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Great Dane names Maharrey director, quality assurance
Great Dane announced the addition of Robert Maharrey as its new director of quality assurance. Over the coming months, Maharrey will work with Great Dane’s longtime quality director, Ron Gordy, and will assume responsibility for the company’s quality programs following Gordy’s retirement later this year. In his new role, Maharrey will direct and manage quality […]
August 3, 2012
Business
Reyco Granning adjusts senior management team
Reyco Granning is adjusting its senior management team to more accurately reflect the needs of customers. While the team leaders remain the same, assignments have changed: Light vehicle and powered vehicle will be combined into one group and be led by Brien Scheffee. Trailer and aftermarket now will be two separate groups: Joe Gallo will […]
August 3, 2012
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PEI names keynote speaker for Young Executives Winter Conference
The Petroleum Equipment Institute announced that Garrison Wynn will be the keynote speaker for the 2013 Young Executives Winter Conference, scheduled for Feb. 6-8 at Sand Key Resort in Tampa/Clearwater Beach, Fla. As a motivational speaker, adviser, author and professional entertainer, Wynn works with some of the world’s most effective corporate leaders and business developers, […]
August 3, 2012
Business
Trucking adds 3,100 jobs in July
For-hire trucking companies added 3,100 payroll jobs in July as the overall U.S. economy added a net of 163,000 nonfarm jobs, according to the latest estimates released Aug. 3 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Payroll employment in trucking was up 0.23% over May and 3.3% over July 2011. Employment is up by 112,200 jobs, or 9.1%, from the bottom in March 2010, but it remains 107,000 jobs, or 7.4%, below the peak in January 2007.
August 3, 2012
Business
Light- and medium-duty focus: Utility trucks
New York City is embracing common specs, biodiesel for utility vehicle orders.
August 3, 2012
Business
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Industry response to the EOBR provision in the highway funding legislation signed into law on July 6.
August 3, 2012
Business
JX Peterbilt to host new Model 579 at Bolingbrook location
JX Peterbilt is bringing the industry’s newest premium aerodynamic truck to the Chicagoland area next week for a customer event that will feature interactive displays, a cookout, raffles, and ride-alongs and test drives of the new vehicle. The tour stop is Tuesday, Aug. 7, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at JX Peterbilt – Bolingbrook: […]
August 3, 2012
Business
Navistar announces new strategy forward, addition of Cummins engine next year
Navistar on Thursday, Aug. 2, announced that it will reestablish a relationship with Cummins and begin offering the new ISX15 15-liter diesel engine in “certain models” in January 2013 with the introduction of its ICT+ emissions solution in “early” 2013. During the transition to ICT+, a company spokesman said Navistar would continue to build “compliant” […]
August 2, 2012
Business
FTR: Class 8 orders weak in July
FTR Associates on Thursday, Aug. 2, released preliminary data showing July Class 8 truck net orders at 12,568 units, the lowest month for orders since August 2010 and 32 percent below the same month last year. Preliminary order numbers are for all major North American OEMs. FTR said July orders came in 23 percent below […]
August 2, 2012
Business
DOT awards $363M in grants for state highway projects
The U.S. Department of Transportation on Thursday, Aug. 2, announced more than $363 million in grants to fund a wide variety of highway improvements, from interstate rehabilitation and reconstruction to technologies designed to improve safety and reduce construction congestion. “Investments in transportation projects like these create jobs right away in communities across the country, and […]
August 2, 2012
Business
ABF Freight lawsuit against YRCW entities, Teamsters dismissed again
A U.S. district court judge on Wednesday, Aug. 1, again dismissed a lawsuit brought by ABF Freight System Inc. against three YRC Worldwide subsidiaries and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, claiming that certain amendments to the YRCW companies’ collective bargaining agreement should be nullified. ABF said it would appeal. The lawsuit originally was filed in […]
August 2, 2012
Business
Decker opens new relocated terminal in Bessemer, Ala.
Decker Truck Line announced the relocation and grand opening of its new terminal in Bessemer, Ala. The new office and shop facility, previously located in nearby Birmingham, is a quarter-mile from Interstate 59/20 on Powder Plant Road and is part of a $2 million expansion project to serve Decker customers in 16 Southeastern states. The […]
August 2, 2012
Business
Estes announces executive promotions
Estes Express Lines has announced the promotion of two Estes leaders in operations and sales. Al Bucher has been named corporate vice president of operations, and Pat Martin is now corporate vice president of sales. Prior to this promotion, Bucher served as Estes’ regional vice president of the Great Plains, a position he held since […]
August 2, 2012
Business
Cadec using Verizon to deploy, manage PowerVue devices
Cadec Global, which provides enterprise-class fleet management systems, announced that its PowerVue system now utilizes Verizon Wireless’ M2M Management Center to deploy and manage devices for its fleet customers with devices on the Verizon Wireless Network.  Cadec says the M2M Management Center enables it to simplify and enhance the process of managing communications between drivers […]
August 2, 2012
Business
Minimizer entrepreneurial leadership honored by Ernst & Young
Minimizer announced that Craig Kruckeberg, the company’s chief visionary officer, recently was included on the list of finalists for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2012 Award in the Upper Midwest. The award, now in its 26th year, has expanded to recognize business leaders in more than 140 cities in more than 50 […]
August 2, 2012
Business
Transglobal offers heavy-duty rollup door hinge
Transglobal’s heavy-duty rollup door hinge is designed for added strength and to be interchangeable with conventional “W”-style hinges on ¾-inch plywood, ½-inch composite and refrigerated rollup doors. The hinges are galvanized and e-coated for corrosion resistance and are engineered to resist stress and fracture upon rear load impact.
August 2, 2012
Business
Triad Isotopes estimates big savings using FleetLocate
Triad Isotopes, a nationwide radiopharmaceutical company serving the nuclear medicine and molecular imaging industries, reported that it will save an estimated $0.5 to $1 million as a direct result of implementing Spireon’s FleetLocate tracking and business intelligence system. Triad partnered with Spireon in early 2012 to deploy the FleetLocate Enterprise system on 450 vehicles used […]
August 2, 2012
Business
Old Dominion reports record 2Q results
Old Dominion Freight Line on Thursday, Aug. 2, announced record financial results for its second quarter and six months ended June 30. For the second quarter, revenue increased 12.8 percent to $541.5 million compared with $480.3 million for the second quarter of 2011. Net income increased 21.5 percent to $47.8 million from $39.4 million. Old […]
August 2, 2012
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