October 1, 2012
Editorial
Do you make a difference?
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM, by Bruce Sauer
IT's the little things we do in life that add up to make a difference in this world and in our companies. The most current example of little things adding...
Industry Newsdesk
Taking a trailer to the people
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM, By Rick Weber
Julia Hutton owned and operated Biker Babes and Beyond LLC, an Arizona-based motorcycle apparel shop with sales that slumped during the Great Recession....
VT Hackney opens plant in Kansas, plans to increase Kidron truck body production
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
VT Hackney Inc, a unit of VT Systems Inc, plans to increase production of its Kidron insulated and refrigerated truck bodies by more than 50% per year...
Meritor: 2012 Remanufacturer of the Year
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
ReMaTecNews, an international news magazine and website for remanufacturing based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, has named Meritor the 2012 Remanufacturer...
Utility Expands Plants in Arkansas, Virginia
Sep 12, 2012 1:34 PM
Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company has expanded its dry van manufacturing plant in Paragould, Arkansas, and its reefer manufacturing plant in Marion, Virginia...
Powerbrace builds its longest lockrod yet
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Powerbrace Corporation, manufacturer of lockrods to secure swing doors on truck trailers, recently developed the longest lockrod in its history. Produced...
VIPAR Heavy Duty adds CommPar LLC
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
VIPAR Heavy Duty has announced that CommPar LLC in Sterling Heights MI is the newest stockholder to join the organization's network of distributors. The...
Manufacturing technology orders slow in July, continue positive for the year
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
US manufacturing technology orders in July 2012 totaled $449.69 million according to AMT The Association For Manufacturing Technology. This total, as...
Beall Corporation Files Chapter 11
Sep 27, 2012 9:16 AM
Beall Corporation Inc announced that it commenced reorganization proceedings on September 24 in Portland, Oregon, intending to use the reorganization to seek new partnerships and working capital investments that will return the company to historic levels of profitability...
Freightliner Produces 500,000th Vehicle at Mount Holly Plant
Sep 13, 2012 1:37 PM
Freightliner Trucks celebrated the production of its 500,000th vehicle at its Mount Holly, N.C. plant, turning over the keys to the truck – a Freightliner Business Class M2 106 with a utility body – to Duke Energy officials at a Town Hall meeting at the plant...
East Trailer Names Superior Trailer Sales New Dealer
Aug 2, 2012 11:06 AM
Superior Trailer Sales Company, has been named an authorized dealer for East Manufacturing. With five full-service locations, Superior Trailer Sales will offer East’s full line of flatbed, dump, and refuse trailers at dealerships located in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas...
OPW Becomes New Life Distributor
Jul 2, 2012 10:51 AM
New Life announced that OPW -- The Original Parts Warehouse in Concord Ontario -- has agreed to become its sole Canadian distributor with exclusive distribution rights...
Timbren Industries Acquires STI Suspensions
Sep 26, 2012 1:53 PM
Timbren Industries Inc., a manufacturer of suspension-enhancement systems for trucks and light-duty suspensions for trailers, has accquired the assets of Suspension Technology Ind. (STI) based in Canton, Ohio...
Utility Trailer expands Arkansas plant
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company announces the expansion of its dry van manufacturing plant in Paragould AR. The 22,000-square-foot expansion includes...
Meritor boosts investment in European brake operations by $16 million
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Meritor Inc has announced an incremental investment of $16 million in its European brake operations. This builds on a $42 million investment the company...
Koike Aronson expands to meet rising demand
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Koike Aronson Inc/Ransome, a manufacturer of metal cutting and positioning equipment, has begun the addition of approximately 30,000 square feet of manufacturing...
Meritor Receives Four Quality Awards from PACCAR
Jul 24, 2012 1:38 PM
Four Meritor manufacturing facilities were bestowed PACCAR’s 2011 Quality Achievement Award—which is among the industry’s most demanding due to the high standards established for supplier parts and component quality and recognizes suppliers that have achieved a defect rate of 50 parts per million (PPM) or less during 2011...
