Polar Service Centers Adds Second Location in Billings, Montana
Feb 22, 2012
Polar Service Centers Adds Second Location in Billings, Montana ...
Timpte Opens Parts, Service Center in Nebraska
Feb 22, 2012
Timpte has opened a new parts and service center in Aurora, Nebraska. Timpte has sold trailers and parts from the Aurora location for the past few years...
Mitsubishi Fuso Makes Oil Pan Heater Available on Canters
Feb 22, 2012
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc. (MFTA) is offering an oil pan heater to aid in starting its commercial medium-duty trucks in cold weather. The oil pan heater replaces block heaters that were available on earlier FUSO FE and FG models...
Rush Enterprises Reports Record Revenues in 2011
Feb 21, 2012
Rush Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq:RUSHA) (Nasdaq:RUSHB), which operates the largest network of commercial vehicle dealerships in North America, reported record annual revenues along with the highest quarterly pre-tax income in the company's history...
Mack Offering MVASIST Free to Customers Purchasing New Trucks
Feb 21, 2012
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
Feb 21, 2012
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
Feb 21, 2012
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
Feb 21, 2012
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
Feb 17, 2012
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
Feb 17, 2012
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
Feb 17, 2012
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
Feb 16, 2012
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
Feb 16, 2012
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
Feb 15, 2012
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
Feb 15, 2012
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
Feb 15, 2012
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
Feb 15, 2012
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
Feb 14, 2012
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
Feb 14, 2012
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
Feb 14, 2012
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
Feb 13, 2012
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
Feb 10, 2012
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
Feb 10, 2012
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
Feb 9, 2012
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
Feb 9, 2012
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...
