Oshkosh Defense Signs Agreement with U.S. Army
Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, today signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Army’s Tank and Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC)...
HDMA Announces Navistar’s Ustian as Keynote Speaker
The Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association has announced Daniel C. Ustian, chairman, president and Chief Executive Officer of Navistar International Corporation, as the keynote speaker of the 19th Annual Breakfast & Briefing at the Mid-American Trucking Show...
Financing Workshop to be Offered at NATM Convention
the National Association of Trailer Manufacturers is offering a special financing workshop at its 21st Annual Convention and Trade Show in Charleston, S.C....
Eaton’s Net Income Down 36% in 4Q
Eaton Corporation today announced that net income was $163 million in the fourth quarter, compared to $256 million in the same period in 2007 -- a reduction of 36 percent...
Detroit Diesel Develops Priming Device for DD15-DD13 Engines
Detroit Diesel Corporation has collaborated with ESOC (Environmentally Safe Oil Change) Commercial Truck, Inc., to develop an Environmentally Safe Fuel Filter Change system for its DD15 and DD13 engines...
Wabash Implements Cost-Reduction Actions
Wabash National Corporation today announced it has implemented additional actions that will substantially decrease its corporate overhead and operating costs in light of continued macroeconomic and industry-related headwinds, generating annualized net cash savings of approximately $20 million...
Old Dominion Relocates Ann Arbor Service Center
Mike Wood, Vice President of the Midwest region for Old Dominion Freight Line Inc., announced a relocation of its Ann Arbor, Mich. Service Center...
Celadon Group’s 2Q Revenue Down 13%
Celadon Group Inc. today reported that revenue for the second fiscal quarter decreased 13.7% to $119.6 million, down from $138.6 million in the 2007 quarter. The quarter ended December 31, 2008...
Phillips Industries Expands Electrical Harness Division
Phillips Industries has expanded its Electrical Harness Division (EHD), located in Saltillo, Mexico, to meet increased industry demands for products...
STECO Rolls Out The Hauf Dump Trailer
STECO has unveiled The Hauf, a dump trailer featuring formed side posts that extend downward from one side of the trailer across the bottom of the bed and up the opposite side, providing a complete U-frame and curved corners...
Cummins Partners With EMCON, Closes Wautoma Plant
Cummins Emission Solutions (CES), a subsidiary of Cummins Inc., announced today it will strategically partner with EMCON Technologies LLC in the manufacturing of CES-designed emission-controls systems for the 2010 on-highway truck market...
EPA Grants Authorization to Enforce California Air Regulation
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted the California Air Resources Board (CARB) authorization to enforce the Transport Refrigeration Unit (TRU) Airborne Toxic Control Measure (ATCM)...
Volvo Trucks Inaugurates New Production Plant in Russia
Volvo Trucks inaugurated its Russian production plant in Kaluga, coinciding with the introduction of new, higher Russian custom duties for imported trucks...
Coca-Cola Launches North America’s Largest Hybrid Electric Delivery Trucks
As part of its overall commitment to energy conservation and climate change, Coca-Cola Enterprises plans to deploy an incremental 185 hybrid electric trucks across the United States and Canada in 2009...
WABCO’s AMT System Goes to China’s Largest HD Manufacturer
WABCO Holdings Inc. has begun supplying its new modular automated manual transmission (AMT) system to China National Heavy Truck Corporation (CNHTC)...
Heil Unveils New Paint Facility
In an ongoing effort to increase efficiencies and streamline production techniques, Heil Environmental recently unveiled the latest addition to its Fort Payne, Alabama, manufacturing facility...
Scania To Deliver 91 Trucks To Finnish Defense Forces
According to a recently concluded purchasing agreement, Scania has been commissioned to supply 91 trucks to the Finnish Defence Forces during 2009 and 2010. The deal also includes a five-year repair and maintenance agreement and an option for another 197 vehicles within a four-year period...
Old Dominion Relocates Service Center to Omaha
Dave Bates, Vice President of the Central States region for Old Dominion Freight Line Inc., announced a service center relocation to Omaha, Neb. The 74-door facility is located on a seven-acre site at 10626 I St...
Firestone Industrial Products Opens Facility in the Netherlands
Firestone Industrial Products Europe BV has moved to its new state-of-the-art European Business and Technical Center in Arnhem, The Netherlands...
CV Show 2009 cancelled
Organizers have cancelled this year's Commercial Vehicle (CV) Show, slated for April 28-30 at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, England...
Study Shows SCR Preferred over EGR
A national research study conducted in November 2008 by Quixote Group Research indicates that purchase consideration for SCR (selective catalytic reduction) is nearly twice the level of increased EGR...
Manufactured Goods Balance Improves Sharply
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) said that the Commerce Department’s trade data for November 2008 showed a huge decrease in the manufactured goods trade deficit...
WABCO Sets Date for Earnings Conference
WABCO Holdings Inc. will hold its Q4 and full year 2008 earnings conference call at 8 a.m. EST on Thursday, February 5. Jacques Esculier, Chief Executive Officer, and Ulrich Michel, Chief Financial Officer, will review the company’s financial performance for the period...
Navistar, Ford Reach New Business Agreement
Ford Motor Company and Navistar International Corporation have reached an agreement to restructure their ongoing business relationship and settle all existing litigation between the companies...
Medium and Heavy Truck Sales Down 27% in December, 19% for 2008
Medium and heavy truck sales were down 27% in December over the same period a year ago and down 19% for the year, according to figures compiled by Wards Communications...
