Beall Acquires Arizona Dump Body Manufacturer
Jan 19, 2007
Tank and trailer manufacturer Beall Corporation has purchased K&H Manufacturing, a builder of dump truck bodies and equipment based in Phoenix, Arizona....
Thiele awarded state contract
Jan 18, 2007
Thiele Manufacturing was awarded a contract through Mack Trucks, Inc. to build approximately 200 dump truck bodies in the second and third quarters of 2007 for Pennsylvania...
NTEA Releases Manufacturer Operating Metrics Benchmarking Survey Report
Jan 18, 2007
National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) members now have a new tool for becoming world-class manufactures. The NTEA recently published the 2006 Manufacturer Operating Metrics Benchmarking Survey Report...
Diesel Price Plunges
Jan 18, 2007
The average price for a gallon of diesel nationally plunged 7.4 cents to $2.463 for the week ending January 14, according to the Energy Information Administration. ...
NAM Says Manufacturing Leads Rebound in Industrial Production
Jan 17, 2007
Driven by a 0.7 percent jump in manufacturing output, the Federal Reserve reported today that overall industrial production rose 0.4 percent in December...
Freightliner, DaimlerChrysler donate trucks
Jan 17, 2007
DaimlerChrysler Financial Services Americas LLC and Freightliner LLC, DaimlerChrysler's commercial vehicle division in North America, donated a mini-fleet of three 2007 trucks with 18-foot refrigerated van bodies to Forgotten Harvest...
Commercial Vehicle Group Revises 4Q 2006 Estimates
Jan 17, 2007
Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. reported that its fourth-quarter 2006 earnings per share estimates will be lowered by approximately $0.20 to $0.30 due to specific events occurring during the quarter...
Freight slowdown hurts Covenant
Jan 17, 2007, From Fleet Owner
Weaker than expected freight demand in the fourth quarter last year drove down Covenant Transportation’s earnings. The company estimates a five- to 10-cent loss per share as a result...
Ford sues Navistar in engine dispute
Jan 12, 2007
Ford Motor Co. is suing Navistar International Corp. over pricing and supply of diesel engines, according to a story in the Chicago Tribune today...
Medium and heavy truck sales up 5% in 2006
Jan 12, 2007
Medium and heavy trucks, boosted by a 1% sales surge in December, finished with a 5% increase for the year over 2005, according to figures compiled by Wards Communications...
FMCSA Proposes On-Board Recorders to Monitor HOS
Jan 12, 2007
Truck and bus companies with a history of serious hours-of-service (HOS) violations may be required to install electronic on-board recorders (EOBR) in all of their commercial vehicles for a minimum of two years...
2005 Revenues Reach $292 Billion for Truck, Courier and Storage Industries
Jan 12, 2007
Truck transportation, couriers and messengers, and warehousing and storage revenues reached $292 billion in 2005, up from $266 billion the year before...
Volvo Group Presents Hybrid Technology in the U.S.
Jan 11, 2007
The Volvo Group today rolled out its internally developed unique hybrid technology for heavy vehicles, I-SAM...
PACCAR Announces New Manufacturing and Assembly Facility
Jan 10, 2007
PACCAR Inc unveiled plans for a new $400 million powertrain manufacturing and assembly facility in the southeast United States...
ArvinMeritor to Develop Dual-Mode Diesel-Electric Drivetrain for Wal-Mart Vehicle
Jan 10, 2007
ArvinMeritor, Inc. and Wal-Mart Transportation, Bentonville, Ark., have agreed to development of a dual-mode, diesel-electric drivetrain for a Class 8 tractor...
NAM Sees Continued Improvement from November Trade Data
Jan 10, 2007
The Commerce Department’s trade data released today for November 2006 showed continued improvement in U.S. manufactured goods trade, according to the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM). ...
Diesel price drops 4.3 cents
Jan 10, 2007
The average price for a gallon of diesel nationally fell 4.3 cents to $2.537 for the week ending January 7, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA)....
Fleet Sentiment Report Indicates Truck Orders May Rebound in 3Q, 4Q
Jan 9, 2007
Fleet Sentiment inquiry show that a little over half of the 48 respondents (51%) plan to place orders for power units with ’07 EPA engines before the end of the calendar year....
NTEA Announces New Steering Committee Leaders for the Young Executives Network
Jan 9, 2007
National Truck Equipment Association's (NTEA) Young Executives Network (YEN) announced five new steering committee leaders....
Toyota rolls out new Tundra
Jan 9, 2007, By David Cullen, Fleet Owner executive editor
Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. officially launched the new version of its full-size pickup, the Tundra, at the 2007 North American International Auto Show in Detroit....
Dana Completes Sale of Trailer Axle Manufacturing Assets to Hendrickson
Jan 8, 2007
Dana Corporation today announced that the company and its subsidiary, Dana Canada Corporation, have completed the sale of their trailer axle manufacturing assets to Hendrickson USA, L.L.C....
Cummins Receives Certification for '07 On-Highway Engines
Jan 8, 2007
Cummins Inc. announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has certified the Cummins Heavy-Duty and MidRange truck engines for 2007...
McFerren Elected President of NTEA's Ambulance Manufacturers Division
Jan 8, 2007
K. Alan McFerren, engineering manager of Medtec Ambulance Corporation (Goshen, IN), was recently elected president of the Ambulance Manufacturers Division (AMD) of the National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA)...
December truck orders less than forecast
Jan 4, 2007
Preliminary December truck orders released by A.C.T. were slightly lower than expected, according to Bear Stearns' forecast....
Haldex sells manufacturing plant to Setco
Jan 4, 2007
Haldex announced the sale of its manufacturing plant in Paris, Tennessee, along with certain product lines manufactured there, to Setco Automotive Limited...
