Hyva USA Partners With VIPAR On New Product Line
VIPAR Heavy Duty and its wholly owned subsidiary, VHD Equipment Network, LLC, have announced a new heavy-duty supplier program with Hyva USA...
Final Rule Makes Trailer ABS Lamp Permanent Requirement
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a final rule that makes permanent an existing requirement that trailers with antilock brake systems (ABS) be equipped with an external malfunction indicator lamp...
Manufacturing Executives Report Signs Of Improving Economy
Optimism about the economy is beginning to permeate the recession-wracked manufacturers, according to a new poll conducted by the co-sponsors of the upcoming FABTECH International & AWS Welding Show, including METALFORM, in Chicago...
ACOFAS Reduces Annual Dues To All Members
As a result of the slowdown in the economy, rising taxes, and the possibility of impending double-digit inflation, the governing committee of ACOFAS has decided to lower the cost of ACOFAS membership...
Valence Powers World’s Largest Electric Truck
Coca-Cola, Staples, Frito-Lay, AT&T, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L) have become the first customers to take delivery of the Smith Newton truck, which uses Valence’s supply of lithium phosphate energy-storage solutions....
North American Truck Market Hints Improvement
Heavy-duty Class 8 commercial vehicle net orders for July 2009 were the highest since November of 2008, but still down 38 percent year over year, according to the State of the Industry report released by ACT Research Co., LLC (ACT)...
First Mack Pinnacle Built on Macungie Production Line
A new era began on August 13, when the first Mack Pinnacle tractor came off the production line at the Macungie Assembly Operations in Pennsylvania...
Great Dane Introduces New Truckload Reefer At GATS
Great Dane Trailers debuts its newest refrigerated trailer today at the Great American Trucking Show -- the Classic Truckload reefer (CTL)...
FTR Analysis Shows Domestic Intermodal Gained Market Share in Q2 2009
Domestic Intermodal transport gained significant market share against trucks in the second quarter of 2009, a recent analysis by FTR Associates shows...
Grant Yields Over 375 Plug-In Hybrids
A $45.4 million grant for plug-in hybrid vehicles will assist Eaton Corp.’s work with several companies in the deployment of 378 of such vehicles through more than 50 utility...
Fourth Generation To Head Grote
Dominic Grote has been named president of Grote Industries, a family-owned manufacturer of heavy-duty lighting and vehicle safety systems...
Azure Dynamics, Collins Sell First Hybrid Electric Type A School Bus
The NAPA Valley Unified School District (NAPA) in California has purchased the nation's first NEXBUS, the only hybrid electric Type A school bus available in North America...
NTTC Unveils New Website
The ATA-affiliated National Tank Truck Carriers, Inc. (NTTC) today announced the successful launch of its revamped Web site. The new site contains updated information about the NTTC, its safety mission, and other industry-related materials for all visitors...
Smartire Systems Shareholders Ratify Bendix CVS Acquisition
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC, a member of the Knorr-Bremse Group, today announced that the agreement to acquire select assets of SmarTire Systems Inc. was formally ratified by the shareholders of SmarTire Systems Inc...
Distributor Council Launches Blog
The Council for Research on Distributor Competitiveness (CRDC) has debuted in its newsletter, NAW SmartBrief, a monthly blog to assist wholesaler-distributors to better manage through the current recession...
ATA Launches Industry-Related Webinar Series
The American Trucking Associations recently began a monthly series of industry-related webinars. The webinars are available live on selected Tuesdays at 2 p.m. EDT and on-demand after the session concludes...
Talbert Manufacturing Announces New Credit Finance Program
Talbert Manufacturing, Inc. has introduced Talbert Advantage Credit, a comprehensive and complete financing program available to qualifying customers for new trailer purchases made through participating dealers...
MAC Trailer Introduces Frac Tank
engineered and developed a 500-barrel capacity FRAC tank for the drilling and servicing of the oil field industry...
Navistar First OEM to Reach 5 Million Hybrid Miles
Navistar says the increasing popularity of hybrid vehicles has helped the company become the first original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to accumulate more than 5 million real-world miles in the hands of customers driving hybrid International trucks and IC Bus brand school and commercial buses...
Truck Sales Climbing Out of Abyss
Truck sales in seven of the eight classes were down by a smaller percentage in July than for the year to date, with Class 8’s being the same, according to figures compiled by Wards Communications...
Stimulus Funding To Assist Eaton In Deployment Of Commercial Hybrid Vehicles
Eaton Corporation (NYSE:ETN) announced its truck and electrical businesses will support a $45.4 million grant to produce plug-in hybrid electric power systems for 378 vehicles, the nation’s largest commercial hybrid deployment to date...
Shutdown of Sapa Plant in Illinois
Sapa Profiles North America announced the shutdown of its plant in Morris, IL, in an effort to better serve its customers with the latest and best extrusion technology...
TARDEC Advancing U.S. Army’s Heritage of Cooperation with Industry
As a practice, the U.S. Army has worked for years in cooperation with commercial industries to develop advanced technologies...
Parts Suppliers Laud Heavy Duty Vehicle Safety Technology Tax Credit
The Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) and its heavy-duty affiliate association, the Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association (HDMA), lauded Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), George Voinovich (R-Ohio), and David Vitter (R-La.) for their introduction of S. 1582...
WABCO Inks Multi-Year Agreement with India’s Ashok Leyland
WABCO Holdings Inc. (NYSE: WBC) today announced that WABCO and Ashok Leyland, the Indian flagship of the Hinduja Group, have completed an agreement for development of transmission automation technology and the long-term supply of automated manual transmission (AMT) systems from 2010 through 2015...
