January 1, 2010
Editorial
Ringing in the new business as usual
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, by Bruce Sauer
It's time to look forward. Last year Trailer/Body Builders' 50th year of covering the commercial truck and trailer industry was a great time to look back at the rich history of our past...
Industry Newsdesk
US economic recovery expected to continue in 2010, panel predicts
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Economic growth in the United States will resume in 2010, say the nation's purchasing and supply management executives in their December 2009 Semiannual Economic Forecast. Expectations for 2010 are for positive conditions experienced in the second half of 2009 to continue in manufacturing, while the non-manufacturing sector foresees marginal growth...
Commercial trailer net orders drop in November
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
November 2009 net orders for commercial trailers declined 27% from a strong October performance, but posted a 73% gain over November 2008, according to ACT Research Co, a source of analysis in the commercial truck and trailer market...
Navistar Defense Wins Foreign Military Sale from Israel
Jan 5, 2010 2:02 PM
Navistar Defense LLC today announced that it has made a new foreign military sale to the Israel Ministry of Defense. Under the $12 million contract, Navistar will deliver 114 medium tactical vehicles by June 2010...
Oshkosh Defense Receives $290 Million Order From Army
Jan 5, 2010 2:04 PM
Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK) announced that its Defense division has received a delivery order valued at more than $290 million from the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command Life Cycle Management Command (TACOM LCMC) to deliver more than 725 next-generation Palletized Load Systems (PLS) A1. The order was issued under the U.S. Army’s existing Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles (FHTV) contract. Production will begin in April 2010 and be completed in September 2011...
Cargotec Sells Waltco Hydraulics To Ligon Industries
Jan 7, 2010 1:34 PM
Cargotec has sold its US-based hydraulic cylinders manufacturing business Waltco Hydraulics to Ligon Industries, LLC. The parties have agreed not to disclose the transaction value. Waltco Hydraulics, situated in Ohio, was part of Waltco Lift Corp., belonging to the Tail Lift (Liftgate) division within Industrial and Terminal business area at Cargotec...
Thomas Takes Order For SCR School Buses
Jan 4, 2010 2:10 PM
Thomas Built Buses, Daimler Trucks North America’s school bus operation, recently announced that the company has received an order for 59 Saf-T-Liner HDX school buses. The contract, with Montgomery County, MD, is the first major order for model year 2010 buses with SCR technology received by Thomas Built. The buses will be delivered to Montgomery County public schools during the summer of 2010...
NHTSA Proposes Changes to Bus Emergency Exits
Dec 28, 2009 12:48 PM
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued an NPRM that proposes two housekeeping measures relating to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 217, “Bus emergency exits and window retention and release.”...
Palfinger Forms New Distribution Company
Dec 28, 2009 12:52 PM
The Palfinger North America Group has announced the formation of Paltec Truck Equipment Company, which will begin business on January 1...
Demountable Concepts Forms Strategic Alliance with NetLogistik
Jan 6, 2010 12:29 PM
Demountable Concepts, Inc. is capitalizing on a strategic alliance with NetLogistik of Mexico City and over twenty years experience as North America’s leading supplier of demountable truck body systems to increase utilization of their delivery and distribution systems in Mexico ...
Buyers Products Acquires Assets Of Lotridge Rubber Company
Dec 28, 2009 12:49 PM
The owners of Buyers Products Company have announced the acquisition of certain operating assets of Lotridge Rubber Company of Botkins, Ohio...
Thermo King, Landshire develop custom vans to streamline distribution
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Landshire Sandwiches has grown much through its 50-plus years, evolving to best service a growing customer base...
ATA Truck Tonnage Index jumps 2.7% in November
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 2.7% in November 2009, following a 0.2% contraction in October...
Navistar acquires Continental Mfg Co
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Navistar International Corporation has acquired Continental Manufacturing Company Inc, the largest privately held mixer manufacturer in North America...
Cummins Receives $54 Million For SuperTruck,Light-Duty Projects
Jan 11, 2010 2:06 PM
United States Secretary of Energy Dr. Steven Chu today announced that Cummins will receive nearly $54 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE) for two projects aimed at improving fuel efficiency in heavy-duty and light-duty vehicles...
Rice Lake acquires Precision Loads
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Rice Lake Weighing Systems announces the purchase of Precision Loads of Seattle WA, completed as of October 2009...
SAF-HOLLAND Secures Financing Until 2014
Nov 30, 2009 3:20 PM
SAF-HOLLAND has reached agreement with its banks on a restructuring and extension of the existing $474 million credit line until 2014. Negotiations have been successfully completed...
Ramsey Industries Tries to Reorganize
Dec 29, 2009 3:22 PM
Tulsa-based winch and crane maker Ramsey Industries Inc. is attempting to reorganize under bankruptcy protection, according to the Tulsa World...
