Hybra-Drive Selected to Build Hydraulic Hybrid Truck for Testing
A government-corporate partnership led by CALSTART has selected a Michigan firm to build three identical hydraulic hybrid delivery trucks ...
UPS Places Largest-Ever Alternative-Fuel Order With Freightliner CCC
The largest order of alternative-fuel commercial vehicles to-date was placed with Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) today by UPS...
Sterling Introduces Its First Natural Gas-Powered Vehicle
Sterling Truck Corporation rolled out a new natural gas (NG)-fueled tractor. The Sterling Set-Back 113 fueled with natural gas is ideal for port operation...
Commercial Vehicle Group Opens New R&D Center and Corporate Headquarters
Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. today announced that it has moved into its newly opened Corporate Headquarters and Research and Development Center located in New Albany, Ohio...
9% Sales Decline in 1Q for Supreme Industries
Supreme Industries, Inc. today announced that net sales were down 9.5% for its first quarter ending March 29. Net sales were $75.9 million, compared with $83.9 million, in the same year-ago period...
Evans Network Expects 15-17% Growth in 2008
Despite the rough economic times faced by most trucking companies, Evans Network of Companies, a trucking and logistics partner, is anticipating double-digit financial growth in 2008...
Hayes Lemmerz to Close Facility in Gainesville, Georgia
Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. announced today that it will close its aluminum wheel facility in Gainesville, Georgia, by the end of December. The closure is the result of global overcapacity in the light vehicle aluminum wheel market and increasing aluminum wheel imports into North America from low-cost countries...
Veri-Tek Expands Boom Trucks Into Russia
Veri-Tek International, Corp., a provider of engineered lifting solutions including boom truck cranes, rough terrain forklifts and special mission-oriented vehicles...
Schneider National Takes
Steps to Save Energy
Schneider National, Inc. announced today its plans to operate the most energy-efficient fleet in the industry. The effort was announced at a news conference in Washington, D.C....
ATA Calls on Congress to Support Efforts to Lower Fuel Prices
American Trucking Associations State Vice President Mike Card called on Congress to support the trucking industry's efforts to reduce fuel consumption and address the escalating cost of fuel in efforts to ease the financial hardships of the nation's motor carriers...
Hardwire LLC to Supply Advanced Armor Components for Navistar's MRAPs
Hardwire LLC, a developer and supplier of advanced composite armor solutions, has received a commitment from Navistar's military affiliate --Navistar Defense...
Another Scam Targets Bendix
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC and Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC are warning the public of repeated waves of consumer fraud activity that have appropriated the companies' identities...
ArvinMeritor To Spin Off Light Vehicle Systems Business to Shareholders
ArvinMeritor, Inc. today announced that its board of directors has approved a plan to spin off its Light Vehicle Systems (LVS) business to ArvinMeritor shareholders, with the Commercial Vehicle Systems (CVS) business remaining with ArvinMeritor...
U.S. Army Awards Navistar Defense $1.3 Billion Truck Contract
Thousands of trucks from Navistar Defense, LLC will support rebuilding and security efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq as the U.S. Army today awarded Navistar Defense a multi-year contract valued at nearly $1.3 billion...
AL-KO Acquires RBW Industries
AL-KO Kober Corporation acquired RBW Industries, Inc., of Chino, California...
Mack Develops Low NOx Solution for CARB Idling Restrictions
MACK MP7 and MP8 engines have been certified to meet California's 2008 criteria to limit emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) while idling...
Wabash Sells RoadRailer Demonstration Set to Shiga Transport
Wabash National Corporation today announced that Japan's Shiga Transport Co. Ltd. purchased a demonstration set of RoadRailer intermodal equipment...
Training Program for VIS-Check Machine
ACOFAS will host a Spring Training program May 13-14 at the Truckaline Suspension Center in Altoona, Wisconsin...
Schneider Logistics Opens New
Regional Center
Schneider Logistics, Inc. has expanded its brokerage services with the opening of a new regional logistics center (RLC) in Toronto, Ontario...
New Orders, Production, Employment and Inventories Contracting
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector failed to grow in April, while the overall economy grew for the 78th consecutive month...
Oshkosh Reports Record 2Q EPS Up 42%
Oshkosh Corporation today reported that its earnings per share (EPS) was $0.97...
WABCO Sets Another Quarterly Sales, Net Income Record
WABCO Holdings Inc. today reported record Q1 2008 sales of $705 million, up 26 percent over last year...
Cummins' Sales, Earnings Surge On Strong Global Demand
Cummins Inc. today reported significantly higher revenues, net income and Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT) for the first quarter of 2008...
Eaton Receives Grant For HLA Technology
Eaton Corporation's fuel-saving Hydraulic Launch Assist (HLA) technology will be used on a south Texas fleet of urban shuttle buses to reduce greenhouse gas emissions...
FleetPride Purchases Keller Truck Parts, Inc.
FleetPride, Inc. announced today that it has finalized the acquisition of Keller Truck Parts, Inc....
