 will feature double-digit increases over last year in the U.S., Canada and worldwide, with growth slowing for 2012 through 2014, according to the annual business "outlook" survey of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers ...
Maxon donates liftgate to Marines group
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Maxon Lift Corporation has donated a Tuk-A-Way 72-25 liftgate to the non-profit Marine Corps SOS Organization of St Paul MN. Earlier in 2011, Frank Ranallo,...
Medium-, heavy-truck sales climb in November
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Medium- and heavy-truck sales were up 33% in November 2011 over the same period in 2010 and down 7% from October 2011, according to figures compiled by...
Hayes Lemmerz receives Wabash award
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Hayes Lemmerz International Inc is the recipient of Wabash National Corp's 2011 Supply Chain Leadership and Performance Pinnacle Supplier Award. One of...
Roundo joins fabricating company group
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Roundo AB has joined a group of family-owned metal fabricating companies in southern Sweden. This will enable the firm to grow exponentially with increased...
Wabash honors Truck-Lite as a top supplier
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Wabash National Corporation recently selected Truck-Lite as a top supplier during its annual supplier conference, recognition for going above and beyond...
Balqon enters European yard tractor arena
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Balqon Corporation, a developer of electric drive system technologies for commercial electric vehicles, announced the successful demonstration of a battery-powered...
Peterson Mfg earns award from Caterpillar
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Peterson Manufacturing Company has earned an industry award from Caterpillar Inc. The 2010 Supplier Quality Excellence Process Award was presented after...
Freightliner Honors Top 50 Dealers With Elite Status
Nov 10, 2011 3:09 PM
Freightliner Trucks has awarded its top 50 dealer sales professionals “Elite” status through its annual Leland James Sales Achievement program...
Great Dane Sets Up Training for New Plant
Nov 30, 2011 3:51 PM
Great Dane Trailers and Georgia Quick Start, the state’s workforce training organization, announced plans for training the company’s projected 400 new employees...
Austin Hardware & Supply Relocating Wisconsin Facility
Oct 4, 2011 2:41 PM
Austin Hardware and Supply, Inc., a supplier of specialty industrial and vehicular hardware, will relocate its Wisconsin facility from Deerbrook to Hudson later this month...
Utility’s Virginia Plant Achieves Safety Milestone
Dec 14, 2011 2:56 PM
Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company’s Marion, VA, manufacturing facility has achieved over two million hours without a single lost-time accident...
Tara CV Consulting Services Starts National Training Program
Nov 21, 2011 11:57 AM
Teresa Aquaro, President of Tara Commercial Vehicle Consulting Services, Inc. announced that the company will offer a 1˝-day sales training seminar for truck equipment salespersons. ...
New commercial vehicle registrations in European Union climb 7.7% in October
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM
New commercial vehicle registrations were up 7.7% in the European Union in October 2011, amounting to 162,901 units reflecting similar results in France...
Hino, Allison Sign Long-Term Exclusive Agreement
Nov 29, 2011 2:14 PM
Hino Trucks and Allison Transmission, Inc. have signed a multi-year, long-term agreement that will make Allison transmissions the preferred and exclusive transmission for all current and future Hino conventional trucks in the United States...
Product Profiles
ScoopDogg trip edge pushers introduced
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Buyers Products has added ScoopDogg trip edge pushers to its line of snow removal products. The multi-section steel trip edge design provides independent...
Ancra to provide Goldline, Silverline straps
May 1, 2011 12:00 PM
Ancra International has been named worldwide master distributor for Goldline and Silverline brand tarp straps. The agreement supersedes an arrangement...
NexStar manages crane system operations
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Auto Crane, a subsidiary and brand of Ramsey Industries, announced the NexStar crane management system. This patent-pending system is in full production...
Western Star forges ahead with 4700
Nov 1, 2011 12:00 PM, By Rick Weber
The Western Star 4700, a Class 8 vocational truck, is the first new commercial offering from the Daimler-owned company in over a decade, with targeted...
APSCO adds two products
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Air Power Systems Company (APSCO Inc) recently added the AV-195 and VM-2-X to its line of product offerings. The AV-195 is designed to address the needs...
Waytek adds four new FlexMod devices
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Waytek Inc, an electrical wiring supply distributor, now carries four new Flexmod battery management products to preserve and increase the life of starter...
Innotec provides BoardFree LED lighting
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Innotec introduces BoardFree LED lighting technology. BoardFree LED products offer these advantages: Extreme durability superior impact resistance, virtually...
Chelsea 870 Series PTO has power density
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Power density is what you will find in the Chelsea 870 Series PTO (power take-off). The new series provides a compact housing that helps eliminate clearance...
CPAN axle nut system can reduce expenses
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM
A new installation procedure developed by Rather Engineering using the CPAN axle nut system will reduce operational expense caused by excessive tightening...
