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...
Great Dane Changes Product Line
Great Dane unveiled sweeping changes to its complete product line and century-old brand to accompany a new advertising campaign entitled “Evolution.”...
Meritor WABCO Unveils RSS 1M Trailer Safety System
Meritor WABCO introduced the Roll Stability Support (RSS) 1M, a two-sensor, one-modulator system that completes a diverse offering of trailer safety systems to provide the benefits of both ABS and trailer stability control integrated into a single compact unit...
MEMA Legislative Summit Takes on Critical Supplier Issues
Over 100 senior representatives from the motor vehicle parts manufacturing industry will gather in Washington, D.C., from February 29-March 1 for the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association’s (MEMA) annual Legislative Summit, with a goal of outlining what is needed to help the nation’s parts suppliers...
Price of Construction Materials Rising
The cost of construction materials is showing signs of accelerating after moderating in January, according to an analysis of producer price index figures and recent market information released by the Associated General Contractors of America...
Inland Truck Parts Launches Remanufacturing Shop
Inland Truck Parts has opened a fully staffed remanufacturing shop for component remanufacturing and rebuilding at its Evansville, WY, location....
Spartan Motors’ Revenue Down 12% in 4Q, 11% for 2011
Spartan Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPAR) announced that revenues for the fourth quarter of 2011 were $111.2 million, a drop of 12% from $126.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2010, and $426 million for the year, an 11.4% decline from $480.7 million in 2010...
ATA Asks Federal Court to Review Hours-of-Service Rule
American Trucking Associations filed a petition with the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia asking the court to review the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s recently published final rule changing the hours-of-service regulations for commercial truck drivers...
Truckload Tonnage Accelerates in December
Truckload tonnage, loads, and pricing for the full month of December were all among the best months of 2011, likely benefiting from equipment deliveries ahead of the accelerated depreciation expiration and continued strength in natural gas shale drilling, according to Jefferies & Co...
Allstate Peterbilt Group Opens New Locations In Minnesota, Ohio
The Allstate Peterbilt Group has opened two new dealerships, one in Mankato, MN, and one in Youngstown, OH. The addition of Mankato and Youngstown brings to 16 the total number of dealerships for the Allstate Peterbilt Group, which operate stores in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Ohio...
Class 8 Demand Remains Strong: ACT
ACT Research remains bullish on the Class 8 market in the medium to longer term, according to the February issue of the ACT North American Commercial Vehicle OUTLOOK...
2011 Heil Dealer Service Award Goes To Pneumatic Technology
PNEUMATIC Technology Inc, of Fort Worth, Texas, has received Heil Trailer International’s 2011 “Going the Extra Mile” Service Award...
Manufacturing Technology Orders Up 66.4% in 2011
December U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $519.98 million, according to the Association For Manufacturing Technology (AMT) and the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association ...
Medium and Heavy Truck Sales Up 31% in January
Medium and heavy truck sales were up 31% in January over the same period a year ago, according to figures compiled by Wards Communications...
FleetPride Expands in Illinois with Regional Distribution Center
FleetPride, an aftermarket distributor of heavy-duty truck and trailer parts, has opened a new 122,000-square-foot. regional distribution center in Bolingbrook, IL, located at 1501 Remington Blvd...
Truck Sales to Stay Strong Because of Replacement Demand
Truck sales will stay strong not only for 2012 but well into 2013—especially in the Class 8 segment—because of the need to replace aging equipment, according to analysts and OEMs...
Supreme’s Gross Profit Up 176% in 2011
Supreme Industries, Inc. (NYSE Amex: STS) announced that gross profit was up 176% for 2011 ($32.4 million versus $18.4 million in 2010) and 254% for the fourth quarter ($8.6 million versus $2.4 million)...
Timpte Adds Online Parts Store at Timpte.com
Timpte Industries has expanded its web site, www.timpte.com, to include an Online Parts Store, which will enhance customers’ shopping experience by complementing the company’s physical locations...
Kögel Adds Three Service Partners in Denmark
Kögel has comprehensively expanded its service network in Denmark by adding KLC, Jysk Lastvogns & Trailer Service and Horsens Trailer Service as authorized Kögel service partners, joining the two long-standing Kögel partners, B & K Service and Globex...
Waltco Names Miller New President
Steve Miller has been named president of Waltco Lift Corp and Michael Militello will remain with the company as president emeritus in a non-operational role...
Thomas Built Buses Beefs Up Production Levels, Staffing
Thomas Built Buses announced plans for another increase in production levels and staffing in response to significant orders for its Saf-T-Liner C2 school bus products from the state of North Carolina and other customers...
Preliminary Class 8 Orders Down 9% in January: FTR
FTR Associates’ preliminary January Class 8 truck total net orders are 24,906 units for all major North American OEMs—down 9% from January 2011 and down 17% month-over-month from December...
