NTEA's YEN welcomes new Steering Committee, elects chair
Apr 12, 2004
The NTEA’s Young Executives Network (YEN) welcomes five new Steering Committee members along with a new elected chairman....
Work Truck Show attendance up 20%
Apr 9, 2004
The National Truck Equipment Association says initial data show a verified attendance increase of over 20% from last year's Work Truck Show and convention....
Crimson Fire announces South Dakota facility expansion, strong order backlog
Apr 9, 2004
Fire truck maker Crimson Fire, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan Motors, Inc., today announced it is building a new state-of-the-art facility adjacent to its existing Brandon, S.D., headquarters that will allow the company to add new equipment and meet growing demand for its products. ...
Light-duty truck maintenance costs fall
Apr 9, 2004
Light-duty truck maintenance expenses were less in 2003, according to a recent study conducted by GE Fleet Services and analyzed by Automotive Fleet....
Diesel price highest in over a year
Apr 9, 2004
The cost of diesel increased 0.6 cents this week to a national average of $1.648 – the highest price since March 24, 2003....
FleetPride announces 50th FleetCare affiliate
Apr 9, 2004
FleetPride, Inc., the nation's largest independent aftermarket distributor of heavy-duty truck parts, today announced the addition of the 50th FleetCare Truck Service Center affiliate. ...
Cummins chooses switch supplier
Apr 9, 2004
Index Sensors & Controls Inc. has signed a three-year agreement to supply Cummins Inc. with temperature and pressure switches on all diesel engines introduced in 2002 or earlier. The switches will be used in 10 facilities worldwide and products began shipping in March. ...
Commodities clash with brisk sales
Apr 8, 2004
Over recent weeks, many companies have made it no secret that commodity prices are sky-rocketing — with many announcing increases in retail pricing to compensate. ...
Great Dane Limited Partnership to increase production in Arkansas
Apr 7, 2004
Great Dane Limited Partnership announced today that it will initiate a full second shift of manufacturing operations at its Jonesboro, Ark. manufacturing plant, creating 175 new jobs, and bringing total plant staff to 400 employees....
Cummins upwardly revises earnings
Apr 6, 2004
Cummins Inc. today increased its original guidance for the first quarter 2004 to the range of 65 to 75 cents a share over its previous estimate of 40 to 50 cents a share....
Goodyear, International 'Challenge' consumers
Apr 6, 2004
International Truck and Engine Corp. and Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. have partnered so that Goodyear’s new G395 LHS steer tire is given a special performance guarantee on International 8000 and 9000i Series tractors used in line-haul service. ...
ASE announces spring certification test dates
Apr 2, 2004
The National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) has announced the dates for its spring 2004 certification tests: May 4, 6 and 11....
Diesel price up 4 cents over a year ago
Apr 2, 2004
The average price for diesel nationally went up by just one-tenth of a cent this week, but, at $1.642, is 4 cents higher than it was a year ago....
F-Series sales up 18% over a year ago
Apr 1, 2004
Ford's F-Series truck, America's perennial best-selling vehicle, posted March sales of 80,056 -- up 18% compared with a year ago. March was the seventh month in a row F-Series achieved a double- digit sales increase -- a streak coinciding with the introduction of the all- new F-150 last September. ...
Dana Corporation celebrates its founding on April 1, 1904
Apr 1, 2004
Dana Corporation today celebrates its founding on April 1, 1904. On that day, an engineer named Clarence Spicer began producing his encased universal joint, which effectively replaced the sprocket-and-chain power transmission of the day. ...
Factory orders up
Apr 1, 2004
New orders for manufactured goods in February rose 0.3% to $343 billion while shipments decreased 0.5% to $347 billion, according to the Department of Commerce. This spells good news for truckers as the transportation industry delivers goods coming in and out of factories. ...
Wabash planning to build '10-year trailer'
Mar 31, 2004
Trailer maker Wabash National is trying to design and build an almost maintenance-free trailer with an expected life cycle of 10 years — almost twice the expected life of today’s trailers, Rod Ehrlich, the company’s chief technology officer, said. ...
Utility can't keep up with the demand
Mar 31, 2004
On the eve of its 90th birthday, Utility Trailers unveiled a new dry van product and announced a manufacturing plant expansion to keep up with burgeoning trailer demand. ...
International gears up for new Class 8
Mar 31, 2004
At the annual Heavy Duty Manufacturer’s Association breakfast at last week’s Mid-America Trucking Show, Dee Kapur put the spotlight on International Truck & Engine Corp.’s effort to build an all-new Class 8 truck platform. ...
Reading Truck Body founder dies
Mar 30, 2004
Irv Suknow, founder and chairman of Reading Truck Body, died Sunday. He was 83....
Kidron strarts production in Pennsylvania
Mar 29, 2004
Kidron begins production in Montgomery, Pennsylvania, in a plant the company acquired from Grumman Olson....
Ford rolls out new LCF model
Mar 29, 2004
Ford Motor Co. officially unveiled its low cab forward [LCF] medium-duty Class 4 & 5 commercial truck at the Mid-America Trucking Show last week in Lousville, KY. ...
Mack’s Vikner cautious on truck sales projections
Mar 29, 2004
Paul Vikner, president & CEO of Mack Trucks, wanted to make two things very clear at the Mid-America Trucking Show last week: One is that the trucking industry is coming back “very strong” in terms of demand for new trucks, and the other is that truck makers must be “a lot more cautious and careful” in terms of projecting how strong new truck demand could be. ...
Sterling, Western Star focus on gaining market share
Mar 29, 2004
John Merrifield, senior vp sales & marketing for Freightliner LLC subsidiaries Sterling and Western Star, is known for speaking bluntly— and did just that in regards to their future market share targets at the Mid-America Trucking Show last week in Louisville, KY. ...
Kenworth option eases dump body installation
Mar 27, 2004
Kenworth factory-installed exhaust option simplifies installation of heated dump bodies...
