Mid-Size Bus Manufacturers Association Requests Public Comment
The Mid-Size Bus Manufacturers Association (MSBMA), an Affiliate Division of the National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA), announced a period of public comment for Recommended Practice 001 - Weight Distribution and Payload as it applies to mid-size buses...
Preliminary November Class 8 orders in line with forecast
Preliminary November truck orders for Class 8 were 17,400, down 44% year-over-year and in line with Bear Stearns’ "mid- to high-teens" forecast....
VALSPAR Opens New China Powder Plant
Valspar today opened its new powder coatings production facility next to its liquid coatings plant in Jiading, China...
Armor Holdings, Inc. Receives $649 Million Order for Additional FMTV Trucks
Armor Holdings, Inc, a leading manufacturer and distributor of military vehicles, vehicle armor systems and life safety and survivability systems serving military, law enforcement, homeland security and commercial markets, announced today the receipt of a $649 million order for production of additional Family of Medium Tactical Vehicle (FMTV) trucks...
Large pickup buyers focus on brand origin, J.D. Power survey shows
Although the large pickup truck segment encompasses both domestic and import brands, vehicle brand origin continues to be a top reason new-vehicle buyers avoid certain large truck models...
Road-goods Vehicle Traffic Up 3% in Europe
The total number of road-goods vehicles travelling to mainland Europe from Great Britain was 722,200 in the third quarter, a 3% increase compared with the previous quarter...
Swift Rejects Moyes Buyout
Sean Kilcarr, Fleet Owner senior editor
Swift Transportation has rejected a $2.2-billion cash buyout offer from Jerry Moyes, its founder and former chairman & CEO, saying in effect that his offer of $29 per share was too low...
Armor Holdings Inc. Receives $53 Million Armor Component Order for Up-Armored HMMWV
Armor Holdings announced an order today from AM General valued at $53.3 million under purchase agreement to provide armor components for M1151, M1152 and M1156 Up-Armored HMMWV programs...
Oakhurst Dairy Switches Truck Fleet to Cleaner Burning Biodiesel
Oakhurst Dairy announced that it will have transitioned 130 delivery trucks, or more than 90% of its fleet, to biodiesel fuel by the end of 2006. This switch will make the Oakhurst fleet the largest private biodiesel fleet in New England...
Great Dane Unveils Aerodynamic Trailer
An experimental aerodynamic trailer from Great DaneTrailers, International Truck & Engine Corp. and Wal-Mart is an integrated approach to smoothing airflow for drag reduction and fuel savings....
Volvo Group’s Deliveries Increase 3%
Total deliveries of trucks from the Volvo Group’s three truck companies increased 3% through October this year, compared with the year-earlier period...
NAM Survey Shows Growth For Small Manufacturers
A National Association of Manufacturers’ 2006 Small Manufacturers Operating Survey showed respondents anticipate solid growth in the months ahead from strong sales and increases in exports and capital investment...
AK Specialty Vehicles Is Renamed Oshkosh Specialty Vehicles
AK Specialty Vehicles, a leader in mobile medical, homeland security command and communications and broadcast vehicles, announced it will change its name to Oshkosh Specialty Vehicles...
Peterbilt Leads Medium-Duty Trucks in J.D. Power Study
Peterbilt is the highest-ranked manufacturer in the J.D. Power and Associates 2006 Medium-Duty Truck Customer Satisfaction Study in the conventional medium-duty truck segment...
Slight Increase in Diesel Price
The average price for a gallon of diesel nationally increased 0.1 cent to $2.553 for the week ending November 19, according to the Energy Information Administration...
FMCSA to create safety advisory committee
From Fleet Owner
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced the establishment of the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee to advise the Administrator on the creation and implementation of safety regulations and programs...
First Tundra pickup rolls off line in San Antonio
The first all-new 2007 Tundra full-size pickup rolled off the assembly line at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas, Inc., on Friday...
Former Lehnert & Sons president dies
Edwin B. Lehnert, former president of E. Lehnert & Sons, died in his sleep of a suspected heart ailment Nov. 6 at his home in Havre de Grace, Maryland. He was 82...
Diesel rises 4.6 cents
After falling 1.1 cents last week, the national average price for a gallon of diesel increased 4.6 cents to $2.552 for the week ending November 13...
Truck OEMs unite with Department of Energy to boost fuel efficiency
America could save nearly one billion gallons of fuel annually by adopting new aerodynamic technologies on tractor- trailer trucks, according to a two-year collaborative study conducted by members of the Truck Manufacturers Association ...
Oshkosh Unveils Fuel-Saving Hybrid Drive Refuse Vehicle
Oshkosh Truck Corp announced that the company is presenting its proprietary ProPulse hybrid drive technology in a refuse vehicle application at the 2006 Hybrid Truck Users Forum...
Eaton Awarded U.S. Patents for Hybrid Electric Power System
Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation has been awarded several United States patents for the company's Hybrid Electric Power System....
Medium and heavy truck sales up 11%
Medium and heavy trucks sold at a brisker pace in October, according to figures compiled by Wards Communications. Dealers sold 56,928 trucks with GVW ratings above 10,000 pounds during the month, up 11% from October 2005....
Net sales, income up at Wabash
Wabash National Corporation announced that net sales for the third quarter were $362 million, compared to $294 million for the same period last year...
Astoria opens 140,000-square-foot facility
Astoria Industries has added a 140,000-square-foot building in Osceola, Iowa, to its present 54,000-square-foot facility in Chariton, Iowa. ...
