Medium and Heavy Truck Sales Up 32% in 2011
Medium and heavy truck sales were up 32% in December over the same period a year ago and up 32% in 2011, according to figures compiled by Wards Communications...
Daimler Trucks Ramps Up With 1,100 New Positions at Cleveland Plant
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has added a second shift and plans to ramp up production at its Freightliner Truck Manufacturing Plant in Cleveland, N.C., creating more than 1,100 new jobs by the end of 2012...
Schneider National To Purchase 2,500 Onguard Collision Safety Systems
Meritor WABCO announced that Schneider National has selected the OnGuard Collision Safety System as standard equipment for all new Class 8 commercial vehicles in its fleet...
Class 8 Demand Drivers Remain Strong: ACT
The pace of U.S. economic activity will operate at around a 2% rate as 2012 unfolds, according to the January issue of the ACT North American Commercial Vehicle OUTLOOK, published by ACT Research Co. ...
Werts Welding & Tank Service Opens New Branch
Werts Welding & Tank Service, Inc., has opened a new branch in Billings, Montana, the company’s seventh branch...
Meritor Honors 2011 Aftermarket Performance System Award Winners
Meritor, Inc. (NYSE: MTOR) has announced the winners of the 2011 Aftermarket Performance System awards, an internal recognition of its global Aftermarket facilities that achieved the best performance in lean implementation...
Seasonal Capacity Constraints Drive FTR Shippers Conditions Index Down
FTR Associates’ Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) for November dropped 2.5 points from the previous month to a reading of -6.1, reflecting seasonal tightening of shipping capacity...
Navistar Defense Receives $880 million Order to Upgrade MRAP Vehicle Fleet
Navistar Defense, LLC received a $880 million delivery order from the U.S. Marine Corps System Command to upgrade 2,717 International MaxxPro Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles with the company's rolling chassis solution. The award also includes engineering changes, supplies and services...
Great Dane Adds New Southwest Dealer
Great Dane has added Border International to its North American distribution network. With full-service dealerships located in El Paso, Texas, and Las Cruces, N.M., Border International significantly extends Great Dane’s reach within the region...
NTEA Announces New, Requalified MVP Companies
Through its Member Verification Program (MVP), the National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) has requalified 26 member companies and approved six new member companies for their commitment to excellence by their effective use of safety and quality standards...
Former TTMA board member Anderson dies
Len Anderson, former chairman of the Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association (TTMA) engineering committee and member of the TTMA board of directors, passed away January 4 in Bradenton, Florida. He was 79...
Light-Vehicle Sales To Grow Globally in 2012
Worldwide sales of light vehicles are expected to grow this year, albeit slowly, and amid concern that Europe’s sovereign debt issue could derail everything...
Class 8 Net Orders Hit Second-Highest Mark in Three Years: FTR
December Class 8 truck total net orders for all major North American OEMs reached the second highest level in three years at 29,777 units, according to preliminary data released by FTR Associates...
December Class 8 Net Orders Higher Than Expected: ACT
North American Class 8 preliminary net orders for December were slightly higher than expected, as reported by ACT Research Co., LLC ...
Heil Chosen by Big Truck Rental For Refuse Rental Fleet
Big Truck Rental of Tampa, Florida, has chosen Heil Environmental to be the new single provider for its nationwide fleet of refuse rental equipment...
Chrysler Providing DTE Energy with Test Fleet of PHEV Ram 1500s
Chrysler Group LLC, working in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), will deliver 10 demonstration fleet Ram 1500 plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) pickup trucks to DTE Energy of Detroit...
Carriers’ Rate Expectations Plunge
Carriers' rate expectations have fallen considerably, potentially to levels for which margins will be down year-over-year in 2012, according to a Trucking Trends survey, in which Jefferies & Co. partnered with Fleet Owner magazine to survey trucking industry expectations ...
FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index Rises
FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index, as reported in the January 2012 Trucking Update, increased by almost two points from the previous month to a reading of 5.2 in November...
Accuride Boosts Aluminum Truck Wheel Capacity
Accuride Corporation (NYSE: ACW) has executed a $35 million strategic initiative that will significantly enhance its aluminum wheel production capacity through a combination of strategic acquisitions, key process technology investments, and transfers of aluminum wheel machining lines within its operations...
Yokohama Raises Prices 8% on Commercial Tires
Yokohama Tire Corporation will implement a price increase of up to 8% on all of its commercial truck tires in the U.S., effective February 1. There will be in-line adjustments that will be announced at a later date...
Manufacturing Technology Demand Strong in 2011
U.S. manufacturing technology orders in 2011 were $463.32 million as of October figures, which is up 80.5% compared with 2010 and is the second-highest dollar amount in the last 15 years...
ACT Seminar #46 Set for March 19-21
ACT Research will hold its 46th seminar in Columbus, Indiana, on March 19-21, with participants once again having the opportunity to visit the Mid-America Truck Show before the show officially opens...
One Million Bendix ABS-6 Braking Systems Now on the Road
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC recently marked a major milestone with delivery of its millionth Bendix ABS-6 braking system, which is installed on Class 6, 7 and 8 air-brake tractor-trailers, trucks, motorcoaches and specialty heavy-duty vehicles...
Kenworth of Buffalo Opens Facility in Albany Area
Kenworth of Buffalo has opened a full-service, 30,000-square-foot facility for the Albany area in Colonie, N.Y., that is easily accessible from the U.S. Interstate 87 and 90 interchange...
Godwin's Snowplow Operation Taking Off
Since purchasing Good Roads and moving snowplow operation to its facility in Dunn, N.C., the Godwin Group has watched snowplows take off...
