Free Electrical Plug-In Kits Available To Cut Idling
Mar 5, 2012
Truck owners and operators interested in connecting their vehicles to the electric grid and eliminating the need for expensive and wasteful idling now have an even easier and more affordable way to do so – free connector kits...
FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index Drops Slightly in January
Mar 5, 2012
FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index fell marginally in January to a reading of 6.1, according to the March 2012 Trucking Update...
Big Tex Receives Green Manufacturing Award
Mar 2, 2012
PPG Commercial Coatings and the National Association of Trailer Manufacturers (NATM) have honored Big Tex Trailers with the second annual Green Manufacturing Award...
Accuride’s Adjusted EBITDA Up 96% in 4Q
Mar 2, 2012
Accuride Corporation’s (NYSE: ACW) fourth-quarter 2011 adjusted EBITDA was $24.3 million, an increase of $11.9 million, or 96 percent, over the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2010...
Class 5-8 Net Orders Down Slightly in February: ACT
Mar 2, 2012
North American Class 5-8 commercial vehicle preliminary net orders for February were down from January, according to ACT Research Co., LLC ...
Philippi-Hagenbuch Unveils Oil Sands Truck Body
Mar 2, 2012
Philippi-Hagenbuch, Inc. of Peoria, Illinois has designed what it says is the first off-highway truck body specifically for hauling oil sands...
Superior Distributors Marks 50th Anniversary
Mar 2, 2012
Superior Distributors Inc., which has remained a family-owned and operated company, is celebrating its 50th anniversary...
Kögel Acquires Competence Center For Sandwich Panels
Mar 1, 2012
Kögel, Europe's third largest manufacturer of commercial trailers, has purchased the sandwich-panel competence center in Duingen, Lower Saxony, bringing the important know-how of box-body production in-house...
CMVC Develops Commercial Vehicle Parts Aftermarket Leading Indicator
Mar 1, 2012
Commercial Motor Vehicle Consulting (CMVC) has developed a commercial vehicle (CV) Parts Aftermarket Leading Indicator (PLI) using parts aftermarket sales from a tier-one CV components/parts supplier with a broad product line that expands across several component groups...
PALFINGER Inks Two JVs to Tap Into China Market
Feb 29, 2012
PALFINGER AG and Sany Heavy Industry Co., Ltd, headquartered in Changsha, China, have entered into an agreement to establish of two joint venture companies in which both parties will each hold 50% of the shares...
Motiv Power Systems Awarded $1.16 Million Grant For Electric Truck Chassis
Feb 29, 2012
Motiv Power Systems, producer of electric vehicle (EV) powertrains for commercial trucks, has been awarded a $1.16 million grant by the California Energy Commission (CEC) for an assembly-line pilot run of four electric truck chassis in partnership with Detroit Chassis...
Hino Trucks, Amthor Form Tank Program
Feb 28, 2012
Hino Trucks and Amthor International have formed a Tank Body Program for the refined fuel, propane, fire prevention, vacuum/septic and all related tank industries...
ATA Truck Tonnage Down 4% in January
Feb 28, 2012
The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 4% in January after surging 6.4% in December 2011. The latest contraction put the SA index at 119.4 (2000=100), down from December’s record level of 124.4...
European Commercial Vehicle Registrations Fall 4.7% in January
Feb 28, 2012
Demand for new commercial vehicles in the EU decreased in January by 4.7%, compared to the same month last year, amounting to 141,120 units, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association ...
Trailer Orders Best in January since 2006: ACT
Feb 27, 2012
January trailer net orders eased from December to 26,000 units, but they were the strongest orders for the first month of the year since 2006, according the latest State of the Industry: U.S. Trailers published by ACT Research Co...
Used Class 8 Prices Up in January
Feb 27, 2012
Used Class 8 truck price appreciation was prevalent in January sales in the retail and wholesale channels, according to the latest release of the State of the Industry: U.S. Classes 3-8 Used Trucks, published by ACT Research...
Choptank Electric First With Work Truck Featuring Odyne Advanced Hybrid System
Feb 27, 2012
Choptank Electric Cooperative in Maryland is the first electric cooperative in the U.S. to take delivery of a work truck featuring Odyne Systems LLC’s new advanced plug-in hybrid propulsion system...
Parkhurst CEO dies
Feb 27, 2012
William Robert "Rob" Parkhurst II, chief executive officer of Parkhurst Manufacturing, died February 21. He was 46...
Daimler Trucks Compliant with EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Regulations
Feb 24, 2012
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) announced that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has certified DTNA's complete portfolio of model year 2013 on-highway, vocational and medium-duty vehicles as fully compliant with the new greenhouse gas 2014 (GHG14) regulations. ...
West European Trailer Market Up 27.2% in 2011
Feb 23, 2012
The west European trailer market finished 2011 up 27.2% over 2010, although it has only recovered to the level of 2003, which itself was at the bottom of a mild downturn, according to consulting group CLEAR...
Volvo Trucks’ XE13 Named 2011’s Top Industry Innovation
Feb 23, 2012
Volvo Trucks’ XE13 powertrain package was the North American trucking industry’s most significant technical innovation of 2011, according to the Truck Writers of North America (TWNA), which presented Volvo Trucks with the 21st annual TWNA Technical Achievement Award...
Utility’s Dealership Offers Loan, Test Drive Program
Feb 23, 2012
Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company announced that Utility’s independent dealership, Allstate Peterbilt Group, has recently launched a loan and test drive program for all new and existing customers...
Class 5-8 Data In Line with Expectations in January: ACT
Feb 22, 2012
Despite a continuation of strong build, incrementally stronger orders allowed the Class 8 backlog to rise in January to 125,200 units, the highest backlog volume since last July, according to the State of the Industry report, recently released by ACT Research Co...
Link Suspensions Acquires Assets of Raydan Manufacturing
Feb 22, 2012
Link Suspensions of Canada, Limited Partnership, affiliated with Link Manufacturing, Ltd. has completed its acquisition of the assets of Raydan Manufacturing Inc. of Nisku, Alberta, Canada...
Kentucky Trailer Completes Race Transporter Expansion
Feb 22, 2012
Kentucky Trailer has significantly expanded its capacity to produce complete race transporters for the motorsports market under the brand Kentucky High Tech Performance Trailers...
