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Construction Machinery Manufacturers Pessimistic
Nov 19, 2008
The construction equipment manufacturing industry expects continued business declines in the United States through year-end 2008 of 8.6 percent, followed by flat growth in 2009 of 0.04 percent, according to the annual “outlook” survey of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM)...
MBB INTERLIFT, ULTRON LIFT Sign Long-Term Partnership
Nov 19, 2008
MBB INTERLIFT and ULTRON LIFT recently signed a long-term agreement to ensure a continued high level of product support for its customers...
Schneider Logistics Adds Five Freight Forwarding Locations
Nov 18, 2008
Schneider Logistics, Inc., announced the opening of five new freight forwarding offices at major gateways in the United States and Europe...
Hill Air Force Base Awards $12.3 Million Contract to Williamsen Manufacturing
Nov 18, 2008
Williamsen Manufacturing, a Salt Lake City-based fabrication and heavy manufacturing company, has been awarded a $12.3 million contract by Hill Air Force Base...
ArvinMeritor’s Fiscal Year Sales Up 11%
Nov 18, 2008
ArvinMeritor’s sales from continuing operations for fiscal year 2008 were $7.2 billion, up 11% compared to fiscal year 2007, due to strength in Europe and South America...
Oshkosh Expands in China
Nov 18, 2008
Oshkosh Corporation broke ground today on a new manufacturing facility in Tianjin, China, that will produce JLG access equipment specifically for the Asian market...
WABCO Directors Approve Cash Dividend
Nov 17, 2008
WABCO Holdings Inc. announced today that on November 10, its board of directors approved a cash dividend of 7 cents per share of common stock...
FleetPride Acquires Automotive Brake
Nov 17, 2008
FleetPride, Inc., an aftermarket distributor of heavy-duty truck and trailer parts, announced the acquisition of Automotive Brake Co. of Newburgh, Inc...
Navistar Unveils New Global Initiatives
Nov 17, 2008
Navistar International Corp announced the launch of a new transit bus in Mexico that is the first Navistar product expressly developed for global markets, new dealerships in Qatar and Oman, a new $24 million contract for International MaxxPro Dash and the reorganization of the truck segment to align with market conditions...
U.S. manufacturing becoming more competitive
Nov 13, 2008
An update of the widely-cited manufacturing “cost study” released today by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), the Manufacturing Institute and the Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI shows that U.S. manufacturing is making progress...
Good and bad news from Commerce Dept
Nov 13, 2008
Data released by the Commerce Department today shows that the U.S. trade deficit in September declined in response to falling petroleum prices that lowered the deficit in oil imports...
Retail truck sales mixed in October
Nov 13, 2008
Retail sales of commercial trucks were up slightly from the previous month, but the ultra-small gain was not enough to offset losses earlier in the year, according to figures compiled by Wards Communications...
Werner Enterprises Announces Quarterly and Special Dividends
Nov 12, 2008
Werner Enterprises announced a regular quarterly cash dividend of $.050 (5.0 cents) per common share payable to stockholders of record at the close of business on January 12, 2009...
Accuride Corporation on OTC Bulletin Board
Nov 12, 2008
Accuride Corporation, a diversified manufacturers of commercial vehicle components, announced that on November 12, 2008, the Company’s stock will begin trading on the over-the-counter markets under the symbol AURD...
Schneider Logistics honors 16 carriers at conference
Nov 12, 2008
Schneider Logistics, a global logistics provider and part of the Schneider National enterprise, gave its Carrier of the Year Award to 16 transportation companies during its sixth annual Carrier Recognition Conference in Green Bay, Wisconsin...
Supreme Industries reports financial results
Nov 12, 2008
Supreme Industries, a leading manufacturer of specialized commercial vehicles, including truck bodies, shuttle buses, armored vehicles and luxury motorcoaches, today announced financial results for its third quarter and nine months ended Sept. 27, 2008...
Manufacturing Technology Industry backs Detroit's plea for help
Nov 11, 2008
Bob Simpson, President of The Association For Manufacturing Technology, has called on Congress and the Administration to heed the pleas of America’s automakers for help or risk a crushing blow to businesses and jobs dependent on the auto industry...
Navistar reorganizes truck business
Nov 11, 2008
Navistar will organize its truck segment into four business units: North American Truck Operations, Global Truck Operations, Global Bus Operations and Navistar Defense...
Supreme Industries declares 6% stock dividend
Nov 11, 2008
Supreme Industries has announced a 6% dividend on its outstanding shares of Class A and Class B common stock...
Great Dane Trailers to stop manufacturing in Savannah
Nov 11, 2008
Great Dane Trailers announced today plans to close its original manufacturing facility in Savannah, Georgia, effective January 9, 2009 and has begun searching for a new, more efficient plant site...
Old Dominion Freight Line relocates service center
Nov 7, 2008
Old Dominion Freight Line Inc announced a service center relocation to Columbia, Missouri...
FTR Associates slashes railcar forecast
Nov 7, 2008
FTR Associates has sharply reduced its expectations for railcar orders in 2009, in response to the fast-deteriorating condition of the general economy...
Wabash National Announces launch of purchasing consortium
Nov 7, 2008
Wabash National Corporation has launched a purchasing consortium with other businesses associated with the transportation industry....
Profits improve for Morgan Corp parent
Nov 7, 2008
J B Poindexter & Co posted greater profits in the third quarter, according to its most recent earnings statement...
Ron Dietz new Clement vp
Nov 4, 2008
Clement Industries has named Ronald E Dietz vice-president of marketing...
