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Aftermarket•by Staff•December 4, 2009

Distributors See Improvement in Profit Margins From 2008

While 68 percent of industrial distributors saw sales down from 2008, a total of 65 percent of industrial distributors saw their profit margins increase or remain the same in 2009, according to a recent Industrial Distribution surve

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Aftermarket•by Staff•December 4, 2009

Canadian Interest in EOBRs Remains Strong Despite Delays and Official Apathy

Even as the U.S. trucking industry awaits the final rule on EOBRs from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Canada's trucking industry has been battling with some of the same questions. Truckers around the world have used on-board recording devices for more than 50 years. The first electronic device, the Tripmaster by Rockwell (now ArvinMeritor), emerged in the mid-1980s, and the pro and con camps have been split ever since

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Aftermarket•by Staff•December 4, 2009

Navistar Plant Wins Sustainability Award

Navistar's Melrose Park engine plant has received the Illinois Governor's Sustainability Award, for the 14th time

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Aftermarket•by Staff•December 4, 2009

Kentucky Trailer, High Tech Performance Form Joint Venture

Kentucky Trailer has formed a joint venture with High Tech Performance Trailers to build and sell custom trailers to the motorsports transport, corporate marketing, training, hospitality, mobile marketing and event marketing industries

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Drivers•by Staff•December 4, 2009

Highways to Lose $15 Billion in Spending Next Year

Federal funding for highway and transit systems projects should drop by over $15 billion next year, according to an analysis of transportation spending trends by the Associated General Contractors of America

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Fleet Management•by Staff•December 4, 2009

GAO: Customs and Border Protection Needs a Plan For Container Scanning

According to a recent report by the Government Accountability Office, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection has not been making progress under the 9/11 Commission Act, which requires 100 percent of U.S.-bound cargo containers to be scanned by 2012

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Drivers•by Staff•December 3, 2009

Pennsylvania Cracks Down on Truck Driver Violations

During a five-day enforcement blitz targeting traffic violations by commercial vehicle drivers, Pennsylvania State Police troopers gave out 801 traffic citations and placed 21 trucks and 20 drivers out of servic

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Aftermarket•by Staff•December 3, 2009

Ohio Truckstop Adds Transflo Express Scanning

Dogwood Crossing Travel Center, Carroll, Ohio, now offers the Transflo Express truckstop scanning solution from Pegasus TransTech, making it the 31st independently-owned truckstop to house the solution

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Aftermarket•by Staff•December 3, 2009

Convoy to Deliver Wreaths Across America Starting Sunday

This Sunday, Wreaths Across America will send off a convoy of trailer-trailers from Maine to travel across the U.S. delivering wreaths to honor veterans

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Aftermarket•by Staff•December 3, 2009

Cummins to Temporarily Slice 400 at New York Plant

Cummins Inc. will temporarily cut its workforce by 400 people at its Jamestown Engine Plant in New York starting in January, due to a significant short-term drop in demand for heavy-duty truck engine

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