Klinge Corporation's under-chassis gen-set built for specialized sliding skeletal trailers
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Klinge Corporation unveiled its new BRG-540-SC under-chassis generator set for specialized sliding skeletal trailers at Multimodal 2011 in Birmingham,...
ETV enhances Thermo King T-Series units
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Thermo King's new electronic throttling valve (ETV) enhances the firm's T-Series single-temp truck units with scroll compressors, including the T-600,...
The Road Ahead
CALENDAR
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM
January 31, February 2, 2012 National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW) Executive Summit, The Fairmont Washington DC, Washington DCwww.naw.org...
People and Positions
Trailer, truck, & body OEMs
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM
The Reading Group LLC appointed Brian P Nadel as chief executive officer. With an industry career spanning 25 years, Nadel most recently was with Dover...
Component manufacturers
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Waltco Lift Corporation has named Adam Hughes territory sales representative for the West Coast sales team. Hughes joins Waltco from Westrux Idealease...
Dealers/distributors
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM
W&B Service Company LP announced that Tracey Maynor has been named president and chief operating officer. John Chisolm, the owner of W&B Service Co, will...
Articles
Truck bodies and equipment complement the Towmaster line of trailers
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM, BY BRUCE SAUER
YOU DON'T ALWAYS KNOW for sure what the response will be when you run a help wanted ad. When Towmaster Inc was looking for a sales manager three years...
NTEA's Latin-Kasper says double-dip recession is out of the question, and truck market should grow steadily through 2016
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM, BY RICK WEBER
YOU can remove your hardhats now. The sky isn't falling anymore. Stephen Latin-Kasper, the National Truck Equipment Association's director of market data...
Canadian Transportation Equipment Association helps manufacturers and distributors anticipate the changes that a new day is bringing
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM, BY BRUCE SAUER
UN JOUR NOUVEU or as they say in English, a new day, is upon us. And the array of workshops and seminars at this year's Canadian Transportation Equipment...
With Phase 2 of CMVSS 121 looming in 2013, focus is on brakes, torque, balance, temperature
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM, BY RICK WEBER
HOW is Canada going to meet the CMVSS 121 compliance date of August 2013? It's an interesting problem, according to Eddy Tschirhart, who moderated a CTEA...
Group moves toward improving productivity, competitiveness, welding programs, and adherence to safety standards
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM, BY RICK WEBER
MANUFACTURING is a key driver for job creation and economic growth in Canada, and the country's 500,000 welding positions represent a fairly significant...
Start planning the sale of a business three years before you want it to happen and know why you're doing it
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM, BY RICK WEBER
You've spent a lifetime building your business. How much time have you spent building an exit strategy? Business owners should start planning an exit...
CTEA launches Job File similar to NTEA's MVP program, and will serve as a tool with which to rate a member's adherence to quality, regulations
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM, BY RICK WEBER
CTEA has launched the Job File Level of Excellence, a way of rating companies. According to CTEA director of technical programs Eddy Tschirhart, Job File...
Travis Body & Trailer introduces its newly refined half-round dump trailer
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM, BY BRUCE SAUER
TRAVIS Body & Trailer president Bud Hughes knows a good thing when he sees it, which is why he bought his way into the half-round dump trailer business....
The Work Truck Show & NTEA Convention preview: Work Truck Show returns to Indy, expecting a repeat of last year's event, which set records for attendance and exhibitors
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM, BY RICK WEBER
IT's working in Indy. It worked last year, when The Work Truck Show held in conjunction with the 47th annual National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA)...
LowLift hoist works in low-clearance areas
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM
The new LowLift cable hoist from Heil Environmental easily loads and unloads roll-off containers indoors or in areas with low overhead clearance and in...
Tommy Gate railgate can lift 3,000 pounds
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Tommy Gate has announced the release of an all-new 3,000-lb-capacity, high-cycle railgate for stake and van bodies. An extension of Tommy Gate's product...
Humbaur enhances heavy-duty trailers
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Humbaur GmbH extends the spectrum of its heavy-duty trailers with new model developments and improved standard equipment levels. The focus is on properties...
Stoops Freightliner offers Sprinter van that can transport deep-frozen cargo
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Stoops Freightliner is providing the first Sprinter van model that can transport deeply frozen cargo at -20 F. This unit is ready for delivery to customers...
Wabash Unveils Dry Freight Van Rated at 35,000 pounds
Nov 22, 2011 1:35 PM
Wabash National introduced the industry’s first dry freight van with a 35,000-pound floor rating—the DuraPlate XD-35, which allows cargo typically hauled on a flatbed trailer to be transported in a dry van...
Brown designs smaller hazmat trailer
Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Brown Specialty Vehicles has designed a smaller version of its hazardous materials trailer. The new design, called the Sentry, uses a smaller truck than...
