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Eaton expands aftermarket portfolio Drivetrain components balance price, performance Eaton Corp. launched a new brand of drivetrain components engineered specifically for the aftermarket. The new lineup, known as EverTough, provides aftermarket customers with the optimum balance of price and performance to meet their replacement part needs, the ...

By CCJ Staff Published February 9, 2011

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MitFuso unveils new powertrain EPA 2010-compliant system powers Class 3-5 trucks Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. of Kawasaki, Japan, parent company of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, unveiled a new powertrain for the next generation of Mitsubishi Fuso Class 3-5 commercial trucks in North America. The ...

By CCJ Staff Published January 1, 2011

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Navistar offers emissions update Company shipped 17,000 trucks last quarter At a facility tour of its Huntsville Engine Plant in Huntsville, Ala., Navistar International Corp. announced the delivery of about 17,000 vehicles to U.S. and Canadian customers in the past quarter. During a tour of the Huntsville facility ...

By CCJ Staff Published December 2, 2010

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Cummins ships 37,000 EPA10 SCR engines Customers praise better fuel economy, performance Cummins announced the shipment of nearly 37,000 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 2010-certified engines with selective catalytic reduction aftertreatment to customers in North America since their introduction in January. Cummins says its engine plants in Jamestown, ...

By Brooke Wisdom Published November 5, 2010

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Navistar recommits to medium-duty market Company’s ‘laser-like’ focus includes sales ‘Boot Camp’ As anyone in the truck industry knows, the race to meet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2010 diesel engine emissions regulations has been an all-consuming and contentious one for truck and engine manufacturers. And according ...

By CCJ Staff Published October 1, 2010

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EPA, Navistar formally end litigation EPA, CARB move ahead with further SCR reviews The legal battle Navistar waged against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency since March 2009 formally came to an end Aug. 16 when the two parties jointly filed to withdraw the lawsuit and a federal ...

By CCJ Staff Published September 1, 2010

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Arrow warns of used truck shortage Inventories likely to decline sharply, CEO says As Arrow Truck Sales celebrates 60 years of selling used trucks, the company’s new chief executive said that inventories of used trucks for sale will go from a glut not that long ago to ...

By CCJ Staff Published August 15, 2010

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Volvo eyes the future With EPA 2010 in rearview mirror, fuel economy looms During a conversation with industry journalists last month, Denny Slagle, president and chief executive officer of Volvo Trucks North America, touched on a number of industry topics, including meeting with President Obama and U.S. ...

By CCJ Staff Published July 1, 2010

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Navistar, EPA settle SCR suits Public workshop part of agreement Navistar International Corp. reached an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that settled lawsuits it filed in March 2009 concerning the agency’s certification policies for diesel-powered trucks equipped with selective catalytic reduction (SCR). The May 3 ...

By CCJ Staff Published June 1, 2010

In Focus: Lighting and LEDS

Seeing the light Overcome sticker shock before ruling out LEDs When it comes to comparing new lighting technology, most lighting experts see LEDs as the high-tech future of headlamps over high-intensity discharge (HID) technology. “LED has legs, so that’s where all the research money is going,” says ...

By John Baxter Published June 1, 2010