Volvo Group’s Deliveries Down 6% in January
Feb 28, 2007
Total deliveries of trucks from the Volvo Group’s three truck companies decreased 6% in January this year, compared with the year-earlier period....
ATA Truck Tonnage Index falls in January
Feb 27, 2007
The American Trucking Associations' advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 3.6% in January after surging a revised 6.2% in December....
Former NTEA board member Norm Ross Jr. dies
Feb 27, 2007
Norm Ross Jr., former vice-president of Northwest Truckstell Sales Inc. and former National Truck Edquipment Association (NTEA) board member, died Feb. 7 in Portland, Ore. He was 85...
Navistar Suspends Production of Ford Engines
Feb 26, 2007
Navistar announced today that it has suspended production of Ford PowerStroke diesel engines due to the companies’ ongoing contract dispute....
NTEA Offers Solution for ‘Closing the Gap’ in Customer Service
Feb 26, 2007
The National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) is launching a new initiative, Closing the Gap: How to Win (and Keep) Customers Through Competitive Differentiation...
Class 8 Orders Take a Hit
Feb 22, 2007
Class 8 truck orders were 12,420 in January, down 72% year-over-year (vs. down 51% year-over-year in December). Orders were the lowest since December 2002, and the largest year-over-year decline in about 10 years....
Trailer Orders Decline, As Expected
Feb 22, 2007
Total trailer and dry van orders released by A.C.T. were down in January, inline with Bear Stearns’ expectations....
NTEA Lands Peyton Manning as Speaker
Feb 22, 2007
It didn’t take long for the National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) to find a replacement for keynote speaker Rudy Giuliani. The NTEA found someone who needs only a limo ride-Super Bowl MVP Peyton Manning of the Indianapolis Colts...
AMT launches initiative to develop machine communication standard
Feb 22, 2007
the Association For Manufacturing Technology (AMT) is leading an effort to develop a common Inter-Operability standard to allow manufacturers to collect, transmit and leverage data from discrete manufacturing equipment...
Giuliani Cancels NTEA Appearance
Feb 21, 2007
The National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) has been notified that Rudolph Giuliani is cancelling his speaking engagement for the President’s Breakfast on March 8 at The Work Truck Show in Indianapolis....
FedEx Express Deploys Fuel-Saving Vehicles in Denver
Feb 21, 2007
FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., today introduced four hybrid electric medium-duty trucks into service in the Denver metropolitan area...
Oshkosh Selected to Provide FHTV Units in Kuwait
Feb 21, 2007
Oshkosh Truck Corporation announced that the company has been selected by the U.S. Army for Theater Provided Equipment Refurbishment (TPER) of FHTV units under a four-year Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract....
Volvo Makes Bid for Nissan Diesel
Feb 21, 2007
AB Volvo’s Board of Directors has decided to make a public offer to acquire the Japanese truck manufacturer Nissan Diesel...
Snow and Ice Management Association to Unveil New Certification Test
Feb 21, 2007
The Snow & Ice Management Association (SIMA) announced today that it will unveil its new Certified Snow Professional test on April 20....
Bendix to Strategically Realign Manufacturing Operations
Feb 20, 2007
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC today announced a realignment strategy to its North American manufacturing operations that includes its intent to close its facility in Frankfort, Ky...
Death claims Refrigerated Transporter editor
Feb 19, 2007
Gary L Macklin, editor-in-chief of Refrigerated Transporter, died unexpectedly at his Houston home February 16. Refrigerated Transporter is a sister publication of Trailer/Body Builders written for those who purchase and operate refrigerated truck bodies and trailers....
Sterling ‘Bullet’ to be fired off at Work Truck Show
Feb 16, 2007
Sterling Truck Corporation will introduce a new conventional Class 4-5 truck: at the NTEA Work Truck Show 2007 March 6. ...
EPA Awards $94,876 Grant for Chicago Clean School Bus Project
Feb 16, 2007
U S Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has awarded a $94,876 grant to the American Lung Association for a project to cut diesel emissions from school buses in the Chicago metropolitan area....
Wabash posts sales gains in 2006
Feb 14, 2007
Wabash National Corporation racked up net sales of $1,312 million during 2006, a gain of $98 million from 2005. Net income for the twelve months of 2006 totaled $9 million or $0.30 per diluted share...
Medium and heavy truck sales down 2%
Feb 13, 2007
Medium and heavy trucks declined 2% in January, according to figures compiled by Wards Communications...
Trucker bankruptcies up 16% in January
Feb 12, 2007
The number of seasonally adjusted trucker bankruptcy filings was 16% higher year-over-year in January. Bear Stearns said its seasonally adjusted index deteriorated modestly to 43 in January from 37 in December...
American LaFrance Launches CondorNest Stock Program
Feb 12, 2007
A new factory stock program launched by American LaFrance-what it says is the first of its kind in the heavy truck industry-will provide Condor customers with instant access to Condor chassis availability...
Dodge Unveils Three New Trucks
Feb 9, 2007, By Sean Kilcarr, Fleet Owner
DaimlerChrysler’s Dodge Truck division unveiled three new trucks yesterday at the Chicago Auto Show-- the 2008 Dodge Ram 4500 and 5500 cab chassis and a new mid-size Dodge Dakota pickup...
Economic Picture Looks Better
Feb 9, 2007
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its revisions of the Establishment Survey data, and the picture painted by the latest figures is considerably different from that described by the numbers used last month...
Cummins Announces Uptime Guarantee for '07
Feb 7, 2007
Cummins Inc. today announced that its Heavy-Duty ISX and ISM on-highway truck engines for 2007 will be covered by its exclusive Uptime Guarantee...
