Medium-Duty Truck Orders Up 35% in October: ACT 

Net medium-duty truck orders rose to 19,285 units, up 35% over last month and October 2011, according to the State of the Industry report, recently released by ACT Research Co...

NTSB Tackles Truck Safety With Recommendations 

The National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) has released a 2013 “Most Wanted List” that includes recommendations in four areas that heavily impact trucking...

Optronics Acquired by Taiwan-based Lucidity 

Optronics International, a manufacturer and supplier of HD vehicle lighting, has been acquired by Taiwan-based Lucidity Enterprise and will operate as an independent business unit of Lucidity...

NHTSA Seeks Input on Small-Entities Regulations 

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is seeking comments on the economic impact of its regulations on small entities...

Confidence Index Down Slightly in November for Equipment Lease Finance Industry 

The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation’s November Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry was 49.9, a decrease from the October index of 53.3, reflecting many industry participants’ post-election concerns over issues including the fiscal cliff, economic policy and taxes...

Founder of Featherlite Trailer dies 

Roy C Culp, founder of Featherlite Trailers, passed away in his home November 17 at the age of 79...

Knapheide, Sortimo Form Partnership 

The Knapheide Manufacturing Company, along with Sortimo International GmbH and Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, have formed a partnership to give mobile technicians the most innovative and organized mobility solutions for their commercial vehicles ...

FTR’s September Shippers Conditions Index Stays Same 

FTR Associates’ Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) for September basically remained unchanged from August with a reading -6.9...

Manufacturing Technology Orders Up 5.6% Year-to-Date 

September U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $667.47 million and the year-to-date is $4,282.11 million, up 5.6% compared with 2011, according to the United States Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) Report...

Trailer market forecast downgraded for the next five years 

In the latest Trailer Market Forecast Report for Western Europe it is assumed that only Germany out of the Big 7 economies will have positive GDP in 2012. The outlook has got worse very rapidly, and this deterioration has fed directly into slowing trailer sales...

East Improves Integrated Stairway for Flatbeds 

East Manufacturing’s optional integrated stairway, introduced a few years ago, has been improved with an option adding a locking door enclosure that allows for additional lights and license plate mounting, while giving the rear end a more custom appearance...

Navistar Rolls Out First International Prostar+ With Cummins ISX15 

Navistar International Corporation’s (NYSE: NAV) first International ProStar+ Class 8 on-highway tractor equipped with the Cummins ISX15 and SCR-based Cummins Emission Solutions aftertreatment system rolled off the production line at the company’s Escobedo, Mexico, plant...

Western Star Updates Body Builder Book  

Western Star Truck Sales, Inc. has updated its Body Builder book, with Version 2.1 featuring the availability of two- and three-dimensional generic truck model layout drawings and including a downloadable comprehensive power take-off (PTO) compatibility section...

Navistar’s Program Helps Those Hurt by Hurricane Sandy 

International Truck customers whose vehicles were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Sandy may now have help in getting their business back...

ATD Announces Nominees for Truck Dealer of the Year 

Six commercial truck dealers were nominated for the 2013 Truck Dealer of the Year, a national award presented by the American Truck Dealers (ATD) and Heavy Duty Trucking magazine...

Medium and Heavy Truck Sales Up 3% in October 

By Rick Weber

Medium and heavy truck sales were up 3% in October over the same period a year ago and up 5% from the previous month, according to figures compiled by Wards Communications...

Meritor Revises Reporting Structure 

Meritor has made changes to its reporting structure to create more efficiencies across the organization, with the company now reporting future results under two segments: Commercial Truck and Industrial, and Aftermarket & Trailer...

‘Micro Plants’ Could Speed Up LNG Delivery 

A new approach that involves manufacturing liquefied natural gas (LNG) at “micro plants” and then delivering it to nearby truck stops for fueling long-haul trucks could help to quickly build out what’s trademarked as “America’s Natural Gas Highway” by Clean Energy Fuels,the largest provider of natural gas fuel for transportation in North America...

MHC Kenworth Adds North Carolina Locations 

Murphy-Hoffman Co. (MHC) has purchased 10 dealerships and 11 leasing locations in North Carolina from Cooper Kenworth and Cooper Leasing, increasing MHC’s network to over 90 dealership and leasing locations across 11 states...

Timpte Opens New Branch in Sioux City 

Timpte has opened a new Factory Direct Sales Branch Office in Sioux City, Iowa, that offers new and used grain trailers for sale, as well as over-the-counter parts and service...

DUECO Provides Equipment to Support Hurricane Sandy Cleanup 

DUECO, Inc. has customers throughout the East Coast and elsewhere in the country working their DUECO-built trucks and crews hard to restore power throughout the area in the wake of Hurricane Sandy...

Mitsubishi Fuso Making Trucks Available for Hurricane Sandy Relief 

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc. (MFTA) has consolidated a significant portion of its medium-duty truck inventory at its port facilities in Baltimore, where it can be delivered immediately to its dealers across the affected states to aid in Hurricane Sandy relief efforts...

Papé Kenworth-Eugene Relocates Facility to Coburg 

Papé Kenworth-Eugene has relocated its full-service location to an extensively renovated facility in Coburg, Ore., with excellent access to Interstate 5 off Exit 199 for customer convenience...

Talbert Produces New 50-Ton Traveling Axle Trailer  

Talbert Manufacturing will introduce its 50-Ton 5051 Traveling Axle trailer at the American Towman Exposition in Baltimore, Md...

Snow Removal Volunteers Sought for SnowCare for Troops’ Season 

As Project EverGreen’s SnowCare for Troops (SCFT) program enters its third season, the non-profit organization is recognizing the more than 600 volunteers who support the campaign’s military families year-round by also offering landscaping services through GreenCare for Troops ...

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