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Aftermarket•by Staff•November 14, 2007

Penske Truck Leasing Opens Facility in Chester, Va.

Penske Truck Leasing has opened a new, state-of-the-art facility in Chester, Va., located on 13201 Grover Court. The 16,000-square-foot facility offers commercial and consumer truck rental services, full-service truck leasin

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Aftermarket•by Staff•November 13, 2007

'Technology on the Move' Focus of TMC's Annual Meet, Exhibition

The Technology & Maintenance Council will hold its 2008 Annual Meeting and Transportation Technology Exhibition, Feb. 4-7 at the Orange County Convention Center and Rosen Centre Hotel, Orlando, Fla

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Aftermarket•by Staff•November 13, 2007

Utility Trailer Dry Van Plant Produces 75,000th Trailer

Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co. said the company's Paragould, Ark., plant has produced its 75,000th dry van. The Arkansas plant produces the 4000D-X dry van, which accounted for more than half of Utility's dry va

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Aftermarket•by Staff•November 13, 2007

McLeod Software Adds Agent Access For Truckload

McLeod Software has Agent Access For Truckload to its PowerBroker and LoadMaster enterprise management systems. The Agent Access For Truckload module allows brokers, logistics providers and carriers that dispatch their own trucks

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Drivers•by Staff•November 13, 2007

Old Dominion Opens Service Center in Eugene, Oregon

Chuck Powell, vice president of the Pacific Northwest region for Old Dominion Freight Line Inc., announced the opening of a new service center in Eugene, Ore. The 20-door facility is located on a two-acre site a

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Aftermarket•by Staff•November 13, 2007

TMC Accepting 2008 Maintenance Supervision Award Nominations

The Technology & Maintenance Council of the American Trucking Associations is now accepting nominations for its 2008 Maintenance Supervision Award. The award, presented annually, recognizes top front-line truck equipment maintenance

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Aftermarket•by Staff•November 13, 2007

Daimler Launches Global Initiative for Eco-friendly Commercial Vehicles

Daimler is promoting measures for drastically reducing the emissions and fuel consumption of commercial vehicles. To mark the launch of the Shaping Future Transportation initiative, Daimler Trucks and Daimler Buses this week presented 16 trucks

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Aftermarket•by Staff•November 9, 2007

Manac Names Bridgestone Standard OE Supplier

Manac Inc. headquartered in St. Georges, Quebec, Canada has named Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire as its standard tire supplier. BFNT will be the primary tire supplier for Manac as well as for the CPS trailer brand in North America

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Aftermarket•by Staff•November 9, 2007

BMC West Operates Kenworth Medium-duty Hybrid Truck

With more than a thousand trucks in its fleet, BMC West is always looking for ways to deliver products more efficiently while conserving fuel. So, the Boise, Idaho-based company recently jumped at the chance

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Aftermarket•by Staff•November 9, 2007

3 Webasto Non-Idle Heaters Earn Nod from CARB

Webasto Product North America, which provides heating and cooling solutions for the light and heavy-duty transportation industries, has received approval for several products that meet California's new standards for air quality

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