2Q Net Sales Down 34% for Supreme
Supreme Industries, Inc. (NYSE Amex: STS) announced that net sales for the second quarter declined 34 percent to $49.6 million, compared with $75.3 million in the prior-year quarter...
Truck Market to Stay Weak until Second Half of 2010
The demand for new heavy- and medium-duty commercial vehicles is expected to be off around 45 percent for the full year 2009 and remain at weak levels through the first half of 2010, according to ACT Research Co...
Manufacturing Technology Consumption Rises In June
June U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $135.85 million, according to AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology and AMTDA, the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association...
NATM Seeks Tire Input From Members
The National Association of Trailer Manufacturers (NATM) is seeking input from members regarding the news that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is considering adopting new regulations applicable to those companies selling "P" tires to consumers purchasing certain motor vehicles...
Reinke Honors Top Five North American Trailer Dealers
Reinke Manufacturing, Inc. announced its top five North American trailer dealers for the 2009 model year. Reinke recently honored each of the five dealers with a plaque, noting their impressive sales distinction of the 2009 Reinke model trailers...
Daimler Buses Receives Major Orders for Hybrid and Diesel Buses
Daimler Buses North America announced the initial order of up to 500 diesel-electric hybrid buses, with options for up to 200 buses, from King County Metro in Seattle, WA. The base, first-year order is for 93 hybrid units...
ArvinMeritor to Invest in Brazil Operations
ArvinMeritor Inc.'s (NYSE: ARM) Chairman, CEO and President Chip McClure today announced that the company is committed to remaining a strong and growing manufacturer and supplier in South America...
ATA Urges Transparency to Curb Excessive Energy Speculation
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) must act to increase transparency in energy markets and curtail excessive speculation by establishing aggregate position limits, said Schneider National Inc. Vice President Steven Graham at a Commission hearing....
Strong demand for used trailers in UK
Schmitz Cargobull says it has seen an 18% year-on-year increase in used trailer enquiries, while orders are up 50%, according to Robin Dickeson of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). ...
Supreme Schedules Conference Call
Supreme Industries, Inc. (NYSE Amex: STS) will hold a live conference call Aug. 11 at 9 a.m. EDT to discuss its second-quarter and first-half 2009 financial results....
NATM Seeks Support for Hauling-Configuration Proposal
The National Association of Trailer Manufacturers (NATM) has been working on getting language into the 2009 Transportation Reauthorization Bill that would allow light- and medium-duty trailer manufacturers to haul trailers in a double configuration from their manufacturing plant to their dealers, reducing delivery costs by half....
Daimler Trucks Announces Pricing For EPA2010 Emissions Technologies
Daimler Trucks North America today announced pricing for meeting EPA2010 standards with its Detroit Diesel BlueTec or Cummins mid-range engine emissions technologies ...
Kögel Files For Bankruptcy
Kögel Fahrzeugwerke GmbH of Burtenbach, Germany, announced that the company is insolvent and has declared bankruptcy. ...
Preliminary July Heavy Truck Orders Improved, But Still Weak
FTR Associates has released preliminary data showing Class 8 total net orders for all major North American OEM's totaling 9,002 units in July 2009, an increase of 9.6% over June....
Commercial Vehicle Group 2Q Revenue down 51%
Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: CVGI) today reported revenues of $103.5 million for the second quarter ended June 30, compared to revenues of $209.2 million for the second quarter of 2008. ...
Azure Dynamics Wins Bid To Provide Hybrid Electric Buses to Kentucky Municipalities
Azure Dynamics Corporation, a developer of state-of-the-art green technologies that address environmental and cost issues for the commercial transportation industry, today announced its success on a recent bid for 50 Balance Hybrid Electric Shuttle Buses...
Alcoa, CIMC To Develop Efficient Tanker Trailer
Alcoa and CIMC Vehicles (Shandong) Co Ltd, a specialty truck manufacturer in China, have formed a strategic partnership to design and develop a new, energy-efficient aluminum fuel tanker trailer for the Asian market....
3Q Fleet Sentiment Report Buying Index Remains Flat
The Q3 2009 Fleet Sentiment Report Buying Index as reported by CK Commercial Vehicle Research (www.ckcvr.com) rose just 1% from the adjusted Q2 2009 Index to a reading of 89.0. ...
Customers Remain Cautious About Class 8 Purchases
Despite new emissions regulations to be implemented in 2010, Class 8 customers remain cautious about the prospect of purchasing or leasing new trucks in the next 12 months, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Heavy-Duty Truck Customer Satisfaction Study....
Oshkosh Awarded $1 Billion Order for 1,700 Additional M-ATVs
Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK) announced that it has received an additional $1.06 billion delivery order from the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command Life Cycle Management Command (TACOM LCMC)....
ArvinMeritor Posts 3Q Net Loss of $162 Million
ArvinMeritor, Inc. (NYSE: ARM) today announced a net loss of $162 million for the third quarter ending June 30, compared to net income of $44 million for the same period a year ago...
Sapa Completes Agreement With Indalex
Sapa completed its purchase of U.S. aluminium extrusion company Indalex in accordance with the terms of the asset purchase agreement entered into between them on June 16....
PacLease Adds Two New Locations to Serve Iowa
PACCAR Leasing Company (PacLease) continues its expansion with the announcement of two new locations in Cedar Rapids and Davenport, Iowa. ...
Daimler Truck Financial Launches Dealer Training for Finance and Insurance Products
Daimler Truck Financial is providing heavy- and medium-duty truck dealers with something they've never had before -- a comprehensive training program in the art of selling finance and insurance products to their qualified customers....
COMEQ Appointed Exclusive Distributor for PARMIGIANI Bending Rolls
COMEQ, Inc. has reached an agreement to be PARMIGIANI’s exclusive distributor for the United States and Canada, and by listing in Mexico....
