Cannon Truck Equipment Tabbed to Distribute for Omaha Standard PALFINGER
Omaha Standard PALFINGER has appointed Cannon Truck Equipment to represent PALFINGER PAL Pro mechanic's trucks, PSC telescopic service cranes, liftgates and hoists in Michigan...
Wabash Acquires Assets of Beall
Wabash National Corporation (NYSE: WNC) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets of the tank and trailer business of Beall Corporation, a Portland, Oregon-based manufacturer of aluminum tank trailers and related equipment, for approximately $15 million in cash...
Tri-State Truck Center Named Mack’s 2012 Distributor of the Year
Mack Trucks has named Tri-State Truck Center, Inc. of Memphis, Tenn., its 2012 North American Distributor of the Year...
Fras-Le Begins Brake Lining Production At Prattville Facility
Fras-le has begun production of heavy-duty brake lining at its friction manufacturing facility in Prattville, Ala. This is the first time Fras-le has produced heavy-duty brake lining in the U.S...
ATA Truck Tonnage Index Up 2.8% in December
The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 2.8% in December after surging 3.9% in November...
Prestone Unveils DEF for SCR, New Antifreeze/Coolant Products
Prestone Products Corporation announced the availability of its new line of Prestone Command Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) and its new Prestone Command Heavy-Duty Antifreeze/Coolant products...
PALFINGER Takes Over Tiffin Facility
PALFINGER has purchased the property and building in Tiffin, Ohio, where Tiffin Loader Crane began selling and installing knuckle boom cranes in 1985 and became an installation and distribution center as a successful PALFINGER dealer...
Landoll Offering Arctic Hose Package
Landoll Corporation has introduced a new option for customers that will be operating in the extreme weather conditions of northern Canada and Alaska. The new “Arctic Hose Package” may be installed on the full line of Landoll’s Traveling Axle trailers...
Work Truck Show Features Green Truck Ride-and-Drive
The Work Truck Show’s Green Truck Ride-and-Drive is the only event of the year that lets attendees test-drive more than 20 commercially viable advanced hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles in a real-world environment...
Equipment Lease Finance Industry Confidence Index Improves in January
January’s Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI) came in at 54.2—an increase from the December index of 48.5, reflecting industry participants’ improved outlook amid ongoing concerns with economic conditions and management of fiscal issues, according to the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation...
Class 5-7 Net Orders Best Since 2008: ACT
Class 5-7 net orders in December were the highest since the fourth quarter of 2008, according to the State of the Industry report recently released by ACT Research Co...
Fontaine Modification Aligns With Alliance AutoGas Network
Fontaine Modification Company has joined the Alliance AutoGas network, with all eight of its modification centers nationwide certified as Alliance AutoGas conversion centers...
Rocky Mountain Parts Specialists Acquires Truman Parts
Rocky Mountain Parts Specialists acquired Truman Parts Company of Brigham City, UT, and after careful analysis of economic and market research data decided to relocate the business to Lindon, UT, south of Salt Lake City...
UK Truck Production Up 2.2% in 2012
Truck production increased 2.2% in the UK in 2012, while commercial vehicle output fell by 6.8% and engine production held steady, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders ...
PalFleet Truck Equipment Reorganizes Management
PalFleet Truck Equipment has reorganized its management team to provide the required capacities to achieve and realize its strategic objectives...
FTR Shippers Conditions Index Falls in November
FTR Associates’ Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) for November fell marginally from October to a reading of -5.3, the precursor to what is expected to be a more challenging environment for shippers in 2013...
Miller Industries Unveils FRF Industrial Carrier
Addressing the diversified towing and recovery business that includes transportation of construction, agriculture and rental equipment, Miller Industries has introduced its new FRF (Folding Ramp Flatbed) industrial carrier...
Krone Expands Partnership With Axle Manufacturer Gigant
German axle manufacturer Gigant Trenkamp & Gehle GmbH and the Krone group have expanded their collaboration to develop innovative axle assemblies and chassis for Krone's agricultural and utility equipment...
Omaha Standard PALFINGER Tabs Tampa Crane to Distribute Telescopic Crane Line
Omaha Standard PALFINGER (OSP) has appointed Tampa Crane And Body Inc. to represent the PALFINGER PAL Pro Mechanic's Trucks and PSC Telescopic Service Cranes in Florida...
Manufacturing Sector Gets Healthier in December
Business activity in the United States manufacturing sector increased in December, reversing contraction in November and helping the sector recover from a three-year low...
AASHTO Executive Director Calls for Investment and Tax Reform
Congress needs to take action this year to sustain the federal-aid surface transportation program, said John Horsley, executive director of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials...
Fontaine Modification Forms Three Business Segments
Fontaine Modification Company is transforming itself into three focused business segments in 2013: Fontaine Alternative Fuels, Fontaine Auto Transport Services and Fontaine Modification Services...
Ervin Equipment Expands Line of Bottom Dump Trailers for Oil Boom
Ervin Equipment is expanding its supply services to the aggregates, asphalt, road-building and oilfield industries by providing an expanded line of new and used Bottom Dump Trailers...
JX Peterbilt–Lansing Extends JX Enterprises’ Dealer Network to 16 Locations
JX Enterprises (JXE) has expanded its dealer network to 16 locations with the opening of JX Peterbilt–Lansing, its seventh Illinois branch strategically located in Lansing, Ill., to provide comprehensive customer support to the Chicago metropolitan area...
Great Dane Names New Branch Managers
Great Dane has made leadership changes in its Atlanta, Memphis and Little Rock branches...
