FedEx Express Deploys Fuel-Saving Vehicles in Denver
FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., today introduced four hybrid electric medium-duty trucks into service in the Denver metropolitan area...
Oshkosh Selected to Provide FHTV Units in Kuwait
Oshkosh Truck Corporation announced that the company has been selected by the U.S. Army for Theater Provided Equipment Refurbishment (TPER) of FHTV units under a four-year Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract....
Volvo Makes Bid for Nissan Diesel
AB Volvo’s Board of Directors has decided to make a public offer to acquire the Japanese truck manufacturer Nissan Diesel...
Snow and Ice Management Association to Unveil New Certification Test
The Snow & Ice Management Association (SIMA) announced today that it will unveil its new Certified Snow Professional test on April 20....
Bendix to Strategically Realign Manufacturing Operations
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC today announced a realignment strategy to its North American manufacturing operations that includes its intent to close its facility in Frankfort, Ky...
Death claims Refrigerated Transporter editor
Gary L Macklin, editor-in-chief of Refrigerated Transporter, died unexpectedly at his Houston home February 16. Refrigerated Transporter is a sister publication of Trailer/Body Builders written for those who purchase and operate refrigerated truck bodies and trailers....
Sterling ‘Bullet’ to be fired off at Work Truck Show
Sterling Truck Corporation will introduce a new conventional Class 4-5 truck: at the NTEA Work Truck Show 2007 March 6. ...
EPA Awards $94,876 Grant for Chicago Clean School Bus Project
U S Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has awarded a $94,876 grant to the American Lung Association for a project to cut diesel emissions from school buses in the Chicago metropolitan area....
Wabash posts sales gains in 2006
Wabash National Corporation racked up net sales of $1,312 million during 2006, a gain of $98 million from 2005. Net income for the twelve months of 2006 totaled $9 million or $0.30 per diluted share...
Medium and heavy truck sales down 2%
Medium and heavy trucks declined 2% in January, according to figures compiled by Wards Communications...
Trucker bankruptcies up 16% in January
The number of seasonally adjusted trucker bankruptcy filings was 16% higher year-over-year in January. Bear Stearns said its seasonally adjusted index deteriorated modestly to 43 in January from 37 in December...
American LaFrance Launches CondorNest Stock Program
A new factory stock program launched by American LaFrance-what it says is the first of its kind in the heavy truck industry-will provide Condor customers with instant access to Condor chassis availability...
Dodge Unveils Three New Trucks
By Sean Kilcarr, Fleet Owner
DaimlerChrysler’s Dodge Truck division unveiled three new trucks yesterday at the Chicago Auto Show-- the 2008 Dodge Ram 4500 and 5500 cab chassis and a new mid-size Dodge Dakota pickup...
Economic Picture Looks Better
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its revisions of the Establishment Survey data, and the picture painted by the latest figures is considerably different from that described by the numbers used last month...
Cummins Announces Uptime Guarantee for '07
Cummins Inc. today announced that its Heavy-Duty ISX and ISM on-highway truck engines for 2007 will be covered by its exclusive Uptime Guarantee...
4Q Trailer Shipments Up 4% Over 2005
Total trailer shipments of 60,950 in the fourth quarter were 4.1% ahead of the 2005 fourth-quarter level as a 19% increase in non-van shipments offset a very modest 1% year-over-year decline in van deliveries....
Clement sold to private investment group
W. Glen Hicks and his family have sold the stock of Clement Industries, Inc., a company they founded in 1976, to a private investment group based in Birmingham, Alabama...
Preliminary January Truck Orders Lower Than Expected
Preliminary Class 8 truck orders for January, released by A.C.T. today, were 11,000-lower than Bear Stearns' forecast of the "mid-teens" and down 75% year-over-year ...
Volvo Trucks North America Sets Truck Sales Record in 2006
Volvo Trucks North America sold a record number of trucks in 2006, and increased its market share for the fourth consecutive year....
Bayne Lift Systems Relocates
Bayne Premium Lift Systems, a leading manufacturer of hydraulic cart lifters for refuse collection vehicles and commercial/industrial applications, has moved...
ArvinMeritor Signs Definitive Agreement to Sell Emissions Technologies Group
ArvinMeritor, Inc., announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Emissions Technologies business group to One Equity Partners (OEP), an equity investment firm based in New York...
Oshkosh, International to Provide Marine Corps With Armored Vehicles For Testing
Oshkosh Truck Corporation and International Military and Government, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of International Truck and Engine Corporation, have been named finalists for the estimated $1 billion contract to provide up to 4,100 Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles to the U.S. Marine Corps....
PACCAR Has Record Revenue and Income for 2006
PACCAR’s consolidated net sales and financial service revenues in 2006 were a record $16.45 billion, an increase of 17 percent from $14.06 billion in 2005...
ATA Truck Tonnage Index Rebounds
The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index jumped 3.9 percent in December after falling 3.6 percent in November. ...
