CMVC Develops Commercial Vehicle Parts Aftermarket Leading Indicator
Commercial Motor Vehicle Consulting (CMVC) has developed a commercial vehicle (CV) Parts Aftermarket Leading Indicator (PLI) using parts aftermarket sales from a tier-one CV components/parts supplier with a broad product line that expands across several component groups...
PALFINGER Inks Two JVs to Tap Into China Market
PALFINGER AG and Sany Heavy Industry Co., Ltd, headquartered in Changsha, China, have entered into an agreement to establish of two joint venture companies in which both parties will each hold 50% of the shares...
Motiv Power Systems Awarded $1.16 Million Grant For Electric Truck Chassis
Motiv Power Systems, producer of electric vehicle (EV) powertrains for commercial trucks, has been awarded a $1.16 million grant by the California Energy Commission (CEC) for an assembly-line pilot run of four electric truck chassis in partnership with Detroit Chassis...
Hino Trucks, Amthor Form Tank Program
Hino Trucks and Amthor International have formed a Tank Body Program for the refined fuel, propane, fire prevention, vacuum/septic and all related tank industries...
ATA Truck Tonnage Down 4% in January
The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 4% in January after surging 6.4% in December 2011. The latest contraction put the SA index at 119.4 (2000=100), down from December’s record level of 124.4...
European Commercial Vehicle Registrations Fall 4.7% in January
Demand for new commercial vehicles in the EU decreased in January by 4.7%, compared to the same month last year, amounting to 141,120 units, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association ...
Trailer Orders Best in January since 2006: ACT
January trailer net orders eased from December to 26,000 units, but they were the strongest orders for the first month of the year since 2006, according the latest State of the Industry: U.S. Trailers published by ACT Research Co...
Used Class 8 Prices Up in January
Used Class 8 truck price appreciation was prevalent in January sales in the retail and wholesale channels, according to the latest release of the State of the Industry: U.S. Classes 3-8 Used Trucks, published by ACT Research...
Choptank Electric First With Work Truck Featuring Odyne Advanced Hybrid System
Choptank Electric Cooperative in Maryland is the first electric cooperative in the U.S. to take delivery of a work truck featuring Odyne Systems LLC’s new advanced plug-in hybrid propulsion system...
Parkhurst CEO dies
William Robert "Rob" Parkhurst II, chief executive officer of Parkhurst Manufacturing, died February 21. He was 46...
Daimler Trucks Compliant with EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Regulations
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) announced that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has certified DTNA's complete portfolio of model year 2013 on-highway, vocational and medium-duty vehicles as fully compliant with the new greenhouse gas 2014 (GHG14) regulations. ...
West European Trailer Market Up 27.2% in 2011
The west European trailer market finished 2011 up 27.2% over 2010, although it has only recovered to the level of 2003, which itself was at the bottom of a mild downturn, according to consulting group CLEAR...
Volvo Trucks’ XE13 Named 2011’s Top Industry Innovation
Volvo Trucks’ XE13 powertrain package was the North American trucking industry’s most significant technical innovation of 2011, according to the Truck Writers of North America (TWNA), which presented Volvo Trucks with the 21st annual TWNA Technical Achievement Award...
Utility’s Dealership Offers Loan, Test Drive Program
Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company announced that Utility’s independent dealership, Allstate Peterbilt Group, has recently launched a loan and test drive program for all new and existing customers...
Class 5-8 Data In Line with Expectations in January: ACT
Despite a continuation of strong build, incrementally stronger orders allowed the Class 8 backlog to rise in January to 125,200 units, the highest backlog volume since last July, according to the State of the Industry report, recently released by ACT Research Co...
Link Suspensions Acquires Assets of Raydan Manufacturing
Link Suspensions of Canada, Limited Partnership, affiliated with Link Manufacturing, Ltd. has completed its acquisition of the assets of Raydan Manufacturing Inc. of Nisku, Alberta, Canada...
Kentucky Trailer Completes Race Transporter Expansion
Kentucky Trailer has significantly expanded its capacity to produce complete race transporters for the motorsports market under the brand Kentucky High Tech Performance Trailers...
Polar Service Centers Adds Second Location in Billings, Montana
Polar Service Centers Adds Second Location in Billings, Montana ...
Timpte Opens Parts, Service Center in Nebraska
Timpte has opened a new parts and service center in Aurora, Nebraska. Timpte has sold trailers and parts from the Aurora location for the past few years...
Mitsubishi Fuso Makes Oil Pan Heater Available on Canters
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc. (MFTA) is offering an oil pan heater to aid in starting its commercial medium-duty trucks in cold weather. The oil pan heater replaces block heaters that were available on earlier FUSO FE and FG models...
Rush Enterprises Reports Record Revenues in 2011
Rush Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq:RUSHA) (Nasdaq:RUSHB), which operates the largest network of commercial vehicle dealerships in North America, reported record annual revenues along with the highest quarterly pre-tax income in the company's history...
Mack Offering MVASIST Free to Customers Purchasing New Trucks
MVASIST, the fleet-service-management platform from Mack Trucks, Inc., will now be offered at no charge to customers who purchase a new Mack truck...
FTR Shippers Conditions Index Improves in December
FTR Associates’ Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) for December edged up roughly 1.5 points from the previous month to a reading of -4.6, which still reflects a somewhat adverse environment for shippers...
OEM Systems Celebrates 2000th CNG Conversion
Oklahoma Equipment Management Systems, an upfitter of Ford, GM and Dodge products since 1985, recently celebrated the 2000th CNG vehicle conversion it has performed since starting the process in 2007...
Cummins Boosts On-Highway NG Engine Lineup
Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) has expanded its on-highway natural gas engine lineup with the Cummins Westport ISX12 G and the signing of an amended joint-venture agreement with Westport Innovations...
