Trailer production, shipments post gains
Trailer production and shipments rose sharply during the third quarter, up 30% sequentially and 19% year-over-year to 42,300 units, according to figures...
ArvinMeritor has positive quarter
ArvinMeritor Inc. posted a fourth-quarter profit as fleets bought heavy-duty trucks ahead of new EPA emissions standards. The Troy, MI-based company reported...
ArvinMeritor has positive quarter
ArvinMeritor Inc. posted a fourth-quarter profit as fleets bought heavy-duty trucks ahead of new EPA emissions standards. The Troy, MI-based company reported...
Ford F-150 engines will be made in Canada
Ford Canada will begin mass production in Windsor, Ontario, of new V-8 engines for the automaker's next-generation F-150 pickup truck. The automaker said...
Cummins to add jobs
Cummins Inc. said it plans to immediately add 140 positions at its Columbus, IN engine plant to help meet demand for its turbodiesel engine used in the...
Diesel price dropping
The average price at the pump for a gallon of diesel fuel fell 1.4 cents this week, and is 2.7 cents lower than it was two weeks ago, the Dept. of Energy...
ArvinMeritor sells its off-highway axle business
ArvinMeritor Inc. announced it has reached agreement for the sale of its off-highway axle business, which principally manufactures planetary axles for...
Autocar offers Cat engine
Autocar LLC has announced it is now offering the Caterpillar 3126E 7.2-liter mid-range diesel engine in its Xpeditor WX series trucks. The engine, with...
Oshkosh to deliver six trucks to National Guard
Oshkosh Truck Corp. will deliver six Common Bridge Transporters (CBT) based on the Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) to the North Dakota...
Pennsylvania unveils Mack Granite snowplow
The Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation (PennDOT) has unveiled the first of its 11 tandem-axle Mack Granite snowplow trucks that will be used on the...
Institute to study diesel engines
Southwest Research Institute said it will conduct a benchmarking study of eight 2002 model-year heavy-duty diesel engines. The benchmarking program will...
Wabash National Corp announces expansion
Wabash National Corporation (NYSE: WNC) announced that its Board of Directors has approved plans to invest more than $2 million in a new flexible assembly...
Wabash National Corp announces expansion
Wabash National Corporation (NYSE: WNC) announced that its Board of Directors has approved plans to invest more than $2 million in a new flexible assembly...
RUAN Transportation opens Bay Area facility
RUAN Transportation Management Systems, one of the largest privately owned transportation service companies in the United States, announced the opening...
Ruan
RUAN Transportation opens Bay Area facility RUAN Transportation Management Systems, one of the largest privately owned transportation service companies...
NADA’S numbers game
According to National Association of Automobile Dealers Data 2002: -- The total number of vehicles in operation in 2001 in the U.S. was 216,682,937. Of...
Freightliner LLC announces production adjustments, workforce reductions
Due to very difficult and extraordinary market conditions in the North American truck manufacturing industry, Freightliner LLC will make a series of production...
EPA
EPA rules boosting used-truck market After a two-year slump, demand for used trucks is picking up, say truck OEMs and dealers. Fleets have opted to make...
Mexico
Mexican transportation and communications secretary Pedro Creosol said that restrictions imposed on Mexican trucks entering the United States is a major...
EPA rules boosting used-truck market
After a two-year slump, demand for used trucks is picking up, say truck OEMs and dealers. Fleets have opted to make used truck purchases because of new...
Mexico wants truck ban lifted
Mexican transportation and communications secretary Pedro Creosol said that restrictions imposed on Mexican trucks entering the United States is a major...
UAW, Navistar reach contract agreement
Navistar International Corp. announced late Sunday that members of the United Auto Workers have agreed to a five-year labor agreement with its International...
UAW and Navistar reach contract agreement
Navistar International Corp. announced late Sunday that members of the United Auto Workers have agreed to a five-year labor agreement with its International...