Worldwide heavy-duty truck market on verge of increasing dedicated production platforms
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
After less than 10 years, since Western original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) started entering Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC) markets with...
Product Profiles
Anthony Liftgates extends equipment life cycles using alternative to galvanizing
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Anthony Liftgates has replaced the powdercoat process with PRP Metal Polymerization, a PRP Industries' Alternative to Galvanizing corrosion protection...
TRP offers driveshaft components
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
TRP announces the availability of its driveshaft component program. This complete program offers premium U-joints and center bearings in a variety of...
Globetech provides combo connection unit
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Globetech Manufacturing has introduced a single product for air and electrical connection needs. The new 3-to-1 combo by Globetech gives customer ABS...
Abex brake block meets FMVSS 121
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
A new offering of Abex commercial-vehicle drum brake block that meet Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 121 Reduced Stopping Distance (RSD)...
LORD presents bumper repair adhesive
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
LORD Corporation is offering the Fusor 132/133 Sand in 10 bumper repair adhesive. Developed for collision repair professionals, Fusor 132/133 adhesive...
Muncie HS24 Series PTO designed for Hino
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Muncie's new HS24 Series is a 10-bolt clutch-shift power take-off (PTO) system for limited clearance applications and was specifically designed for the...
Alcoa aluminum wheels reduce carbon footprint of commercial vehicles: study
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Alcoa has released the findings of a peer-reviewed life cycle assessment (LCA), which concludes that Alcoa aluminum wheels substantially cut the carbon...
Virtual Tech application like having a ride-along service technician on duty
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
As part of its new APX control system, Carrier Transicold introduces Virtual Tech, a diagnostic application that continually monitors trailer refrigeration...
Thermo King Receives EPA, CARB Certification for 25hp-plus Engines
Sep 17, 2012 3:36 PM
Thermo King has received Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB) certification for 2013 model year engines greater than 25 horsepower and has done so without the use of a diesel particulate filter...
Goodyear tire can handle severe service
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has introduced a new truck tire for oilfield, mining, logging, and construction applications: the Goodyear G741 MSD....
Grote expands SuperNova NexGen line
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Grote Industries has expanded its SuperNova NexGen LED lamp offering with the introduction of its integrated flange four-inch stop/tail/turn and dual-system...
One year later, EverTough by Eaton excels
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Eaton Corporation said that one year after its launch, the EverTough by Eaton line of aftermarket clutches is successfully meeting the needs of users...
SAF-Holland makes Black Armour standard
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
SAF-Holland has announced that its proprietary Black Armour corrosion and rust prevention treatment will be offered as a standard feature on SAF CBX air...
Cummins announces engine line for 2013
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Cummins Inc has announced its engine products that will be available to North American trucking customers in 2013. Product improvements continue to offer...
Scotchman makes faster ironworkers
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Scotchman Industries has announced recent improvements to three models of its ironworkers. The new hydraulic system being installed in several of the...
People and Positions
People and Positions
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Trailer, truck, & body OEMs Volvo Trucks announced that effective October 1, 2012, Gran Nyberg is the new president of North American Sales & Marketing,...
Articles
Air-Weigh celebrates 25 years of watching weight
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Air-Weigh celebrated its 25th year of business by introducing a variety of products designed to provide real-time data on truck and trailer loading. The...
New Madigan facility puts parts where customers can see them
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM, BY BRUCE SAUER
TIM MADIGAN has a simple perspective on selling parts. If people don't know we have a product, shame on us, he says. With that in mind, his company took...
Thermo King Northwest benefits from new tool from its key supplier
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM, BY BRUCE SAUER
ONE of the parts manager's biggest challenges is knowing when enough is enough. Specifically, how much inventory is needed to achieve the desired fill...
Great Dane updating facilities to help branches serve local customers
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
FOR Great Dane Trailers, the good news is that some of its branches have been serving their markets for decades in the same location. But even well built...
