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NewsMarch 28, 2011

Volvo Trucks North America and UAW Agree on Five-Year Contract

Volvo Trucks North America today announced that employees represented by the United Auto Workers have ratified a new five-year agreement covering about 1,300 members of UAW Local #2069 at the New River Valley, VA, plant

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NewsMarch 28, 2011

Bridgestone Bandag Promotes 'Retread Instead'

Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions launched a new campaign designed to promote retreading. At the heart of the campaign is an appeal to fleets to consider extending their casing age limits when retreading

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NewsMarch 27, 2011

Class 3 Registrations Lead Improved January Numbers

New commercial vehicle registrations, Class 3-8, in January were 32,175 units, an increase of 11.6 percent from January 2010 and about 1 percent higher than December 2010, according to Polk

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NewsMarch 25, 2011

Marmon Highway Technologies Addresses Mandatory "Cost Downs"

Marmon Highway Technologies (MHT) companies announced they will no longer sign multi-year supply agreements with OE customers that call for annual mandatory price reductions or "cost downs"

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NewsMarch 24, 2011

Two Tire Associations Ready to Serve Retread Industry

The tire industry got a bit of a shock last fall when the Tire Retread & Repair Information Bureau let Harvey Brodsky go. David Stevens has filled the managing director position held by Brodsky for years at TRIB, and Brodsky has started a new advocacy group for retreaders called the Retread Tire Association

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NewsMarch 23, 2011

Canadian Truckers Say Biodiesel Mandate Costs Outweigh Benefits

The 4,500-member Canadian Trucking Alliance says the Canadian government needs to re-think its approach to a national biodiesel mandate set to kick in on July

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NewsMarch 22, 2011

LXE Introduces Thor Vehicle-Mount Computer

LXE, part of EMS Technologies' Global Resource Management business unit, launched the Thor vehicle-mount computer.

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ArticlesMarch 22, 2011

Why Low Cabovers in a Conventional-Cab Market?

Why do the Japan-based importers continue trying to sell low cab-over-engine trucks when North America is conventional-cab territory? The short answer is that LCOEs are what they have to sell

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NewsMarch 21, 2011

Central Michigan Kenworth Opens New Location in Saginaw

Central Michigan Kenworth has opened a full-service Kenworth dealership in Saginaw, Mich., providing access from U.S. Interstate 75

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NewsMarch 21, 2011

NTEA, NAFA Enter Into Endorsement Agreement

The National Truck Equipment Association has entered into an endorsement agreement with The NAFA Fleet Management Association, where each association will cross-promote the other's certification programs to mutually benefit the membership

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