Kenworth Sales Opens New Utah Facility to Serve Oil and Gas Industry
Kenworth Sales Company has opened its newest location, a 10,000-square-foot parts and service facility in Naples, Utah, near U.S. Route 40...
Transportation CFOs Remain Optimistic: Survey
While CFOs in general have become less optimistic about the state of the industries in which they operate, transportation CFOs have had the smallest decline and still remain one of the most optimistic groups of CFOs, according to a survey by GE Capital...
Spartan Motors’ Revenues Up 21% in 3Q
Spartan Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPAR) announced revenues of $120.3 million in the third quarter, up 21% over the second quarter—reflecting significant gains in its Delivery and Service Vehicles segment and the ongoing benefits of actions taken earlier in the year to realign operations...
Rush Sets Record for Quarterly Pre-Tax Income
Rush Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq:RUSHA) (Nasdaq:RUSHB) reported the highest quarterly pre-tax income in the company's history—with income from continuing operations at $16 million, or $0.41 per diluted share, compared with income from continuing operations of $8 million, or $0.21 per diluted share, in the quarter ending September 30, 2010...
Isuzu, Utilimaster Start Production on Reach Van
Production has begun on the new Reach walk-in van, a joint project by Isuzu Commercial Truck of American (ICTA) and Utilimaster that is being produced at Utilimaster’s Wakarusa, IN, plant...
Ford to Shift Production Site of F-650/750, Phase Out E-Series
Over the next decade, Ford Motor Co. plans to drastically change future production plans for F-650 and F-750 medium-duty trucks and introduce a new full-size van model that will replace the E-Series....
ATA Truck Tonnage Index Up 1.6% in September
The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 1.6% in September after dropping a revised 0.5% in August...
Used Trucks Post September Rebound
Reported volumes of used Classes 3-8 truck sales recovered in September after an extended summer slump, according to ACT Research’s latest release of the State of the Industry: U.S. Classes 3-8 Used Trucks...
Freightliner CNG Tractors Added to Saddle Creek’s For-Hire Fleet
Freightliner Trucks announced that Saddle Creek Corp. has ordered 40 Freightliner Business Class M2 112 compressed natural gas (CNG) tractors, with plans to add an additional 40 Freightliner CNG tractors to its for-hire fleet in early 2012. ...
Commercial Trailer Net Orders Up 31% in September
Net trailer orders were up almost 31% month-over-month in September and 22% year-over-year, according to State of the Industry: U.S. Trailers, published by ACT Research Co...
Peterbilt Offers New Enhancements For Models 210, 220
Peterbilt unveiled new design enhancements for the medium-duty Models 210 and 220 cabovers in the Class 6 and Class 7 markets ...
Kenworth Offers Medium Duty Cabovers For Urban-Delivery Applications
Kenworth Truck Company has expanded its medium-duty product line with the introduction of the new Kenworth K270 Class 6 and Kenworth K370 Class 7 cabovers targeted at urban-delivery companies...
Daimler Trucks adds second shift at truck plant
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) is adding a second shift and plans to ramp up production at its Portland Truck Manufacturing Plant in Portland, Oregon...
Two trailer manufacturers merge
Benlee Inc, a manufacturer of dump and roll-off trailers, has acquired Dunright Trailer Manufacturing, a company that also manufactures roll-off trucks and trailers...
Heavy demand for heavy trucks
Neither seasonal slumps nor a sluggish economy appear to be slowing demand for commercial trucks, according to ACT Research of Columbus, Indiana...
Polar celebrates 65th anniversary
Polar Corp, which grew from a small welding shop in Opole, Minnesota, into one of North America’s largest manufacturers of aluminum, stainless steel, and carbon steel tank trailers, celebrated its 65th anniversary...
ATA, TCA advocate 88,000-lb five-axle combos
The American Trucking Associations and the Truckload Carriers Association came together at the conclusion of ATA's Management Conference & Exhibition to call on policy makers to allow for increased truck productivity...
Truck equipment distributors can learn about lean
Truck equipment distributors attending The Work Truck Show® 2012 have the opportunity to learn how to improve their businesses through Lean principles...
Meritor WABCO Forms Alliance with Takata
Meritor WABCO Vehicle Control Systems and Takata Corp.’s U.S. subsidiary, TK Holdings, Inc., have signed a letter of intent to establish a strategic alliance in which the companies will work together to develop new active safety systems products for North American commercial vehicles...
Sapa Announces $2 Million Expansion
Sapa Profiles North America has announced that it is investing $2 million as a major expansion of anodizing operations at its Miami, FL plant. Construction will begin in December with completion and full operation slated for mid-first quarter, 2012...
Vipar Heavy Duty announces agreement with Meritor Aftermarket Services
VIPAR Heavy Duty has announced a new program with Meritor Aftermarket Services to offer third party logistics (3PL) services to the VIPAR Heavy Duty supplier community...
Freightliner sells first hybrid armored truck
Dunbar Armored has taken delivery of the first hybrid-electric armored truck – a Freightliner Business Class® M2 106 Hybrid...
Capital Partners Acquires Roll-Rite Tarping Systems
Roll-Rite, LLC has been acquired by Capital Partners, a private investment firm located in Greenwich, CT. Argosy Capital will be a minor partner in the company, according to Brad Templeman, CEO of Roll-Rite...
Jim Pines steps down as executive vice-president at Great Dane
Great Dane Trailers announced today that Jim Pines, executive vice-president of sales and operations will step down from his role at the end of 2011 in order to devote his full attention to personal and family business concerns...
Truck sales strong in third quarter
Sales of commercial trucks were up sharply as dealers began the final three months of 2011, according to figures compiled by Ward's Automotive Group, a division of Penton Media Inc...
