Rogers Low-Boy Trailer Hauls Mining Equipment in Canada
Rogers Brothers Corp has completed a 125-ton-capacity trailer for an iron ore mine in northern Canada...
Greentech, JAC To Develop All-Electric Sedan For North American Market
GreenTech Automotive and Chinese manufacturer JAC Motors have formed a strategic partnership that will include the development of a five-passenger, all-electric sedan to be assembled in the United States...
Supreme Industries Names Weber President, CEO
Supreme Industries, Inc. (NYSE MKT: STS) has selected Mark D. Weber to be the President and Chief Executive Officer of the company effective May 6...
Equipment Lease Finance Industry Confidence Falls in April
Confidence in the equipment finance market is 54.0, an easing from the March index of 58.0, reflecting industry participants’ continuing concerns over the economy and the impact of federal policies on capital expenditures, according to the April Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI) released by the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation ...
EPA Certifies Navistar’s 13L Engine
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has certified Navistar’s 13L heavy-duty big bore engines with selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology, allowing the company to take the next step in its progression to supplying 2010-certified engines to the marketplace...
Kenworth, Peterbilt Models Add Bendix eTrac Option
Kenworth and Peterbilt 6x2 Class 8 tractors are now available with the Bendix eTrac automated air pressure transfer system as an option...
Double M Sales Joins HDA Truck Pride’s Network
HDA Truck Pride has added a new member, Double M Sales, located in Farmington, NM, which services the immediate tri-city areas of Farmington, Aztec and Bloomfield, as well as servicing an expanded market reach into the Durango and Cortez, Colorado, marketplaces...
Boothroyd Dewhurst to Host Forum on Design for Manufacture and Assembly
Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc., will host the twenty-eighth annual International Forum on Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) on June 12-14 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Providence-Warwick, R.I...
Kögel Unveils New Three-Axle Flatbed Semi-Trailer
Kögel’s new three-axle flatbed semi-trailer has an offset plateau, high tapered bed, and low tare weight, making it ideal for transporting diggers, wheeled loaders, construction machines, and heavy implements...
CMA to Hold Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Distribution Center
Double Coin Tires and CMA will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for CMA’s newest distribution center on April 25...
ROUSH CleanTech Taking Orders for Ford F-650 Propane Autogas Fuel Systems
The propane industry, food and beverage distributors, logistics companies, tree servicing companies and public utilities are a few examples of fleets that will benefit from the ROUSH CleanTech propane autogas powered Ford F-650 chassis cab fuel system...
Utility Trailer Sales of Arizona is Newest Travis Dealer
Travis Body and Trailer Inc of Houston has appointed Utility Trailer Sales of Arizona as its newest independent dealer in the state of Arizona...
Utility Trailer’s Foam-In-Place Technology on Video
Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co. has released a video that illustrates its proprietary foam-in-place insulation process, which is featured on Utility’s 3000R reefer trailer...
Ford, GM to Collaborate On New 9- and 10-Speed Transmissions
Ford Motor Co. and General Motors plan to jointly develop what they say is an “all-new generation” of nine- and 10-speed automatic transmissions for cars, crossovers, SUVs and trucks...
Medium and Heavy Truck Sales Down 5%
By Rick Weber
Medium and heavy truck sales were down 5% in March over the same period a year ago and up 16% from the previous month, according to figures compiled by Wards Communications...
China GDP Up 7.9% in 4Q
China’s GDP rose at a 7.9% year-over-year pace in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to the most recent China Commercial Vehicle Outlook, jointly published quarterly by ACT and SIC, China’s State Information Center...
IMT Names New Distributor in Pennsylvania
Iowa Mold Tooling Co. Inc. (IMT), an Oshkosh Corporation company (NYSE:OSK), announced that National Truck Body Solutions, based in Greencastle, Pa., has extended its product offering by becoming a distributor of IMT products...
Navistar Re-launches Truck Portfolio with Cummins Power
Navistar has re-launched its classic International 9900i tractor and PayStar 5900 SBA vocational models featuring the Cummins ISX15 engine equipped with selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology to make it compliant with heavy-truck emission regulations...
MHC Kenworth–Kansas City Honored As 2012 Kenworth Dealer of the Year
MHC Kenworth–Kansas City has received the 2012 Kenworth Dealer of the Year Award for the United States and Canada...
FTR's Trucking Conditions Index Continues Climb
FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) for February reflected an increasingly improving outlook for trucking with another month-over-month increase of 2+ points to a reading of 12.9, according to the April 2013 Trucking Update...
East European Trailer Market Down 4.7% in 2012
Heavy trailer demand in Eastern Europe fell by 4.7% in 2012—a better outcome than was expected midway through the year—according to a new report by consulting group CLEAR...
Navistar Sued by Shareholders for Fraud
A group of shareholders has filed a class-action lawsuit against Navistar International Corp. alleging that the OEM essentially lied to investors about its efforts to achieve compliance with EPA 2010 diesel-engine emissions rules...
FTR Associates to Host State of Freight Summit in Chicago
FTR Associates (www.ftrassociates.com) will host its inaugural State of Freight Summit at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Rosemont, IL, May 21-22...
Used-Equipment Auctioneer Starts Online Marketplace for Private Sales
Auctioneering firm Ritchie Bros. has launched its own online marketplace—EquipmentOne.com— to serve private buyers and sellers of used industrial equipment and materials...
Reading, Monroe Form Strategic Partnership
Reading Truck Body, LLC and Monroe Truck Equipment, Inc. have entered into a strategic partnership in which Monroe will provide Reading with nationwide distribution coverage that fills a variety of niches in the Midwest and beyond, while Reading will equip Monroe with a lineup of product offerings...
