Pitts Trailers Enters Heavy-Haul Market
Pitts Trailers has unveiled a new line of custom, high-capacity lowboys, led by the LB65-20DD...
Federal Reserve Executive to Speak at HD Dialogue
Heavy Duty Dialogue ’09, with the theme of The Commercial Vehicle Industry in Transition, features a domestic and global economic overview by William Strauss...
ATA Truck Tonnage Index Falls 0.9% In September
The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 0.9 percent in September...
Bendix Signs Agreement To Acquire Smartire Business
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC has announced its plans to acquire the business and related assets of SmarTire Systems Inc....
Ancra International Acquires S-Line
Ancra International, a North American leader in cargo-control products and services, today announced the acquisition of Dallas-based S-Line Cargo Control and Safety Products...
JerrDan Receives Award in Pennsylvania
JerrDan Corporation, an Oshkosh Corporation company, received the 2008 Franklin County (Pennsylvania) Area Development Corporation (FCADC) Large Business Award...
WABCO Announces JV with Fuwa
WABCO Holdings Inc. today announced that WABCO has signed a letter of intent with GuangDong Fuwa Engineering Manufacturing Co., Ltd., (Fuwa) to form a joint venture for production of air disc brakes in China...
Utility Trailer Sales Relocates in Boise
Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company announced that Utility Trailer Sales of Boise Co. has relocated to a larger facility to better serve the growing needs of its customers...
Record 3Q Sales, Revenue for Cat
Caterpillar Inc. announced record third-quarter sales and revenues of $12.981 billion, 13 percent higher than third quarter 2007 sales and revenues of $11.442 billion...
PACCAR’s 3Q Earnings Down 1%
PACCAR announced that third-quarter earnings were $299 million ($0.82 per diluted share), down 1% from earnings of $302.3 million ($0.81 per diluted share) in the third quarter last year...
VIPAR To Open Distribution Centers
VIPAR Heavy Duty announced today at its Annual Business Conference in Las Vegas that it will open parts distribution centers in the eastern and western parts of the United States...
Eaton Displays Hybrid Systems
Eaton Corporation announced that 24 of the 35 trucks featured in the recent CALSTART “World’s Largest Hybrid Ride & Drive” used Eaton hybrid power systems...
’09 Class 8 market revised down by 76,000 units
Reacting to the weak freight environment and the expectation that the US is entering a four-quarter recession, FTR Associates has reduced its 2009 North American factory shipment Class 8 forecast by 76,000 units, to 150,000 units...
TBEI Names Bob Fines President/CEO
Truck Bodies and Equipment International (TBEI) announced the appointment of Bob Fines as President and CEO...
U.S. Army, Mack Sign Engine Deal
Mack Trucks, Inc. has received an award of just over $1 million from the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC)...
U.S. Army Calls Upon Mack
Mack Trucks, Inc. has received an award of approximately $28.5 million from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command for heavy-duty tractors and trailers...
Southeastern Freight Lines Expands to Mexico
Southeastern Freight Lines, a leading provider of regional less-than-truckload transportation services, has expanded international operations to Mexico...
Electrification of Transport Has Its Issues
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) recently ran a seminar for its members on the electrification of transport, with the discussion centering around some of the opportunities that this field offers...
Suppliers Support Anti-Counterfeiting Law
Bob McKenna, president and CEO of the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA), supports the President’s quick signing into law of the recently passed anti-counterfeiting legislation...
Kenworth of Pennsylvania Adds New Location in Clintonville
Kenworth of Pennsylvania has opened a full-service location in Clintonville, Pa., to expand customer support in western Pennsylvania...
Navistar Expands Hybrid Truck Line
Navistar has expanded its line of diesel electric hybrid trucks. At this week’s Hybrid Truck Users Forum in South Bend, Ind., Navistar unveiled an additional hybrid truck configuration – the International DuraStar™ Hybrid tractor...
Medium and Heavy Truck Sales Down 15%
Medium and heavy truck sales were down 15% in September and up 2% over the previous month, according to figures compiled by Wards Communications...
Sterling Trucks Brand Discontinued
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) today announced that it will discontinue the Sterling Trucks brand in March and cease truck manufacturing operations at the St. Thomas, Ontario, plant...
‘Green’ Products to Be Recognized at Work Truck Show
The National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) knows that it’s not easy being green. In an effort to recognize companies who develop innovative products and technology...
EPA Honors Mack for Reduction in Emission of Greenhouse Gases
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized the Volvo Group’s US subsidiary Mack for the company’s successful efforts in significantly reducing the emission of greenhouse gases...
