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NewsMay 17, 2009

Mack, UAW Reach Tentative Agreement on New Contract

Mack Trucks and the United Auto Workers reached a tentative agreement on terms of a new 40-month Master Agreement that would cover about 1,700 UAW members at seven facilities in three states

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NewsMay 15, 2009

Slow Trailer Sales To Continue, Researcher Tells TTMA

Trailer production will continue at current depressed levels through the end of 2009 before beginning a slow recovery, Eric Starks, President of FTR Associates recently told members of the Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association (TTMA) at their annual meeting

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NewsMay 15, 2009

Mergers, Acquisitions Down Among Transportation Companies

Deal activity dropped significantly during first quarter 2009 in the global transportation and logistics (T&L) industry, according to a report released today by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

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NewsMay 14, 2009

Nation's First Bulk DEF Dispenser Opens at Ann Arbor TravelCenter

What TravelCenters of America believes is the first operating retail bulk dispenser of diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) in the U.S. unveiled this morning at TA's location in Ann Arbor, Mich

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NewsMay 13, 2009

DD15's Turbocompounding Wins TWNA Technical Achievement Award

REDFORD, Mich. - Detroit Diesel's turbo compounding technology for its DD15 engine was recently named the top Technical Achievement in 2008 by the Truck Writers of North America (TWNA)

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NewsMay 12, 2009

Wabco Announces First Major Contract for EcoSmart Clutch Compressor

Wabco said it has won a contract from a major original equipment manufacturer in Europe to supply EcoSmart clutch compressor systems for production starting in 2011

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NewsMay 12, 2009

Colony Tire Signs With Michelin Retread Technologies

Colony Tire Corporation, headquartered in Edenton, N.C., has become the newest franchisee of Michelin Retread Technologies (MRT), the company said

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NewsMay 12, 2009

SuperFlow Acquires Zoom Technology

SuperFlow Technologies Group announced that it has acquired the assets of Zoom Technology Inc. Each makes automotive-related testing equipment, and one's product line complements the other's

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NewsMay 12, 2009

Freightliner Builds M2 Hybrid Truck For Propane Hauler

Freightliner Trucks has built a delivery truck for a Midwest propane distributor using Eaton Corporation's diesel-electric hybrid drive system. It is the first application of the parallel electric hybrid system to a hazardous material delivery application, Freightliner claimed

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NewsMay 12, 2009

Kenworth's Renton, Wash., Plant Receives Local Environmental Honor

Kenworth Truck Company's manufacturing plant in Renton, Wash., was recently honored by the King County Industrial Waste Program for compliance with the plant's industrial wastewater discharge permit

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