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PPG offers new basecoat
PPG Commercial Coatings’ Delfleet Essential Basecoat is a 3.5 VOC basecoat designed to complement the Delfleet product line and increase its capabilities. The basecoat is intended for value-conscious fleet refinishers, OEMs and collision centers aiming for greater productivity, more efficiency and ease of use, and is recommended for overall color repair, refurbishing and when striping […]
July 24, 2012
Business
Meritor receives four quality awards from Paccar
Meritor Inc. announced that four of its manufacturing facilities were bestowed the 2011 Quality Achievement Award from Paccar Inc. for high standards established for supplier parts and component quality. It recognizes suppliers that have achieved a defect rate of 50 parts per million (PPM) or less during 2011. The Meritor facilities to achieve Paccar’s “50 […]
July 24, 2012
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The new Volvo Trucks configurator
Volvo Trucks North America
The new Volvo VNL’s features and trim levels are available to examine interactively. Volvo Trucks has developed a new state-of-the-art online configurator exclusively for VNL models. The configurator provides detailed information on the features and benefits of each trim level and cab option, as well as a 360-degree view of the truck inside and out.
July 7, 2025
Business
Hunter recognized by Sears Holdings
Hunter Engineering Co. has been recognized as a 2011 Partner in Transformation and has received the CEO Award for Innovation from Sears Holdings Corp. for making a significant contribution to the growth of Sears Auto Center business by providing new technologies to better serve Sears customers. Sears Holdings granted the awards to an elite group […]
July 24, 2012
Business
Mack Trucks to appear on ‘America’s Lost Treasures’
Mack Trucks will appear this week on National Geographic Channel’s new series “America’s Lost Treasures.” The episode, featuring a fully restored 1963 Mack B-813 model, airs Wednesday, July 25, from 9 to 10 p.m. ET. During production, host Curt Doussett and the truck’s owner visited the Mack Trucks Historical Museum at the Mack Customer Center […]
July 24, 2012
Business
Free Falling
Truck drivers turn up in the strangest of places, don’t they? For example, have you ever heard of a New Jersey truck driver named Nick Piantanida? I hadn’t. And I double many of you have, either. But I found myself flipping through the latest issue of Smithsonian Air & Space the other day during a […]
July 23, 2012
CCJ Innovators
CCJ Innovators: Driver Development and Pay
Aaron Tennant, Tennant Truck Lines, and Kevin Mullen, Area Transportation, discuss driver satisfaction initiatives and CSA-based driver pay strategies as ways the carriers have strengthened their competitiveness in a tight labor market. CCJInnovators Webinar: Driver Development and Pay Registration Web Link: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/717315778 This webinar is sponsored by ACS, Castrol, Freightliner, J. J. Keller and PeopleNet.
July 23, 2012
Business
FMCSA to study crash accountability
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Monday, July 23, announced that it will conduct an analysis to determine if a carrier’s role in a crash is a better indicator of future crash risk under the agency’s Comprehensive Safety Analysis safety regime. The agency describes the Crash Weighting Research Plan as “a focused initiative” for […]
July 23, 2012
Business
Trillium, AMP Americas to collaborate on CNG station network
Trillium CNG, a business unit of Integrys Energy Group, and AMP Americas on Monday, July 23, announced a joint venture, AMP Trillium, focused on building a network of CNG stations across the United States. Initially, AMP Trillium will construct stations along the Interstate 65 and I-75 trucking corridors and major routes in Texas, with the […]
July 23, 2012
Business
U.S. average diesel price climbs for third consecutive week
The national average retail diesel price climbed for the third consecutive week, soaring 8.8 cents to $3.783 a gallon during the week ended Monday, July 23, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. Two weeks ago saw the first price increase after 12 straight weekly declines dating back to April 9; during […]
July 23, 2012
Business
Old Dominion to increase base rates 4.9%
Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. on Monday, July 23, announced an average 4.9 percent increase to its base rates effective Aug. 6. The exact increase may differ for customers based on a number of variables, including the lanes utilized and the distance shipments move. “We’re naturally sensitive to our customers’ budgets,” said Todd Polen, vice […]
July 23, 2012
Business
E.W. Wylie rolls out Pay for Performance program
E.W. Wylie recently introduced a new “Pay for Performance” bonus program that allows its driving professionals to earn from 1 cent to 6 cents in additional per mile pay based on individual driving performance. “We are always looking for ways to help our drivers become the best paid in the industry,” says Bob Sweeney, director […]
July 23, 2012
Business
CVOC presentation to address employment law landmines
R. Eddie Wayland, an employment law expert and general counsel for the Truckload Carriers Association, will discuss “Employment law potholes on the road ahead,” on Wednesday, Aug. 22, during the first day of the Commercial Vehicle Outlook Conference. Wayland, a partner in Nashville, Tenn.-based King & Ballow, has represented companies in the trucking industry for […]
July 23, 2012
Business
FedEx driver named TCA Highway Angel for helping wreck victims
The Truckload Carriers Association announced that Kenny Cass of FedEx Freight’s operation based in Portland, Ore., has been named a Highway Angel for helping at the scene of an accident. On March 22 at about 8:10 p.m., Cass was driving along Martin Luther King Blvd. in Portland when he witnessed a pickup truck rear-end a […]
July 23, 2012
Business
Hino to launch new cabover trucks in U.S. this fall
Hino Trucks announced that its new Class 5 195 and 195h COE trucks will be arriving at Hino dealerships across the country this fall. Available with a diesel (195) or diesel-electric hybrid (195h) powertrain, the 19,500 GVW trucks feature 210 horsepower and 440 lb.-ft. of torque from Hino’s 5-liter J05E Series engine. Hino says the […]
July 23, 2012
Business
DHL Express launching 100 Roush CleanTech propane autogas P&D vans
DHL Express, an international express services provider, on Monday, July 23, announced the launch of 100 pickup-and-delivery vans fueled by propane autogas. The new Ford E-250 cargo vans, each equipped with a Roush CleanTech-dedicated liquid propane autogas fuel system, will be on the road by late August and will support DHL Express P&D service within […]
July 23, 2012
Business
J.J. Keller’s EOBR supports oil field exception
J.J. Keller announced that Encompass, a compliance management tool, now will support the U.S. oldfield logging exception through the use of Keller’s Android-based electronic onboard recording system. “The U.S. oilfield exception is critical to effectively manage hours-of-service requirements in the oil and gas field industry,” said Rustin Keller, vice president of business services for J.J. […]
July 23, 2012
Business
Coxreels relocating to larger facility
Coxreels, a provider of professional-grade hose, cord and cable reels, announced its move to a new location not far from its current facility in Tempe, Ariz., to provide production with nearly 50 percent more operational space. Fabrication, machine and welding departments already have been relocated and now are fully functional, the company says. According to […]
July 23, 2012
Business
Snap-on launches ‘Perform at Your Best for Less’ promotion
Snap-on customers can stock up on tools at reduced prices until Aug. 31. The Snap-on “Perform at Your Best for Less” promotion offers customers two options: • A free six-piece 3⁄8-inch Drive Shallow Universal Socket Metric Set with the purchase of a Snap-on six-piece 3⁄8-inch Drive Wobble Extension Set and 3⁄8-inch Drive Quick Release Flex […]
July 23, 2012
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