ArvinMeritor Reports Higher Profits for 2Q
ArvinMeritor today reported that net income for the second quarter of fiscal year 2008 was $20 million...
FedEx Hybrid-Electric Fleet Surpasses 2-Million-Mile Mark
FedEx Corp. today announced a major milestone for its existing hybrid-electric truck fleet: more than two million miles of revenue service...
Kenworth of Mobile Opens State-of-the-Art Facility
Kenworth of Alabama recently relocated its Mobile, Ala., area dealership to a new, state-of-the-art facility...
March Trailer Orders Lower than Expected
March trailer orders, released by A.C.T., were 11,308 -- well below the 15,000-17,000 range forecast by Bear Stearns...
Truck tonnage declines in March
The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 3.3% in March 2008...
STEMCO opens plant in China
STEMCO announces the grand opening of its China manufacturing facility located in Suzhou, China....
Knight Transportation Revenue up 6%
Knight Transportation revenues for the quarter ended March 31 increased 5.9%, to $176.4 million, the motor carrier announced...
Residential and commercial roofing demand to grow 5% annually
A new research report projects that overall demand for residential and commercial roofing will increase...
Western trucks make Russian inroads
The Russian grocery chain X5 Retail Group has ordered 146 Scania distribution trucks for supplying goods to its nationwide stores...
Old Dominion delivers more revenue
Old Dominion Freight Line today announced a 15% increase in revenue for the first quarter of 2008...
Monthly Leasing and Finance Index declines
The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25) showed overall new business volume for March decreased 10.3% when compared to March 2007...
Maxon opens new liftgate plant
Maxon Lift Corp is now in production at its new lifgate plant in Tijuana, Mexico...
Con-way Freight Named Wal-Mart's 2007 LTL Carrier of the Year
Con-way Freight today announced that it has been named by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. as its 2007 LTL Carrier of the Year...
Daimler Hero Motor Corporation JV Established
The Indian Hero Group and Daimler AG signed a contract today in Delhi that governs the establishment of the Daimler Hero Motor Corporation Ltd....
Detroit Diesel Offers Free Upgrades to Boost Fuel Economy
Detroit Diesel Corporation today announced that a new software release will soon be available to customers, free of charge...
Beaver Valley Truck Center Joins Heil Distributor Network
Beaver Valley Truck Center of Leetsdale, Pa., has been named an authorized distributor for Heil distributor network...
Mack Announces 2007 Distributors of the Year
Mack Trucks, Inc. announced the recipients of its 2007 Distributor of the Year awards...
March Class 8 Orders Revised Up 2%
Class 8 and Class 5-7 net new orders were revised up 2% and 16%, respectively, according to figures released by A.C.T. today...
Bendix Plagued by Second Sweepstakes Scam
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC and Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC are warning the public of a second fraudulent sweepstakes...
Webb Responds to Increased Raw Material Costs
Webb Wheel Products, Inc. will take immediate actions to mitigate the risks associated with skyrocketing global metals prices...
Curtainsider, Reefer Sales Up in UK
In the first nine months of the 2007-2008 financial year, UK sales of Schmitz Cargobull refrigerated trailers were up 40%...
Wabash Receives Occupational Excellence Achievement Award
Wabash National Corporation Lafayette manufacturing operations were awarded a 2008 Occupational Excellence Achievement Award...
Schneider National Holds Security Summit
Schneider National, Inc. recently held a customer security summit to highlight practical and effective security procedures...
Clement Begins Construction on Plant Expansion
Clement Industries has begun construction on a new building that will be used for the manufacture of Clement's new line of aluminum dump trailers...
February Manufacturing Technology Consumption 4.4% Higher Than In 2007
February U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $308.50 million, according to the Association For Manufacturing Technology (AMT)...
