PPG Receives NATM Associate Member Of The Year Award
Feb 24, 2009
The National Association of Trailer Manufacturers (NATM) has honored PPG with its 2008 Associate Member of the Year Award...
Phillips Industries Wins NAPA HD Manufacturer Award
Feb 24, 2009
Phillips Industries has won the NAPA Heavy Duty Manufacturer of the Year Award for 2008...
Oshkosh, Navistar Deliver M-ATV Production Vehicles for Military Evaluation
Feb 23, 2009
Oshkosh Corporation and Navistar Defense LLC have delivered production-representative MRAP All Terrain Vehicles (M-ATV) to the U.S. Army’s Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland for military evaluation...
Navistar’s Tarrant To Lead Workhorse Custom Chassis
Feb 23, 2009
Navistar International Corporation has elected long-time Navistar and Ford executive David Tarrant to be chief executive officer for Workhorse Custom Chassis...
FleetPride Acquires Multibearings Service
Feb 23, 2009
FleetPride, Inc. announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Multibearings Service Co., Inc...
ATA Advocates National Focus to Improve Freight Mobility
Feb 23, 2009
Congress should shift the Federal Surface Transportation Program's mission to focus on freight mobility as a national goal, Randall J. Clifford, Chairman of Ventura Transfer Co. of Long Beach, Calif., said...
American Truck Dealers Names New Chairman
Feb 20, 2009
Kyle Treadway, president of Kenworth Sales Company in Salt Lake City, is the new chairman of the American Truck Dealers (ATD)...
ArvinMeritor Unveils Remanufactured Brake Shoes with PlatinumShield Coating
Feb 20, 2009
ArvinMeritor Inc. introduced remanufactured brake shoes with PlatinumShield coating to provide protection against corrosion and rust-jacking...
NTEA Report Offers Survival Strategies
Feb 19, 2009
The National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) has released The Industry Overview and Strategic Bundle, two detailed reports that offer truck-equipment firms a plan of attack for surviving and thriving in the years ahead...
EPA to Revisit Emissions Standards Waiver
Feb 19, 2009
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is being asked by President Obama to reconsider its denial of a waiver that would allow California to implement new greenhouse gas emissions standards...
VIPAR Opens New Manufacturing Centers
Feb 18, 2009
Global Parts Network, LLC (GPN) has opened two new CoMan (Cooperative Manufacturing) Centers in the eastern and western parts of the United States...
Heil Environmental Expands Coverage In Sunbelt
Feb 18, 2009
Heil Environmental announced the appointment of Sunbelt Hydraulics and Equipment Inc. of Delray Beach, Fla., as its authorized dealer for southern Florida...
Bendix Spotlighted In Brand Protection Manual
Feb 17, 2009
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC is continuing its fight against counterfeiting through its inclusion in the...
MEMA Urges Immediate Action to Help Parts Suppliers
Feb 17, 2009
The Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) is seeking financial assistance for motor vehicle parts suppliers...
FTR Analysis Shows Intermodal Losing Market Share
Feb 17, 2009
Intermodal’s share of U.S. long-haul (550+ miles) movements of international and domestic containerized freight dropped by 0.2% to a level of 12.1% from the third to the fourth quarter...
Thermo King Improves Manufacturing Operations
Feb 17, 2009
AeroScout, Inc. today announced that it has deployed a wireless parts replenishment solution for Thermo King Corporation...
Landoll Honors Worldwide Equipment Sales
Feb 13, 2009
Worldwide Equipment Sales, LLC, of Rockdale, Illinois, announced it was named Landoll Corporation’s largest volume dealer for 2008...
T. Boone Pickens to Speak at Work Truck Show’s Green Truck Summit
Feb 13, 2009
Texas billionaire, energy activist and entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens will give the keynote address at The Work Truck Show 2009 Green Truck Summit...
Dodge Introduces ‘New Crew’ of Ram HD Pickups
Feb 12, 2009
The 2010 Dodge Ram Heavy Duty is available for the first time in a crew-size cab model. Today at the Chicago Auto Show, Dodge introduced the new 2010 Dodge Ram Heavy-Duty lineup...
Commercial Vehicle Group Enacts Cost-Reduction Initiatives
Feb 11, 2009
Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. announced a restructuring plan with pre-tax annual cost reduction initiatives of approximately $10 million...
Metal Matters Leadership Summit Set
Feb 11, 2009
The Metal Matters 2009 Leadership Summit will feature three leading industry keynote addresses...
Supreme Expands Production of StarTrans Bus Line Into Oregon Facility
Feb 10, 2009
Supreme Industries, Inc. today announced that it has expanded StarTrans shuttle bus production into its Woodburn, Ore., manufacturing plant...
Volvo, Mack Unveil Retrofit DPF To Meet CARB Regulations
Feb 10, 2009
Volvo Trucks North America and Mack Trucks Inc. now offers retrofit diesel particulate filters (DPF)...
Kentucky Trailer Offers New Truck Body
Feb 10, 2009
Kentucky Trailer will reveal a new truck body uniquely tailored to the moving and storage industry...
Eaton Signs Transmission Agreement With India’s Tata Motors
Feb 9, 2009
Eaton Corporation today announced that it has signed a business agreement through 2014 with Tata Motors, India’s largest automotive manufacturer. Terms were not disclosed...
