Paccar truck brands project strong sales ahead
LOUISVILLE, KY. Both of Paccar Corp.’s truck manufacturing subsidiaries are predicting strong growth in medium- and heavy-duty truck sales this year compared to 2010 and are ramping up factory capacity to meet that demand...
Cummins: High on trucking
LOUISVILLE, KY. Top executives of Cummins Engine Business (NYSE: CMI) view the heavy-duty trucking industry and its truck market this year on into next very optimistically, given their business unit’s ongoing sales performance as well as truck production forecasts they’ve developed through contacts with Class 8 OEM customers...
Bendix foresees boom times ahead
LOUISVILLE, KY. Booms times are ahead for the truck making business, according to Joe McAleese, president & CEO of Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC, though much of the increased demand for heavy trucks is going to come from the “BRIC” nations, short for Brazil, Russia, India and China...
Whitepaper on fleet fuel taxes available from Fuelman
Fuelman, a division of FleetCor, is offering a free whitepaper about state and provincial fuel taxes called “Fleet Fuel Taxes: An expert answers questions from fleets.” Available online, the Q&A-style whitepaper is intended to address questions about the International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA) which impacts many fleets in the U.S. and Canada...
Ryder opens used vehicle center in Orlando
Ryder System has opened a new used vehicle sales center in Orlando, FL. The center, located on Bachman Road, is located on approximately three acres of land and includes an inventory of more than 75 commercial vehicles from light duty to heavy duty, coving straight trucks, tractors, and trailers, Ryder said...
Bergstrom appoints Jack Shaffer president & CEO
Jack Shaffer has been promoted to president & CEO of Bergstrom Inc. Shaffer was most recently president & COO...
Used-truck alternative disappearing for fleets
Fleets seeking late-model, low-mileage used trucks as a way to inexpensively replace older vehicles in their operations are going to have a tough time doing it as supply continues to tighten. ...
Volvo, UAW ratify five-year contract
Some 1,300 UAW members working at the Volvo Trucks North America (VTNA) plant in New River Valley, VA, have approved a new five-year contract. The plant assembles the Volvo VN and VHD...
MHT to reject “cost down” contracts
Marmon Highway Technologies (MHT), which owns 11 companies that supply components to truck and trailer manufacturers, including Fontaine, Webb Wheel, TSE Brakes, and Hogebuilt, said it will no longer sign multi-year supply agreements with customers that call for annual mandatory price reductions or “cost downs” that prevent full recovery of unavoidable cost increases...
Schneider boosts owner-operator compensation
TL carrier Schneider National is boosting compensation for its contracted owner-operators hauling dry van trailers by five cents per mile...
LeanDex Transportation Index now generally available
LeanLogistics, which produces the LeanDex Transportation Index, has announced that it will now make the LeanDex Index available as a self-service application without requiring the purchaser to subscribe to other LeanLogistics technologies...
Marmon names brake VP
Marmon Highway Technologies has promoted Ken Kelley to VP of business development for its Brake and Wheel Ends (BWE) Group...
Truck and trailer sales should stay strong
While it’s certainly not boom times for truck and trailer manufacturers, orders for equipment of both stripes continues to strengthen as freight haulers generate strong revenues and remain optimistic about the health of the U.S. economy...
Utility trailers go all-LED
Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co. is making light emitting diode (LED) lighting a standard feature on all its refrigerated and dry van trailers as well as on its tandem and tridem axle flatbeds...
Penske Logistics swaps executives
Paulo Sarti is taking over as managing director of South American operations for Penske Logistics, replacing Bill Scroggie who is returning to the U.S. to serve as the company’s senior vp of operations for its central region...
Trucker charity plans Hats of Hope event for MATS
Making a wish come true for a Georgia teenager suffering from leukemia is the goal of the “Hats of Hope” event being planned by the Convoy for the Kids trucker charity group at the Mid America Trucking Show (MATS) in Louisville next week...
Delphi reveals HVAC built into truck seats
Delphi Automotive has announced a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system that can be built into the seats of trucks and other heavy equipment, helping to simply cab design while efficiently keeping operators and passengers comfortable...
AB Volvo taps Persson as new chief
Olof Persson, currently president of Volvo Construction Equipment and former president of Volvo Aero, will take the reins of parent firm AB Volvo as president & CEO, effective Sept. 1st. On that date, the current chief executive, Leif Johansson, will retire as planned...
Navistar rolls out new options for mixers, WorkStar chassis
New options are on the way for concrete mixer trucks sold by Navistar’s Continental Mixers, LLC, as well as new upgrades to Navistar’s International WorkStar truck chassis line...
Polar Corp. names controllers
Polar Corp. has promoted Jeff Behrens to division controller for Polar Service Centers. Behrens, who was controller of Polar Tank Trailer, has been replaced by Brad Quatier. Behrens was Polar Tank’s controller for 11 years...
Mack Granite gets lighter
Taking weight and cost out of the Class 8 Granite vocational straight truck, Mack Trucks has announced a new “medium heavy-duty” (MHD)model intended for municipal and other cost-sensitive applications. The new Granite MHD is being offered in both set-forward and set-back axle configurations...
Navistar launches 15-liter diesel
Navistar says it is ready to take orders for a severe -duty truck carrying its new 15L MaxxForce 15 engine, a big-bore diesel certified to meet EPA’s 2010 emissions standards without selective catalytic reduction ...
Japanese truck production still curtailed by quake aftermath
Top executives of U.S. operations for three Japan-based commercial truck builders have told FleetOwner that production at their parent companies’ truck plants remain halted in the wake of the devastating earthquake and resulting tsunami that dealt massive twin blows to Japan almost two weeks ago...
NTEA lauds its Work Truck Show winners
The National Truck Equipment Assn. (NTEA) has announced that two companies – Dakota Bodies and Energy Xtreme – took home exhibitor awards for its 2011 Work Truck Show exhibition, which was held earlier this month in conjunction with the group’s 47th annual convention in Indianapolis...
Bridgestone Bandag launches retread campaign
As rising oil prices contributes to a rapid escalation in new tire costs, Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions (BBTS), a division of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, is launching a campaign to promote the wider use of retreads by truck fleets...
NationaLease names membership veep
Jane Clark has been appointed vp- member services for NationaLease. Clark will manage the member services operation for the organization of independent full-service truck lessors...
Jost adds sales staff
Tom Rosser has been named to the newly created position of director of OEM business by Jost International, a manufacturer of fifth wheels and landing gear...
Warning system identifies loose lug nuts
A new patent-pending indicator warning system from ZamLok System identifies loose lug nuts on commercial vehicles...
Douglas Weichman named NAFA president
Douglas Weichman, director of the fleet management division of Palm Beach County, FL since 1990, will officially take over as president of NAFA Fleet Management Assn. at the group’s Annual Business Meeting in Charlotte, NC, next month...
February freight dip only mildly impacts full outlook
A 2.9% decline in February’s for-hire truck tonnage index compiled by the American Trucking Assns. (ATA) isn’t altering the freight forecast significantly for most industry analysts. However, some metrics buried within the overall ebb and flow of cargoes is making some of them wonder if more unevenness in freight volumes lies ahead for motor carriers...
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