HDT Announces 2017 Top 20 Products
Heavy Duty Trucking magazine announced its 2017 Top 20 Products, highlighting the most innovative, significant and useful new product announcements from the previous year.
Heavy Duty Trucking magazine announced its 2017 Top 20 Products, highlighting the most innovative, significant and useful new product announcements from the previous year.
The winners are published in the February issue. Awards will be presented during individual ceremonies at the ATA's Technology & Maintenance Council annual meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, Feb. 27-March 2.
Each year, HDT's editors spend a lot of time going to press conferences and combing through news releases on the latest new products for trucking. At the end of the year, they embark on a process to identify the very best of the past year’s introductions for the Top 20 Products.
Editors sift through all of the new product announcements that appeared in the magazine or on the Truckinginfo.com website over the course of 2016 to winnow down the list. Products are chosen based on the level of innovation, ability to address significant industry issues, and potential benefit to the bottom line.
A panel of HDT current and former Truck Fleet Innovators and maintenance executives active in the Technology & Maintenance Council are then consulted to arrive at the final 20.
Entire vehicles are not included, and products must be commercially available or scheduled to become commercially available this year.
The resulting Top 20 products are listed in alphabetical order by company name:
Accuride EverSteel Wheel
Bendix ADB22X-LT Air Disc Brake for Trailers
Blackberry Radar Tracking System
Boreas Nitrogen Cooling System for Reefers
Carrier Transicold Reefer Telematics System
Cummins X15 Diesel Engine
Detroit Connect Analytics
East Manufacturing Integrated Extruded Aluminum Side-Rail System
Haldex ModulT Air Disc Brake
Lytx Unisyn Video Telematics Platform
Maxion Wheels MaxSmart Wheel Sensor Technology
Meritor MFS+ Steer Axle
Omnitracs ELD Driver Retention Analytic Software
Rand McNally DC 200 BYOD Electronic Logging Device
SAF-Holland Fifth Wheel Lighting System
Spireon FleetLocate Solar-Powered Asset Tracking System
Stoughton’s Improved Underride Guard
SmartTruck TopKit Aero System
Vnomics TrueFuel Driver Coaching and Fuel Use Analytic System
Volvo I-See, Mack Predictive Cruise Control
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