Product Profiles
Raymond's Swing-Reach forklifts take energy-saving to new heights
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Raymond Corporation's new 9000 series Swing-Reach forklifts come with a range of energy-saving devices, including regenerative lowering that automatically...
Kinedyne strap assemblies get new look
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Many of Kinedyne's webbing products were changed recently to incorporate black edges, gold color webbing, and a new stencil pattern...
EPA, CARB certify Volvo diesel engines for 2010
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Volvo Trucks North America's D11 and D13 engines have been certified by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board as meeting upcoming 2010 diesel emissions standards...
MAC Trailer selects standard ABS supplier
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Meritor WABCO Vehicle Control Systems has announced that MAC Trailer has selected Meritor WABCO as its standard antilock braking system (ABS) supplier, effective July 1, 2009...
Air-Weigh LoadMaxx gains certification
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Air-Weigh announced that the LoadMaxx on-board scale has successfully passed independent testing to verify conformance to the protection requirements of the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive...
Warn's winch boasts 30,000-lb capacity
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Warn Industries has released a winch with more pulling capacity than any in the company's 60-year history...
Mack MP engines certified for EPA2010
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Mack Trucks Inc diesel engines have been certified by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board to meet the near-zero emissions standards that take effect in January 2010...
Hino Trucks Engines Rank Highest in Customer Satisfaction
Jan 7, 2010 1:28 PM
Hino Trucks engines rank highest in customer satisfaction for a second consecutive year, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Medium-Duty Truck Engine and Transmission Customer Satisfaction Study...
Motor Wheel debuts CentriFuse Plus
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Motor Wheel Commercial Vehicle Systems Inc, a Precision Partners Inc company, has introduced CentriFuse Plus long-life/severe-service brake drums...
Oshkosh Receives $24 Million Order For TAK-4 Suspensions
Sep 29, 2009 1:59 PM
Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK) announced that its Defense division has received orders valued at $24 million to supply its TAK-4 independent suspension system for more than 300 BAE Systems USCS RG-33 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles...
Cummins ISX an option on Cascadia BBC truck
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Freightliner Trucks announced the availability of the Cummins ISX Series engine as an option for the Freightliner Cascadia 125-inch BBC product line...
People and Positions
Trailer, truck, & body OEM news from the industry
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Mack Trucks Inc has named Curtis Dorwart vocational marketing product manager. He reports to Michael Reardon, Mack vice-president of marketing...
Component manufacturers news
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
With the completion of SAF-Holland's new financing agreement, Dr Reiner Beutel has stepped down as chief executive officer and member of the board of...
Articles
Looking into crystal ball
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, BY RICK WEBER
The industry has taken a bloody nose from a series of haymakers delivered by The Recession...
Car Mate seeing upswing in business as specialized markets perk up
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, BY BRUCE SAUER
Ready for some upbeat news in the trailer market? How about a 60% boost in sales last month?...
Truck bodies, trailers debut at ICUEE
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, BY BRUCE SAUER
More than 16,500 attendees the second-most on record saw the latest truck bodies, trailers, and truck equipment designed for the construction and utility markets...
PREVIEW: The Work Truck Show & NTEA Convention
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, BY RICK WEBER
You might know it for its nicknames: Gateway to the West, Gateway City, or Mound City...
MAC's PneuMACtic tank trailer the product of creative interaction
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
MAC Trailer now introduces the PneuMACtic tank trailer...
Strick Introduces Armorplate II
Jul 16, 2009 12:27 PM
The Strick Trailer Corporation introduced its newest dry van model, the Armorplate II post and composite plate trailer, featuring 101.5” of inside width...
Holland FWAL optional on Freightliners
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Daimler Trucks North America LLC now offers the Holland FWAL aluminum fifthwheel as an option on its Freightliner long-haul and heavy-duty models...
Book tells how to achieve Safety for the Long Haul
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) has released Safety for the Long Haul, a comprehensive text on large-truck safety...
Brochure covers Bendix air disc brakes
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Kenworth Truck Company has produced a new brochure on Bendix ADB22X air disc brakes from Bendix Spicer Foundation Brakes LLC...
Meritor WABCO revamps its website
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Meritor WABCO Vehicle Control Systems has released a new, updated website, www.meritorwabco.com, to provide North American truck operators with clearer and faster access to advanced braking systems information...
Crysteel develops new hoist line
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Crysteel, a TBEI brand, has developed a new line of scissors hoists and a new way to power them...
Holland brand designated for liftgate line
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
SAF-Holland has announced that its liftgate line will be marketed as the Holland brand...
Phillips provides Permalogic Selector System
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Phillips has released its Permalogic Selector System designed specifically for fleets using refrigerated trailers and liftgates...
