Fras-le launches disc brake pad program
Fras-le North America Inc has introduced its new Work Truck and Fleet Disc Brake Pad Program to the North American aftermarket. The program includes a...
Chelsea 511 Series provides power density
Power density is what users will find in the Chelsea 511 Series PTO (power take-off). The new coaxial-designed rear-mount PTO provides a compact housing...
Website focuses on Randall Ramps line
Randall Manufacturing has launched its new website, www.randallramps.com, to support the introduction of its new line of walkramps: Randall Ramps. The...
Crysteel Mfg launches interactive website
Dump body and hoist manufacturer Crysteel Manufacturing Inc recently launched a new interactive website designed to maximize interactive experience for...
Western Star updates Body Builder Book
Western Star Truck Sales Inc announced that the second edition of its online Body Builder Book is available for download. The updated version features...
AEM manuals in French Canadian versions
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) now offers French Canadian versions of its Aerial Platform Safety Manual and Aerial Devices Safety Manual...
Detroit Diesel Corp launches new website
Detroit Diesel Corporation has launched its new website, www.DemandDetroit.com. Featuring product information, customer support tools, and enhanced navigation,...
Roadranger Marketing updates websites
Roadranger Marketing has released the next generation of its website, Roadranger.com. The site features sales- and service-related information and functionality...
Hobart introduces new welding wire
Hobart Brothers has introduced a new metal-cored wire designed to provide users with high-quality welds, improve productivity, and reduce post-weld clean...
ESAB adds nozzles for m3 Plasma system
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products announces the new XR Series of high-speed cutting nozzles for its m3 Plasma system. The new XR Series nozzles provide...
Hypertherm offers new Duramax torches
Hypertherm is offering Duramax retrofit torches for five more plasma cutting systems: the Powermax600, Powermax800, Powermax900, MAX42, and MAX43. Patented...
Allstate Peterbilt Honored for Best New Facility
The Allstate Peterbilt Group, which operates 16 Peterbilt dealerships throughout the upper Midwest, was awarded with the best new facility for 2011 at the most recent Peterbilt Dealer Meetings held in Denton, Texas...
European Trailer Market Forecast to Fall in 2012
The market for new trailers in western Europe will fall slightly in 2012, despite the fact that demand started the year up on 2011 in some countries, according to consulting group CLEAR...
European CV Demand Down 11.9% in April
Demand for new commercial vehicles decreased by 11.9% in April in the EU, dropping in most markets, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association ...
Freightliner Trucks Introduces Cascadia Evolution
Freightliner Trucks introduced the 2014 Cascadia Evolution Class 8 truck model, which is powered by Detroit and features some of the most advanced aerodynamic enhancements in the industry...
HDA Truck Pride Adds Blue Truck Parts
HDA Truck Pride has added Blue Truck Parts of Bradenton, FL, enhancing HDA Truck Pride’s presence in the Greater Tampa Florida market...
Bendix Honors Top-Performing Channel Partners
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC recognized outstanding achievement in its Premier Distributor Program (PDP), a channel partner program established in 2007, by honoring 39 companies that have earned the program’s highest ranking of platinum...
Durabuilt Trailers, Belshe Industries Pass Safety Compliance Inspection
Durabuilt Trailers and Belshe Industries, Inc., both of Tecumseh, Oklahoma, now comply with NATM Guidelines and will display the NATM compliance decal signifying they meet a high safety standard...
Kenworth Rolls Out T680
Kenworth announced that the new T680 tractor has begun production, and it began rolling off the line on May 21...
Class 8 Used Truck Volumes Down, Pricing Up in April: ACT
Volumes sank and pricing rose in the used Class 8 truck market, marking a turnaround in the trend of the prior two months, according to the latest release of the State of the Industry: U.S. Classes 3-8 Used Trucks, published by ACT Research...
Wabash to Add Carbon Steel Vacuum Tanker to Its Offerings
Wabash National will produce its first carbon steel vacuum tanker for hauling bulk non-hazardous liquids, primarily for the oil and gas industry—a new product that is expected to result in 60 new jobs at the Lafayette, IN, manufacturing plant...
Felling Trailers to Open Second Location
Felling Trailers plans to open a second location in Litchfield, MN, to expand production...
Volvo Unveils Plans for LNG Engine
Volvo Trucks North America (VTNA) plans to roll out a new 13-liter liquefied natural gas (LNG) engine that will debut here in 2014...
NHTSA Proposes to Require ESC on Truck Tractors, Some Buses
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would establish a new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 136 to require electronic stability control (ESC) systems on truck tractors and certain buses with a gross vehicle weight rating of greater than 26,000 pounds...
Mitsubishi Fuso Honors Five With Dealer of the Year Awards
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc. (MFTA) has announced its 2011 North American Dealer of the Year awards for all North American categories: Dealer of the Year, Montreal Mitsubishi Fuso, Lachine, QC; Sales, Charlotte Truck Center, Charlotte, NC; Service, The Truck Shop, Auburn, WA; Parts, Miller’s Truck Sales, Lincoln, RI; and Salesperson, Marc-André Houle, Globocam Rive-Sud, Boucherville, QC...
