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NewsNovember 18, 2008

Penske Opens New Pennsylvania Facility

Penske Truck Leasing recently hosted the grand opening of a new location in New Stanton, Pa

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NewsNovember 18, 2008

Polk: Truck Registrations for September Lowest Since February 2003

New commercial vehicle registrations for Class 3-8 vehicles for the first nine months of 2008 were down 25.2 percent from the same period in 2007, reports Polk Commercial Vehicle Solutions in its September Commercial Vehicle Intelligence Report, published Monday

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NewsNovember 17, 2008

J.D. Power: Hino Tops Conventional Medium-Duty Survey, Buying Plans Lowest Since 2002

Hino Trucks, a Toyota Group Company, ranks highest in customer satisfaction among conventional cab medium-duty trucks in its second model year of producing the vehicles, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Medium-Duty Truck Customer Satisfaction Study

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NewsNovember 17, 2008

Stemco Buying Carlisle Motion Control

Stemco will acquire Carlisle's Motion Control division, which supplies brake friction to the heavy duty truck market as well as new and remanufactured brake shoes under the Altec brand name

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NewsNovember 17, 2008

Major Layoffs Planned at Kenworth Plant

Kenworth will all but shut down production at its Renton, Wash., truck plant, when it lays off more than 400 employees at in January, according to published reports

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NewsNovember 17, 2008

Supplier CEOs Write Congress Urging Help for Auto Makers

Urging Congressional support for financial assistance to the automotive industry, 98 supplier industry CEOs sent a letter to every member of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives Monday,

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NewsNovember 14, 2008

Waste Management Begins Testing Hydraulic Hybrids

Houston-based Waste Management, North America's largest waste management company, is field-testing the first prototype parallel hydraulic hybrid truck to be deployed in a waste collection vehicle

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NewsNovember 14, 2008

Engine Group Estimates DEF Use

The Engine Manufacturers Association has developed estimates for how much diesel exhaust fluid will be needed by U.S. and Canadian on-highway vehicles from 2010 to 2019

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NewsNovember 14, 2008

Setco Announces Partnership with AMS to Distribute Clutch Products

Setco Automotive and AMS Automotive have teamed up to market and distribute Lipe Clutch products in the heavy duty aftermarket

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NewsNovember 13, 2008

S&P's Downgrades Automotive Suppliers

A number of automotive suppliers, including several that also supply the commercial truck industry, had their credit ratings placed on CreditWatch by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services because of their ties to struggling American automakers

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