Kenworth Reaches Milestone of 300 Dealer Locations
Cooper Kenworth recently opened three new locations in North Carolina, enabling Kenworth Truck Company to reach the milestone 300-dealer location mark in the United States and Canada...
Wabash, PODS Sign Partnership Agreement
Wabash National Corporation and PODS Enterprises today announced that Wabash National’s DuraPlate Products Group has signed a multi-year agreement to build and service all of PODS’ portable storage container requirements...
Volvo Group’s Deliveries Down 21%
Total deliveries from the Volvo Group’s truck operations in November amounted to 19,326 vehicles, a decrease of 21% compared with the year-earlier period...
Navistar Awarded Funding to Develop Aerodynamic Trailers
Navistar has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to participate in an alternative-vehicle technology project aimed at accelerating the development, evaluation and deployment of advanced, aerodynamic trailers to significantly reduce fuel consumption by heavy-duty tractor trailers...
ATA Releases American Trucking Trends 2008 – 2009
The American Trucking Associations announced today the release of American Trucking Trends 2008-2009, an annual state of the industry report...
Bendix Finalizes Deal To Acquire Smartire Systems Inc. Assets
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC, a member of the Knorr-Bremse Group, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of SmarTire Systems Inc. for an undisclosed amount...
Wabash Reduces Workforce at Lafayette Facility
Wabash National Corporation today announced that its Lafayette manufacturing operations will commence an extended holiday shutdown for the period Dec. 22, 2008, through Jan. 5, 2009, at which time certain operations will be re-started...
Strick’s Holiday Shutdown to Last Until January 26
The Strick Trailer Corporation announced that it will extend its annual holiday shutdown this year until January 26, 2009...
Navistar Defense Receives $362 Million Contract for 400 MRAPs
As the U.S. military moves forward with industry proposals for the next generation of lighter, more mobile Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles, Navistar Defense, LLC was awarded 400 additional MaxxPro Dash units designed for urgent operations in Afghanistan...
Medium and Heavy Truck Sales Down 25%
Medium and heavy truck sales were down 25% in November over the same period a year ago and down 15% over the previous month, according to figures compiled by Wards Communications...
Kenworth Dealer Custom Truck Sales Opens New Headquarters in Regina
Long-time Kenworth dealer Custom Truck Sales–Regina has moved its headquarters into a new full-service facility in Regina, Sask...
Schneider National Launches South-Central Service
Schneider National today announced that it is extending its regional service to customers in the South-Central United States, increasing the company's regional footprint to 16 states in less than a year since it first launched the offering...
UK Truck, Van Registrations Fall
Van and truck registration data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders shows the total down 42.3% in November and 8.9% to 352,597 for the rolling year...
Link Manufacturing’s Michels Named Chairman of HDMA
Dennis Michels, president and CEO for Link Manufacturing, was elected 2009 chairman of the Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association at the group’s Nov. 12 board of directors meeting...
Manufacturing Contraction Expected in 2009
Expectations for 2009 are for the adverse conditions experienced in the second half of 2008 to continue in manufacturing, while the non-manufacturing sector foresees marginal growth...
ArvinMeritor Withdraws Full-Year Guidance for 2009
ArvinMeritor, Inc. today issued guidance for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, and withdrew previously released earnings expectations issued on Nov. 18, 2008, for the full year ending Sept. 27, 2009...
NTEA Supports Auto Company Requests for Government Assistance
The National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) issued a statement this week to Congress in support of government assistance for Ford, General Motors and Chrysler...
Ener1 to Develop Batteries for Hybrid HD Markets
Ener1, Inc. announced a cooperative partnership to develop high-energy batteries for hybrid bus and heavy-duty vehicle markets...
Cummins To Slash At Least 500 Jobs
Cummins Inc. announced today that it will reduce its professional workforce worldwide by at least 500 employees – or approximately 3.5 percent – by the end of 2008...
Momentum Transport’s 3Q Revenue Up 26%
Momentum Transport reported a 26% increase in third-quarter revenue for fiscal year 2008 for the vehicle transport division, compared to the same period in 2007...
TMC Adopts New RP Covering Vehicle Lifts
The Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) has adopted a new Recommended Practice (RP) to help fleet managers quantify the productivity improvement and return-on-investment (ROI) provided by installing vehicle lifts in Class 7-8 truck maintenance facilities...
Celadon Acquires Truckload Van Assets from Continental Express
Celadon Group Inc. has announced that one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries today purchased the truckload, intermodal and brokerage business of Continental Express Inc....
Durham Named Sr. VP and GM for Global Vehicles
Ann Durham has been promoted to senior vice president and general manager for Global Vehicles (GV) USA, Inc., the distributor of fuel-efficient, diesel-powered vehicles produced by India’s Mahindra & Mahindra...
Mitsubishi Fuso Consolidates North American Operations
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) today announced it is consolidating North American operations at Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America (MFTA) in Logan Township, N.J....
PacLease Adds 14 New Locations in U.S.
After seeing the number of its locations double in four years, PACCAR Leasing Company continues its rapid expansion with the announcement of 14 independently owned additional locations throughout the United States...
