April 1, 2008
Editorial
Now showing at a world near you
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, by Bruce Sauer
Maybe Walt Disney was right. Maybe it's a small world after all. Here we are sitting at a National Truck Equipment Association convention session...
Industry Newsdesk
Truck orders revised upward for February
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
A.C.T. has revised upward Class 8 and Class 5-7 net new orders for February 2008 by 1% and 3%, respectively...
Truck Tonnage Index jumps in January
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
The American Trucking Associations' advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 2.4 percent in January...
Trailer tire problems generate most calls
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
According to The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, 65% of its roadside calls for repairs/replacements are for problems with trailer tires...
Hydro Aluminum enhances Ohio plant
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Hydro Aluminum's Extrusion Americas unit has added sheet processing capabilities to its Sidney OH facility...
Dry van orders increase 27% in February
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Trailer orders released by A.C.T. came in better than expected for February 2008...
XTRA Lease begins selling used trailers
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
XTRA Lease announced it is selling hundreds of trailers from the company's rental locations...
Warner Bodies acquires Metro division
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Warner Bodies, a manufacturer of utility bodies, trailer-towing haulers, and fire and rescue trucks, has expanded its business...
Marines order more MaxxPro MRAPs
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
The United States Marine Corps ordered additional International MaxxPro MRAP vehicles valued at more than $410 million from Navistar Defense LLC...
Alcoa combines ops into new business unit
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Alcoa has combined its Wheel Products business with its Auto and Truck Structures business to form a new business unit called Wheel and Transportation Products...
Accuride enters joint venture with Benecor
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Accuride Corporation has entered into a joint venture with Benecor Inc. Through this venture, the companies will focus on building a Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) (UREA) dispensing infrastructure...
VW gets Scania stake in $4.37 billion deal
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Volkswagen AG took control of Swedish truck maker Scania AB in a $4.37 billion deal...
Kgel posts record 67% growth for 2007
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Trailer manufacturer Kögel Fahrzeugwerke GmbH announced growth of 67% for the 2007 financial year...
AB Volvo penalized for kickbacks to Iraq
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
AB Volvo has agreed to pay a $7 million penalty as part of an agreement with the United States Department of Justice...
Kenworth selects top Medium Duty Dealer
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
MHC Kenworth-Kansas City was named 2007 Kenworth Medium Duty Dealer of the Year for the United States and Canada...
Darley moves into its new headquarters
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
W. S. Darley & Co. has purchased a new headquarters facility in Itasca IL...
Fleets can receive financing to retrofit MTIS
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Pressure Systems International is providing a financial lease option to add the Meritor Tire Inflation System (MTIS)...
Onspot of North America marks 20th year
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Onspot of North America Inc. is celebrating its 20th year in business...
NTP, OOIDA offer truck breakdown service
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
NTP Inc. and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) announced the NTP Emergency 24 by 7 Breakdown Service...
STEMCO acquires V.W. Kaiser Engineering
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Stemco, an EnPro Industries company, has acquired V.W. Kaiser Engineering in Millington MI...
Penske Truck Leasing opens CA facility
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Penske Truck Leasing recently hosted the grand opening of a new $9 million facility in Sun Valley CA...
Eastern European heavy truck-trailer demand tops 100,000 in 2007
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
East European demand for heavy truck-trailers smashed through the 100,000-units barrier in 2007...
Oshkosh plans to build another 1,084 HEMTT A4s
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Oshkosh Corporation received a contract modification from the United States Army to the current family of heavy tactical vehicles (FHTV) contracting...
Manufactured goods trade deficit shrinks
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
The United States Commerce Department report that the January 2008 manufactured goods trade deficit dropped by $7 billion...
Tommy Gate revamps serial number tag
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Tommy Gate Company's expansion has forced the company to take a closer look at newer technologies to continue to meet demands...
Crane Composites Inc. is exonerated
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
It took a Riverside Federal Court jury two-and-half days after a six-week trial to exonerate Crane Composites Inc....
Product Profiles
Product Profiles
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Leyman Lift Gates announces the introduction of the new heavy-duty large steel platform on SLP Heavy Duty Hide-A-Way (Tuck-Under-style) liftgates...
People and Positions
People and Positions
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Henderson Manufacturing Inc. has promoted Glenn Beck to vice president of the Henderson Truck Equipment facilities...
Articles
CO2-neutral vehicles
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, BY DAVID A KOLMAN
Volvo group used the occasion of the recent Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) to unveil a group of functional heavy-duty alternative-powered trucks...
New products, new ideas
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Those who want to be more competitive in today's commercial truck industry had plenty to see and do during the recent Work Truck Show in Atlanta...
Surviving and thriving
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
The “Surviving and Thriving” session presented at the recent Work Truck Show in Atlanta had good news and bad news...
How we got here
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
What have been the major trends that have brought the truck equipment industry to where it is today?...
Ready or not, here comes the world
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
It's a lot easier to export ideas than it is to ship trucks and trailers halfway around the world...
Work Truck Show Highlights
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
The Work Truck Show gave visitors a glimpse of the future as well as a tangible rundown of new introductions that are available to the industry immediately...
Prototype electric delivery truck for inner city has zero emissions
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, BY PAUL SCHENCK
The greenest of the green, environmentally clean trucks shown at the NTEA Work Truck Show in Atlanta is an all-electric delivery truck developed by a truck body builder...
Snowplow truck pulls another trailer-mounted plow
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
One of the newest concepts introduced at the NTEA Work Truck Show in Atlanta is the Tow Plow...
Knapheide honors top distributors
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Knapheide Manufacturing Company added 10 new members to its 1848 Club during an appreciation dinner for its distributors...
MAC maximizes MACsimizer load capacity
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
MAC Trailer Manufacturing has redesigned its mainstay materials “MACsimizer” half-round aluminum dump trailer...
Freightliner unveils hybrid beverage truck
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Freightliner Trucks is offering the Business Class M2 106 Hybrid drop-frame beverage truck...
Workhorse adds a Star to walk-in lineup
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Over the past year, the walk-in truck manufactured by Workhorse Custom Chassis has seen a number of changes...
Product Focus: Adhesives/Sealants
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Convenience Products, manufacturer of Touch ‘n Seal insulating foam products, introduces new Liner Bond one-component cylinder adhesive...
