Truck sales help boost Volvo profits 59%
Volvo said its profits rose 59% for the second quarter, attributing much of the rise to cost savings and new truck sales. The company posted a net profit...
Oshkosh profits rise; stock split declared
Oshkosh Truck Corp. said its net income for the fiscal third quarter ended June 30 was $24.2 million or $1.39 per share, compared with $21.6 million or...
Paccar sales and income climb
Paccar Inc. reported higher sales and net income for the second quarter and first half of 2003 compared with the same periods a year ago, chairman & CEO...
Paccar sales and income climb
Paccar Inc. reported higher sales and net income for the second quarter and first half of 2003 compared with the same periods a year ago, chairman & CEO...
New Houston arena features suite with Toyota Tundra
The Toyota Center, the newly named Houston Rockets and Comets arena in Houston, will include a "Tundra Zone" with the first in-bowl vehicle display in...
Dana rejects ArvinMeritor's offer
Dana Corp.'s board of directors has rejected ArvinMeritor Inc.'s hostile takeover attempt, calling ArvinMeritor's offer inadequate from a financial point...
Wabash reports $27 million net loss in 2Q
Wabash National Corporation today announced that net sales for the second quarter were $230 million, compared to $210 million for the same period last...
Wabash, ArvinMeritor announce $120 million order with U.S. Xpress
Wabash National Corp. and ArvinMeritor Inc. today announced confirmation of a three-year order agreement for over 7,000 Wabash National DuraPlate branded...
Wabash to sell certain non-core assets to Aurora
Wabash National Corporation and Jefferies Capital Partners, a private equity firm associated with Jefferies Group, Inc., announced today a definitive...
Wabash to sell certain non-core assets to Aurora
Wabash National Corporation and Jefferies Capital Partners, a private equity firm associated with Jefferies Group, Inc., announced today a definitive...
Heavy-duty engine sales help Cat
Caterpillar Inc. today reported second-quarter 2003 sales and revenues of $5.93 billion up 12% compared to the second quarter 2002. "Even though many...
Oshkosh truck subsidiary certified to new ISO standard
Oshkosh Truck Corp. announced today that its subsidiary, McNeilus Cos. Inc., a manufacturer of concrete mixers, batch plants and refuse truck bodies,...
Former President Bush to give NTEA Convention keynote address
The National Truck Equipment Association announced today that former President George Bush will deliver the keynote address at the NTEA's President's...
Stewart & Stevenson receives $80 million FMTV contract modifications
Stewart & Stevenson Services Inc announced today that its subsidiary, Stewart & Stevenson Tactical Vehicle Systems, LP (TVS), has been awarded three contract...
June truck sales up 14%
Franchised dealers of U.S. truck manufacturers sold 813,801 units in June 2003 -- a 14.1% increase over sales for the month a year ago -- according to...
ArvinMeritor needs financing for Dana takeover
ArvinMeritor Inc. has not reached agreements with lenders on financing for the proposed $2.2 billion merger with Dana Corp., according to published reports....
NHTSA phoning trailer manufacturers to evaluate TREAD Act problems, costs
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is in the process of calling selected trailer manufacturers to learn what problems manufacturers are...
Mitsubishi Fuso to recall nearly 15,000 trucks
Mitsubishi Fuso says it will recall 14,913 Fuso Super Great series of trucks produced between November 1994 and March 2003 to repair a bolt connected...
WTO says Bush's steel tariff violates trade rules
The World Trade Organization has ruled that heavy duties on steel imports imposed last year by the Bush administration violate global trade rules. A three-member...
New International engine retrofit program reduces diesel emissions
International Truck and Engine Corporation today announced a retrofit program that allows customers to reduce emissions from diesel engines in late-model...
NHTSA finds cracking tendency in 1991-92 Monon trailers
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is alerting fleet operators that certain 1991-92 Monon trailers may be prone to cracking in the upper...
ArvinMeritor faces hurdles in Dana bid
ArvinMeritor Inc.'s bid for a $2.2 billion hostile takeover of Dana Corp. faces a number of hurdles that threaten the plan to create a blockbuster automotive...
Ford says new F-150 to reap higher profits
Ford Motor Co. says the new 2004 version of its F-150 pickups will be more profitable than the older model, despite its higher assembly costs, according...
Dana makes deal with MTS Systems
MTS Systems Corp. has announced today that Dana Corp. will use Swift wheel force transducers from MTS for the development of truck axles and other large...
Higher pump prices ahead
Consumers will likely be paying higher prices at the gas pump in coming years as new federal regulations to reduce sulfur in gasoline begin to take effect...
