Volvo Truck deliveries Surge 62% in August
Sep 15, 2010
Total deliveries from the Volvo Group’s truck operations in August amounted to 11,482 vehicles, an increase of 62% compared with the year-earlier period...
Demand for HD Vehicles Driven by Trucker Profit Improvement
Sep 14, 2010
A strong rebound in net margins for publicly traded truckload companies in the second calendar quarter is expected to fuel continued improvement in demand for heavy-duty vehicles and trailers, according to ACT Research Co...
Truck Lobbies Merge to Support Higher Weight Limit
Sep 14, 2010
Two lobbying groups supporting efforts to raise the federal weight limit on commercial trucks –the Coalition for Transportation Productivity (CTP) and the Americans for Safe and Efficient Transportation (ASET) – are merging under the CTP nameplate. CTP represents a group of more than 160 shippers and allied associations, while ASET represented 40 new shippers, carriers and organizations...
FleetPride Celebrates Grand Opening in Syracuse
Sep 13, 2010
FleetPride, Inc. celebrated the grand opening of the expanded Syracuse, NY branch with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, marking the official opening of the 20,000-sq.-ft. facility, included FleetPride local and regional management, as well as Syracuse Common Councilor, Pat Hagan....
Ford Celebrates 50 Years Of E-Series
Sep 13, 2010
Ford E-Series, America’s best-selling full-size van for 31 straight years, marks 50 years with production of the 2011 model, enhanced with state-of-the-art technologies at Ford’s Ohio Assembly Plant in Avon Lake....
Isuzu On Tour To Promote Environmentally Friendly New Trucks
Sep 13, 2010
The first and only low-cab-forward medium-duty trucks on the U.S. market to meet stringent new 2010 emissions regulations are being featured as Isuzu Commercial Truck of America goes on the ECO-Advantage Tour—a coast-to-coast showcase for the technology found on the 2011 Isuzu NPR ECO-MAX....
Rush Enterprises Finalizes Sale of Construction Equipment Division
Sep 13, 2010
Rush Enterprises Inc. (Nasdaq: RUSHA & RUSHB) has completed the previously announced sale of the assets of its John Deere construction equipment dealerships to Doggett Heavy Machinery Services LLC for $26.2 million. ...
Stellar Updates Container Carrier Design
Sep 9, 2010
Stellar Industries, Inc. has updated the Stellar Container Carrier line to a modular design, providing improved efficiency in the manufacturing and assembly process and allowing customers to easily upgrade their units as business demands grow. ...
Isuzu Trucks Partners With Truck Web Services
Sep 9, 2010
Truck Web Services (TWS), a division of Dominion Enterprises, is partnering with Isuzu Commercial Truck of America, Inc. to increase and enhance the presence of Isuzu dealers on the Web. ...
FTR’s Trucking Condition Index Forecast to Stay in Positive Territory
Sep 9, 2010
FTR’s Trucking Condition Index, at 0.8 for July and reported in the September Trucking Update, is expected to remain in positive territory for the remainder of the year. It was the fifth consecutive month that the index had been above neutral....
Navistar Moving Headquarters to Lisle, Illinois
Sep 9, 2010
Navistar Inc. will move its headquarters from Warrenville, Ill., to Lisle, Ill., at the former Alcatel-Lucent East campus on Warrenville Road, with an investment of $110 million in the 1.2 million-square-foot facility...
Hendrickson Launches Lighter Steer Axle, New Lift Axles
Sep 8, 2010
A new Steertek front steer axle from Hendrickson Truck Suspension Systems offers weight savings of up to 40 lbs. compared to traditional I-beam axles, said the company....
Sapa Extrusions Launches $10 million Cast House Expansion
Sep 8, 2010
Sapa Extrusions-North America has announced a $10 million project to expand casting pit operations at its Cressona, Pennsylvania, plant....
CV Group Partners With Daimler Trucks
Sep 8, 2010
Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: CVGI) has entered into an agreement with Daimler Trucks North America LLC, a Daimler company (DTNA), through 2014 to provide products for DTNA's manufacturing facilities in Saltillo and Santiago, Mexico and three facilities in the United States. In accordance with the agreement, CVG will open a new facility near Saltillo, Mexico....
Navistar’s Net Income $137 Million for 3Q
Sep 8, 2010
Driven by continued advances in its core business, increased military sales and improvements in its cost structure, Navistar International Corporation (NYSE: NAV) reported net income of $137 million, equal to $1.83 of diluted earnings per share, for the third quarter ended July 31, 2010....
A.M. Haire Phoenix Corp Opens in North Carolina
Sep 7, 2010
A.M. Haire Phoenix Corporation, a new company based in Thomasville, NC, started operations today, led by members of the management team of the former A.M. Haire Body Company, Inc., which ceased operations in June 2009...
China’s HD Truck Sales Up 83% in 2Q
Sep 7, 2010
Sales of heavy-duty commercial vehicles surged to 316,725 units in the second quarter of 2010, an 83 percent increase from the second quarter of 2009, according to a report published by ACT Research Co., LLC, (ACT) and China's State Information Center ...
Navistar Defense Receives $66 Million in Vehicle Delivery Orders
Sep 7, 2010
Navistar Defense, LLC announced that it has received $66 million in delivery orders from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command. All 492 vehicles will go to support security and rebuilding efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan...
Trailer/Body Builders To Provide Detailed Data On Industry Parts Departments
Sep 7, 2010
How did the recession affect dealers and distributors and their parts departments in particular? What effect did it have on sales? Salaries? Inventory levels? Inventory turns?...
Class 8 Net Orders Up 16.8% in August
Sep 3, 2010
August Class 8 truck total net orders for all major North American OEMs were 12,337 units, an 8.3% increase over the previous month’s net orders and 16.8% better than August 2009, according to FTR Associates’ preliminary data....
51% of HD Truck Owners Report Engine Problems in 2010
Sep 3, 2010
After two revisions of emissions standards since 2004, problem rates for heavy-duty truck engines in 2010 are nearly twice as high, on average, as rates for engines manufactured prior to these emission changes, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2010 U.S. Heavy-Duty Truck Engine and Transmission Study...
E-Series Van Sales Up 92%
Sep 1, 2010
August was a good month for Ford, with sales of E-Series vans up 92% versus a year ago, and sales of the F-Series truck up 5%...
NTEA Expects Mandatory Fuel-Efficiency Standards by 2016 MY
Sep 1, 2010
The National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) expects that the proposed fuel-efficiency standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks and work trucks would be mandatory by model year (MY) 2016, but voluntary compliance would be allowed for MY 2014 and 2015...
Cummins Pleased With Reliability of 2010 Engines
Aug 31, 2010, By Jim Mele, Fleet Owner editor-in-chief
With approximately 12,000 2010 diesels now in service, Cummins Inc. is “feeling really good” about driver satisfaction, initial reliability, SCR system performance and fuel economy, according to Jeff Jones, vp of sales & market communications. ...
Scania Building Wind Tunnel at R&D Center
Aug 31, 2010
Scania has decided to build a wind tunnel at its research and development center in Södertälje, Sweden, that will be used for testing such vehicle characteristics as comfort, road safety and environmental performance in different climates....