Utility Trailers of New England new trailer dealer branch committed to quick parts delivery
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM, BY BRUCE SAUER
For Utility Trailers of New England, the mission is simple: deliver the parts. The company, with locations in Seabrook, New Hampshire, and a new facility...
Meritor enhances remanufacturing facility
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
To meet its North American customers' growing need for remanufactured components, especially brake shoes, Meritor has made major investments at its remanufacturing...
Profit Scorecard: Part II
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM, BY RICK WEBER
The August issue of Trailer/Body Builders gave most of the areas that trailer dealers should address to become a more profitable business. This month...
Replacing friction material requires care
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM, BY RICK WEBER
WHEN replacing friction material with an aftermarket component that isn't supplied by a brake's original equipment manufacturer (OEM), fleets and drivers...
NTEA's Latin-Kasper says slow growth in 2013 will give way to big years for work-truck industry as construction, government spending rise
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM, BY RICK WEBER
WHEN 2012 is over, it will have served as a significant transition year setting up a year of slow growth in 2013 and then a robust period for the industry...
The Road Ahead
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
October 7-10, 2012 American Trucking Associations (ATA) Management Conference & Exhibition, Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas NV 703-838-1995http://mce.trucking.org...
International Transport Forum issues statistics update
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
The 2012 edition of the International Transport Forum's annual statistics update gathers data from the forum's 54 member nations for the period 1970-2010....
Dealer credits Touch n Seal with help getting reefer trailers back on the road
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Established in 1981, Ozark Utility is a franchised dealer of Utility Trailer Mfg, a producer of refrigerated trailers. Based in Springfield MO, the company...
Vortex Unlimited brake drum stays cooler
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Webb Wheel has introduced the Vortex Unlimited, a cast brake drum now available for popular steer, drive, and trailer axle applications. Vortex Unlimited,...
Daimler Trucks North America adds tire pressure monitoring systems
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has launched new tire pressure monitoring technology as an aftermarket offering for its Freightliner, Western Star,...
Meritor adds to MTA suspension family
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Meritor Inc announced the production of the MTA25 low-mount and MTA30 low-mount trailer suspensions, the two newest family members of its MTA (Meritor...
Bed Armor liner offered in aerosol spray
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Making lasting bed protection easier for truck owners, Dupli-Color has made its Bed Armor do-it-yourself truck bed liner available in an aerosol spray....
Slider side fairing can boost fuel savings
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Aerofficient announced that production of its Slider side fairing for on-highway trailers will begin in April 2012. The patent-pending system automatically...
Parker Hannifin division offers glycol control valves in forged body design
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
The Fluid Control Division of Parker Hannifin Corporation now offers its glycol control valves in a completely forged body design to the heavy-duty vehicle...
Rugged Ridge adds new floor liner colors
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Omix-ADA, a manufacturer of truck and off-road parts and accessories, announced the availability of an expanded line of Rugged Ridge all-terrain floor...
Preco beacons handle most applications
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Preco introduces three new LED beacons to provide an LED warning solution for almost any application. The 7620 (Class 1) is ideal for situations needing...
Fontaine app simplifies locating parts
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Fontaine Parts Connection has added an easy-to-use parts finder application to its website, www.fifthwheel.com. The app makes it easy for customers to...
Alliance has online parts search tool
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Alliance Truck Parts has launched an online parts lookup tool to help customers find the right part among competing numbers and naming conventions. The...
Truck-Lite offers New Product Supplement
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Truck-Lite has released its 2012 New Product Supplement, a complement to its full-line product catalog. This new 10-page brochure nicely illustrates 50...
Betts Spring Co launches new website
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Betts Spring Company has launched a new interactive website focused exclusively on its heavy truck parts distribution operation: www.BettsTruckParts.com....
Literature focuses on Henkel product line
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
A simply organized, easy-to-use brochure from Henkel Corporation details the company's complete line of products and services for industrial surface treatment....
Optronics publishes 2012 master catalog
Oct 1, 2012 12:00 PM
Optronics has released its 2012 master catalog, which includes more than 1,900 lighting products and accessories. The 228-page publication features LED...
