Class 8 April Orders Revised Up 6%
May 19, 2008
Class 8 and Class 5-7 net new orders were revised up 6% and 13%, respectively, for April. Class 8 orders were 20,099, up 77% year-over-year (vs. up 18% year-over-year in March)...
NTEA Annual Report Highlights Accomplishments
May 15, 2008
"Helping Today. Thinking Tomorrow" highlights the National Truck Equipment Association's (NTEA) objectives and accomplishments ...
Cummins on Pace for Another Record Year in 2008
May 15, 2008
Cummins Inc. is on pace to report a fifth consecutive year of record sales and profits in 2008, and is poised for significant further growth ...
Hybra-Drive Selected to Build Hydraulic Hybrid Truck for Testing
May 15, 2008
A government-corporate partnership led by CALSTART has selected a Michigan firm to build three identical hydraulic hybrid delivery trucks ...
UPS Places Largest-Ever Alternative-Fuel Order With Freightliner CCC
May 15, 2008
The largest order of alternative-fuel commercial vehicles to-date was placed with Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) today by UPS...
Sterling Introduces Its First Natural Gas-Powered Vehicle
May 13, 2008
Sterling Truck Corporation rolled out a new natural gas (NG)-fueled tractor. The Sterling Set-Back 113 fueled with natural gas is ideal for port operation...
Commercial Vehicle Group Opens New R&D Center and Corporate Headquarters
May 13, 2008
Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. today announced that it has moved into its newly opened Corporate Headquarters and Research and Development Center located in New Albany, Ohio...
9% Sales Decline in 1Q for Supreme Industries
May 13, 2008
Supreme Industries, Inc. today announced that net sales were down 9.5% for its first quarter ending March 29. Net sales were $75.9 million, compared with $83.9 million, in the same year-ago period...
Evans Network Expects 15-17% Growth in 2008
May 12, 2008
Despite the rough economic times faced by most trucking companies, Evans Network of Companies, a trucking and logistics partner, is anticipating double-digit financial growth in 2008...
Hayes Lemmerz to Close Facility in Gainesville, Georgia
May 12, 2008
Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. announced today that it will close its aluminum wheel facility in Gainesville, Georgia, by the end of December. The closure is the result of global overcapacity in the light vehicle aluminum wheel market and increasing aluminum wheel imports into North America from low-cost countries...
Veri-Tek Expands Boom Trucks Into Russia
May 8, 2008
Veri-Tek International, Corp., a provider of engineered lifting solutions including boom truck cranes, rough terrain forklifts and special mission-oriented vehicles...
Schneider National Takes
Steps to Save Energy
May 8, 2008
Schneider National, Inc. announced today its plans to operate the most energy-efficient fleet in the industry. The effort was announced at a news conference in Washington, D.C....
ATA Calls on Congress to Support Efforts to Lower Fuel Prices
May 7, 2008
American Trucking Associations State Vice President Mike Card called on Congress to support the trucking industry's efforts to reduce fuel consumption and address the escalating cost of fuel in efforts to ease the financial hardships of the nation's motor carriers...
Hardwire LLC to Supply Advanced Armor Components for Navistar's MRAPs
May 7, 2008
Hardwire LLC, a developer and supplier of advanced composite armor solutions, has received a commitment from Navistar's military affiliate --Navistar Defense...
Another Scam Targets Bendix
May 6, 2008
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC and Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC are warning the public of repeated waves of consumer fraud activity that have appropriated the companies' identities...
ArvinMeritor To Spin Off Light Vehicle Systems Business to Shareholders
May 6, 2008
ArvinMeritor, Inc. today announced that its board of directors has approved a plan to spin off its Light Vehicle Systems (LVS) business to ArvinMeritor shareholders, with the Commercial Vehicle Systems (CVS) business remaining with ArvinMeritor...
U.S. Army Awards Navistar Defense $1.3 Billion Truck Contract
May 6, 2008
Thousands of trucks from Navistar Defense, LLC will support rebuilding and security efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq as the U.S. Army today awarded Navistar Defense a multi-year contract valued at nearly $1.3 billion...
AL-KO Acquires RBW Industries
May 6, 2008
AL-KO Kober Corporation acquired RBW Industries, Inc., of Chino, California...
Mack Develops Low NOx Solution for CARB Idling Restrictions
May 5, 2008
MACK MP7 and MP8 engines have been certified to meet California's 2008 criteria to limit emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) while idling...
Wabash Sells RoadRailer Demonstration Set to Shiga Transport
May 5, 2008
Wabash National Corporation today announced that Japan's Shiga Transport Co. Ltd. purchased a demonstration set of RoadRailer intermodal equipment...
Training Program for VIS-Check Machine
May 2, 2008
ACOFAS will host a Spring Training program May 13-14 at the Truckaline Suspension Center in Altoona, Wisconsin...
Schneider Logistics Opens New
Regional Center
May 2, 2008
Schneider Logistics, Inc. has expanded its brokerage services with the opening of a new regional logistics center (RLC) in Toronto, Ontario...
New Orders, Production, Employment and Inventories Contracting
May 1, 2008
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector failed to grow in April, while the overall economy grew for the 78th consecutive month...
Oshkosh Reports Record 2Q EPS Up 42%
May 1, 2008
Oshkosh Corporation today reported that its earnings per share (EPS) was $0.97...
WABCO Sets Another Quarterly Sales, Net Income Record
Apr 30, 2008
WABCO Holdings Inc. today reported record Q1 2008 sales of $705 million, up 26 percent over last year...
