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Truck-Involved Fatality Rate Declines 12% in 2008
Jul 6, 2009
Figures released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) indicate that the truck-involved fatality rate in 2008 declined 12 percent, dropping from 4,822 in 2007 to 4,229...
Eaton Combines Automotive, Truck Groups
Jul 6, 2009
Eaton Corporation (NYSE:ETN) announced that Eaton’s Automotive and Truck Groups are being consolidated into one operating unit. The combined organization will be known as the Vehicle Group and will be led by Joseph P. Palchak, current president of the Automotive Group...
Volvo Secures Record Truck Order in India
Jul 6, 2009
Volvo Trucks in India has secured an order for 125 trucks. It is the company’s largest order since being established in the country...
Program To Develop Humane Livestock Transport Standards
Jul 1, 2009
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...
Prototype reefer container goes into service
Jul 1, 2009
A refrigerated intermodal container that includes a range of electronic monitoring capabilities has been placed in service by SRS Intermodal Leasing LLC...
Stay Engaged During Recession
Jul 1, 2009
The tendency now is for companies to pull back and save money, even if that means a diminishing presence in the marketplace...
Grote Opens New European Headquarters in Germany
Jul 1, 2009
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...
DISA, Wheelabrator Announce New Name
Jun 30, 2009
The German regulatory agency has officially notified DISA/Wheelabrator Group that it has met all requirements for a legal merger...
Rudolph Brothers Unveils Fiberglass Patch for Repairs
Jun 30, 2009
Rudolph Bros. & Company has introduced to van and truck body repair shops a new material called BETABRACE, a pressure-sensitive reinforced fiberglass patch that is ideal for localized repair of damaged bodies, and can also be used for the reinforcement and vibration abatement of sheet metal...
Volvo On ’No Regen Engine’ Tour
Jun 30, 2009
Seeing is believing, so Volvo Trucks North America is making sure as many customers as possible see its EPA2010 emissions technology in action through its “No Regen Engine” tour...
VHD Equipment Network Adds Four New Distributor Members
Jun 30, 2009
VHD Equipment Network, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of VIPAR Heavy Duty, has added four new distributors as members...
ATA Truck Tonnage Index Increase 3.2% in May
Jun 30, 2009
The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose for the first time since February 2009, gaining 3.2 percent in May...
Commercial Vehicle Demand Picture Stabilizing, FTR Associates Reports
Jun 30, 2009
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...
Congress Issues Draft Legislation To Ban Tank Trailer Wetlines
Jun 29, 2009
Tank trailer manufacturers and their customers got good news and bad news on the wetlines issue from the House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee...
Grote Earns Navistar Diamond Supplier Award
Jun 29, 2009
Navistar, Inc., recently presented Grote Industries with its 2008 Diamond Supplier Award, the company’s highest honor for suppliers. The award was presented in recognition of Grote’s abilities to meet and exceed Navistar’s expectations and requirements. This is the third consecutive year that Grote Industries has achieved this honor...
Mack To Consolidate U.S. Production In Macungie, Pa
Jun 29, 2009
Mack Trucks, Inc. announced that the company will move forward with its previously announced plan to consolidate production of its entire product line at its assembly facility in Macungie, PA...
Navistar Defense Debuts Its Husky Tactical Support Vehicle
Jun 24, 2009
Navistar Defense LLC today debuted its International Husky Tactical Support Vehicle (TSV) at the U.K. Ministry of Defense Vehicle Show (known as DVD...
Volvo: Heavy Trucks of the Future Will Be Super-Light
Jun 24, 2009
Volvo Group’s engineers have created a method for constructing trucks that weigh less while carrying the same loads, which would result in a significant reduction in fuel consumption and thus carbon dioxide emissions...
Highlift Named New Rogers Dealer In Ohio River Valley
Jun 23, 2009
Rogers Brothers Corporation announced that Highlift, LLC, a Midwest Tractor company, is now an authorized distributor for Rogers trailers in Ohio and parts of Kentucky and Indiana...
ATA Seeks Action Against Oil Speculation Amid Rise in Diesel Prices
Jun 23, 2009
In an effort to mitigate dramatic spikes in fuel prices similar to those in 2008, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) called on Congress today to increase the transparency of futures markets and impose reasonable aggregate position limits on energy commodities...
May Commercial Trailer Orders Suggest Slight Rebound
Jun 23, 2009
The second quarter of 2009 continues to show slight improvement for commercial trailer manufacturers as May net orders came in at levels above the dramatic lows experienced in the fourth quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009...
Volvo Now Accepting Orders for EPA2010 Trucks
Jun 22, 2009
Customers can place orders now for trucks across Volvo’s product line equipped to meet the EPA2010 emissions standards, using Volvo’s selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology...
Bank Consortium Approves SAF-HOLLAND Restructuring Report
Jun 22, 2009
The final restructuring report for SAF-HOLLAND S.A. was approved by its lending banks, a consortium led by UniCredit and Dresdner Kleinwort...
Worst-ever decline in West European trailer market
Jun 22, 2009
The West European trailer market will experience a 37% decline during this downturn – worse than the 31% fall in 1992-93, according to consulting group CLEAR...
Smith Electric Vehicles Collaborates on First All-Electric Utility Truck in U.S.
Jun 22, 2009
Smith Electric Vehicles U.S. Corporation announced that it has teamed up with Altec Industries Inc., based in Birmingham, Ala., to introduce America's first all-electric utility truck with an aerial device...
