Kriete Group Honored for 60 Years as Mack Dealer
Mack Trucks honored 60 years of service by the Kriete Group, Inc., at the Mack Customer Center in Allentown, Pa. with a special tour and an award...
Bevan Partners With Schmitz Cargobull on Rigid Reefers for UK
Dry-freight bodybuilder Bevan Group has partnered with Schmitz Cargobull to manufacture rigid reefers for the UK market...
NHTSA Issues Environmental Assessment on FMVSS 141
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced the availability of a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of a proposed rule establishing a Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) setting minimum sound requirements for hybrid and electric vehicles...
Meritor WABCO Named Exclusive Service Brake Chamber Supplier for Daimler
Meritor WABCO has been named the standard position steer axle service brake chamber supplier for all Daimler Trucks North America air brake vehicles...
Medium, heavy truck sales up 14% in 2012
By Rick Weber
Medium and heavy truck sales were up 1% in December over the same period a year ago and up 14% in 2012, according to figures compiled by Wards Communications...
Morgan Olson Opens New Facility in Charleston
Morgan Olson LLC has opened a new manufacturing facility in Charleston, S.C., that will specialize in Sprinter dry-freight bodies and Sprinter van upfitting...
The Top 10 Equipment Acquisition Trends for 2013
Corporate perceptions of the economic outlook will be a primary driver of business investment decisions this year, according to the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA), which revealed its Top 10 Equipment Acquisition Trends for 2013...
Nominations Sought for 2013 Employer Freedom Award
Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense agency, is encouraging Guardsmen and Reservists to nominate their civilian employers for the 2013 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award before the January 21 deadline...
Shur-Co Acquires Donovan Enterprises
Shur-Co LLC has acquired Donovan Enterprises, Inc., bringing together two companies in the truck, trailer and specialty tarp market and resulting in an entity with a combined 93 years of tarping experience...
TRP Unveils Program for Remanufactured Brakes
TRP has introduced an aftermarket brake program that offers brake lines for both 20,000- and 23,000-pound applications to aid in meeting federal stopping distance standards...
Ram Enhancing Heavy-Duty Trucks
Chrysler’s Ram Trucks division is enhancing performance attributes of its 2013 heavy-duty pickups and chassis cab trucks with the addition of a new cooling system and specially designed air intake system for diesel-powered units, along with a factory-integrated fifth-wheel and gooseneck hitch-mount option...
Great Dane Realigns Management Team
Great Dane has made a number of promotions and additions to its sales management team to better align with the company's strategic sales and customer service goals...
Polar Corp Unifies Trailer-Component Brands Under Single Identity
Polar Corporation said that as of Jan. 2, Quality Trailer Products and Century Wheel & Rim operations have been doing business as Rockwell American...
FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index Continues Climb
FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index for November rose almost two full points to a reading of 9.7, according to the January 2013 Trucking Update...
Surge Predicted for Light-Truck Sales
Commercial sales of light trucks should surge this year because of the need to replace aging vehicles coupled with significant fuel economy improvements across a range of models, according to OEMs and industry analysts...
Heil Increases Prices 5%
Heil Environmental has announced an average 5% price increase on all refuse collection bodies and roll-off hoists, effective January 1, 2013...
Krone’s Sales Revenue Up 6% in Fiscal Year
Krone reported sales revenue of $1.83 billion in fiscal year 2011-2012, up 6% over the $1.72 billion in the previous year when the Trade and Services division still formed part of the group...
Three New Companies Achieve MVP Status
For the quarter ending December 2012, three companies have achieved MVP status in recognition of their commitment to quality and safety: Dejana Truck & Utility Equipment of Mid-Atlantic, Baltimore, MD; Knapheide Truck Equipment Center-Quincy, Quincy, IL; and Link Mfg, Ltd., Sioux Center, IA...
Preliminary Class 8 Orders Up 6% Over November: FTR
Preliminary December Class 8 truck net orders were at 20,836 units, 6% higher than November and a 30% drop from the same month a year ago, according to FTR Associates...
Class 8 Preliminary Net Orders Up ‘Modestly’ in December: ACT
Class 8 preliminary net orders for December were 21,300 – up “modestly” from November and an improvement over where orders were through most of 2012, according to Kenny Vieth, president and senior analyst of ACT Research...
Kentucky High Tech Performance Trailers Opens New Facility
Kentucky High Tech Performance Trailers has expanded to a new 80,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility located at 7070 International Drive in Louisville, just one mile from Kentucky Trailer's company headquarters. This new facility allows for additional growth as the division advances...
Morgan Opens New Facility in Portland
Morgan Corporation has opened a new manufacturing facility in Portland, Oregon, expanding the company’s number of manufacturing, parts and service centers to 12 nationwide...
Northumberland gets two for one with Mercedes-Benz
Northumberland County Council in England is using two 26-tonne Mercedes-Benz Axor 2629s and five 7.5-tonne Missubishi Fuso Canter 7C15s that are equipped to carry out multiple roles, thus maximizing their cost efficiency...
Global Demand for Commercial Refrigeration to Top $32 Billion in 2016
Global demand for commercial refrigeration equipment is forecast to rise 4.6 percent per year through 2016 to $32.5 billion, an acceleration from the 2006-2011 pace, according to World Commercial Refrigeration Equipment, a new study from The Freedonia Group, Inc., a Cleveland-based industry market research firm...
Natural Gas Vehicle Institute Holding Training Sessions
The Natural Gas Vehicle Institute has scheduled safety training for Feb. 4-8 in Las Vegas...
