Wabash Launches New Aerodynamic Device For Trailers
Wabash National Corporation (NYSE: WNC) announced that its DuraPlate Products Group has launched the DuraPlate AeroSkirt, an innovative new aerodynamic accessory for semi-trailers...
Wabash Closes Investment for $35 Million Capital Infusion
Wabash National Corporation (NYSE: WNC) announced that it has successfully closed the previously announced $35 million investment in the company by Trailer Investments, LLC, an entity formed for this purpose by Lincolnshire Equity Fund III, L.P., a private equity investment fund managed by Lincolnshire Management, Inc....
Icom North America predicts expansion of OEM propane use
Icom North America, a supplier of alternative fuel systems and tanks for commercial and passenger vehicles, believes there will be an increase in “green collar” jobs as vehicle manufacturers embrace liquefied propane, natural gas and other alternative fuels...
Van, truck, and bus registrations decline in Europe
European commercial vehicle registrations were down 37% to 883,301 in the first half of 2009, according to figures compiled be ACEA, the European vehicle maker's association...
Krone wins Mega RH order
Fahrzeugwerk Bernard Krone GmbH will be manufacturing 50 Krone Mega double-deck Dry Liners for the RH Group...
BAE Systems awarded $42-million contract
BAE Systems received an order to provide 5,325 Vehicle Emergency Escape (VEE) Window kits from the U S Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command...
Leggett & Platt gets GSA contract
Leggett & Platt Commercial Vehicle Products (L&P CVP) has been awarded a General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply schedule contract for vehicle Equipment Components...
Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation Introduces Hybrid-Electric Retrofit Program
Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) has launched a new program to retrofit older walk-in vans with new hybrid-electric systems...
ATA truck tonnage index fell 2.4% in June
Truck fleets had a little less freight to haul in June, according to The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index...
Arrow Truck sales expands presence into Denver market
Arrow Truck Sales has opened a pre-owned truck store in Denver, CO. The new facility, located at 5699 Dexter St. in Commerce City, CO will be Arrow’s 17th U S branch...
ATA to Congress: Fuel tax is most effective way to fund infrastructure
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) last week told the House Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, House Committee on Ways and Means...
Hale Trailer named top Talbert manufacturing dealer
Talbert Manufacturing has named Hale Trailer Brake & Wheel as its leading dealer for overall sales performance, and parts and service support...
Jerr-Dan receives order from Vietnam
Jerr-Dan Corporation, an Oshkosh Corporation [NYSE: OSK] company, announced that it has received an order for 14 vehicles –12 Jerr-Dan HPL-3560 standard-duty wreckers and two Jerr-Dan MDL 320 medium-duty wreckers...
Knight Transportation posts increased income, stable profits
Truckload carrier Knight Transportation (NYSE: KNX), reported revenue and earnings for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009. Highlights include...
FTR reduces heavy-duty truck outlook for 2010
Amid increasing signs that recovery in the freight markets will be slow, FTR Associates has reduced its projection for 2010 North American production of Class 8 trucks by 12%...
Two distributors added to Vipar network
Vipar Heavy Duty has announced the addition of Best Deal Spring Co., Inc. and Power and Transmission Inc. to the Vipar Heavy Duty network of distributors...
Commercial trailer orders reach one-year high in second quarter
Net orders for trailers were the strongest in a year during the second quarter of 2009, according to information provided by ACT Research Co LLC...
Timpte celebrates 125 years
Timpte Trailers Inc celebrated its 125th anniversary July 17 at its corporate office and production facility in David City, Nebraska...
Small Businesses Can Learn about DOD Programs
The defense market has been a bright spot in the commercial truck and trailer market recently. The U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC)...
Truck sales edge up
Sales of commercial trucks edged up slightly midway through 2009, according to figures compiled by Wards Communications...
Michigan plant gears up for SCR
Production of new commercial-vehicle exhaust aftertreatment systems is scheduled to begin later this year at Eberspaecher North America’s manufacturing facilities in Brighton, Michigan...
FedEx expands hybrid fleet
FedEx Corp has added 92 hybrid-electric trucks to its delivery fleet—the first standard FedEx delivery trucks converted to hybrid-electric systems...
Heavy truck orders show bright spots
Net orders for Class 8 trucks were 51% below the prior year period, but there were some bright spots in the underlying data, according to the State of the Industry report released by ACT Research Co LLC (ACT)...
Wabash National gets new capital
Wabash National Corporation (NYSE: WNC) has entered into a securities purchase agreement with Trailer Investments LLC, an entity formed for this purpose by Lincolnshire Equity Fund III LP...
Schmitz Wins 115-Reefer Deal With Yearsley
Yearsley Group just bought 115 Schmitz Cargobull refrigerated trailers outright from Schmitz Cargobull...
