Truck and Trailer Production NewsPrevious | Topics home | Next Tough year for trailersThe Year 2007 was a disaster for many truck trailer manufacturers, at least compared to the outstanding production records set the previous year, according... More truck and trailer production newsWalker Purchases Assets of Bulk InternationalWalker Group Holdings LLC of New Lisbon, Wisconsin, a portfolio company of Insight Equity, announced today that it has purchased the Mexico-based manufacturing assets of Bulk International... ABC Sold to Reading GroupLeggett & Platt Incorporated completed the sale of America’s Body Company (ABC), part of Leggett’s Commercial Vehicle Products Group, to The Reading Group LLC... Navistar Dedicates Newest Engine PlantNavistar Engine Group celebrated the 75th anniversary of its first production diesel engine, the D-40, with the dedication of a facility in Huntsville, Alabama, that will build its newest diesel engine family, MaxxForce Big Bore... Polk Forecasts 723,000 Class 3-8 New Vehicle Registrations in 2012The commercial vehicle market for classes 3-8 vehicles is expected to grow to 723,000 by 2012, according to R. L. Polk & Co... Medium and Heavy Truck Sales Down 25%Medium and heavy truck sales were down 25% in August compared to the same period a year ago but up 1% over the previous month, according to figures compiled by Wards Communications... Epec Oy, Certified Power Begin PartnershipEpec Oy has entered into a system-integrator and distributor agreement with Certified Power Inc. to provide CAN-based electronic-control systems for U.S.- and Canada-based machine manufacturers... Wabash Announces Price IncreasesWabash National Corporation announced that prices of its trailer products will increase an average of 5 percent effective for new orders booked on or after Oct. 1, with an additional increase ranging from 3 to 5 percent effective Jan. 1, 2009... New Trailer Registrations Down 33%New commercial trailer registrations (24 feet and over) for the first six months of the 2008 calendar year were down 33.7% from the comparable period a year ago, according to Polk’s Commercial Vehicle Market Intelligence Report... Supreme Industries Declares 2% Stock DividendSupreme Industries, Inc. today announced a 2% stock dividend on its outstanding Class A and Class B Common Stock. Stockholders of record as of August 22, 2008, will receive the stock dividend for each share owned on that date, payable on August 29, 2008... Navistar, American LaFrance Plan Vocational Truck JVNavistar, Inc. and American LaFrance LLC today announced plans to launch a joint venture that will combine the strengths and resources of both companies to manufacture and distribute low cab-over engine (LCOE) vocational trucks for domestic and global markets... FleetPride Acquires Truck & Trailer SupplyFleetPride, Inc., the nation's largest independent aftermarket distributor of heavy-duty truck and trailer parts, announced that it has acquired Truck & Trailer Supply, Inc... Stoughton Trailers Adds ‘Tough Plate’ Dry Freight VanStoughton Trailers LLC announced the newest addition to its dry freight van product lineup: the “Tough Plate.”... Eaton Acquires Engine Valves Business of Kirloskar Oil EnginesEaton Corporation today announced it has acquired the engine valves business of Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed... American LaFrance Exits BankruptcyPatriarch Partners announce that, effective July 24, American LaFrance LLC, the 175-year-old manufacturer of fire, rescue and vocational vehicles, emerged successfully from its Chapter 11 bankruptcy... Krone Dogus Breaks Ground on Trailer Plant in TurkeyDipl.-Kfm. Bernard Krone and Dr. Jürgen Föhrenbach turned the first sod for the new Krone Doğuş factory in Tire near Izmir, Turkey, together with Aclan Acar, the Chairman of Doğuş Otomotiv... Wabash Acquires Certain Assets of BensonWabash National Corporation announced that it has completed the acquisition of certain operating assets of Benson International, a manufacturer of aluminum flatbeds, dump trailers and other truck bodies... West European Trailer Market Holding SteadyThe heavy truck trailer industry saw such high demand in 2007 that there was a shortage of axles and other key components, which held back sales throughout the year. This year will see sales just below last year's level, despite the fact that halfway through the year, large markets such as Germany, France and the Netherlands are actually running ahead of last year's figures... Index Shows Manufacturers Less OptimisticConfidence among large manufacturers eroded in the second quarter of 2008, according to a survey conducted jointly by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and Industry Week magazine... Thermo King Launches New Line of Trailer UnitsThermo King has launched the new SB+ line of temperature control units for trailers... ArvinMeritor expands global remanufacturing operationsArvinMeritor has entered into an agreement to acquire Trucktechnic, a remanufacturer and distributor of commercial vehicle disc and foundation brakes and components... Kentucky Trailer to relocate manufacturing facilityKentucky Trailer will relocate its manufacturing operations to a 240,000 square-foot facility in Jefferson Riverport International (Riverport), the company announced at a press conference that included Governor Steve Beshear, Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson, and University of Louisville President James Ramsey... TPI, Volvo Unveil Project To Develop Advanced Composite CabsThe dual-use cab-sleeper will initially be designed for the U.S. Army... Caterpillar to Leave U.S. HD Engine Market, Team With NavistarCaterpillar Inc. and Navistar International Corporation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to pursue global on-highway truck business opportunities and cooperate on a variety of engine platforms... Benson to Idle Cadiz Trailer Manufacturing PlantCiting a "crushing depression" in the large truck/trailer economic sector, Benson will idle its Cadiz, Kentucky, plant effective in August... International Specialized Trailers Picks HaldexInternational Specialized Trailers Manufacturing, based in Litchfield, Minnesota, has decided to use the Haldex PLC Select full function anti-lock braking system and Gold Seal actuator on its trailers... New Orders, Production, Employment and Inventories ContractingEconomic activity in the manufacturing sector failed to grow in April, while the overall economy grew for the 78th consecutive month... Kenworth Increases Production Capacity at Chillicothe PlantKenworth Truck Company's major expansion of its production plant has significantly increased plant size and production capacity... Kenworth’s Medium-Duty Hybrids To Enter Full ProductionKenworth will begin full production of medium-duty, diesel-electric hybrid trucks this summer... Wabash To Build Production Facility in KentuckyWabash National Corporation announced several initiatives to further optimize the company’s manufacturing cost structure.... Force Dynamics LLC Breaks MRAP Production RecordsForce Protection, Inc. and General Dynamics Land Systems - through their joint venture Force Dynamics, LLC - today announced that they continued to break monthly vehicle production records... Bearish on truck marketA protracted downturn in freight has caused A.C.T. Research to lower its Class 8 production forecast for this year and 2009. Where the economy goes, freight... Force Dynamics breaks production recordsForce Protection Inc. and General Dynamics Land Systems through their joint venture Force Dynamics LLC continued to break monthly vehicle production records... Grote robotic production idea wins EIA awardGrote Industries product development engineer Edward Sitarski had more than a good idea when he proposed automating manual terminal connector LED production.... Utility’s Dry Van Plant Reaches Production MilestoneUtility Trailer Manufacturing Company, the industry’s third largest manufacturer of dry freight vans, announced that its Paragould, Arkansas, plant reached a production milestone with its 75,000th dry van, which rolled off the assembly line ... Volvo's Belgium plant first in world with carbon dioxide-free productionThe Volvo Group has the first vehicle plant in the world that is completely free from carbon dioxide (CO2): Volvo Trucks' plant in Ghent, Belgium. Volvo's... Of Interestadvertisement Popular Pagesadvertisement advertisement DirectoriesNewsletterBuyers Guide
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