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Pure Power begins CGI production at Indianapolis casting facility
Pure Power Technologies, a Navistar company, announced it has begun production of compacted graphite iron cylinder blocks at its Indianapolis casting facility. The heavy-duty CGI cylinder blocks are produced using the SinterCast process control technology. The SinterCast System 3000 process control system has been configured at the Pure Power Technologies Indianapolis casting facility to provide […]
January 25, 2012
Business
Fras-le to begin producing heavy-duty lining in U.S.
Fras-le North America Inc., a friction material manufacturer, announced that it will begin producing heavy-duty lining at its friction manufacturing facility in Prattville, Ala. This is the first time that Fras-le has produced heavy-duty brake lining in the United States. The company says the $11 million investment will expand its capabilities to supply lining to […]
January 25, 2012
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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.
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TRW expands into independent heavy-duty aftermarket
TRW Commercial Steering Systems, a provider of power steering gears and pumps, seal kits and remanufactured steering gears, announced it expansion into the independent heavy-duty aftermarket to allow distributors to receive supply directly from TRW without having to rely on additional channels of distribution. “Our focus on expanding channels of distribution through the independent heavy-duty […]
January 25, 2012
Business
Whelen offers Micro Pioneer compact spotlight/floodlight
Whelen Engineering’s Micro Pioneer compact spotlight/floodlight is suited for fire, emergency and rescue, marine, utility, offroad and agricultural vehicles. The light, designed with a rugged diecast aluminum housing and solid-state electronics, includes four optic lenses standard for wide flood, flood, horizontal flood, spot flood and spread patterns. The lenses can be changed via four screws […]
January 25, 2012
Business
Lite-Check offers Inspector 920 tester for trailer electronics and ABS
Lite-Check’s Inspector 920 tester for trailer electronics and ABS offers an updated electronic platform designed for faster and more accurate and detailed four-line message displays with millivolt and milliamp readings for more precise circuit diagnostics. Road Stability Control ABS codes for major suppliers are included in the software; a keystroke will display ABS type, configuration, […]
January 25, 2012
Business
Dan Ryan to helm JX Peterbilt in Fort Wayne
JX Enterprises recently announced it has appointed industry veteran Dan Ryan to head the company’s two newest dealerships, JX Peterbilt – Fort Wayne and JX Peterbilt – Indianapolis. “We’re pleased Dan has accepted the General Manager role at our new JX Peterbilt facilities serving the two largest metropolitan areas in Indiana and representing Peterbilt in […]
January 25, 2012
Business
ATA tonnage index posts largest annual gain in 13 years
The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index jumped 6.8 percent in December after rising 0.3 percent in November. The latest gain put the adjusted index at 124.5 in December, up from the November level of 116.6. For all of 2011, tonnage rose 5.9 percent over the previous year – the largest […]
January 24, 2012
Business
Marten posts record net income in 4Q
Marten Transport on Tuesday, Jan. 24, reported net income of $7.7 million for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, a 47.1 percent increase from $5.2 million a year earlier and the highest net income for any quarter in the company’s history. It was the Mondovi, Wis.-based company’s seventh consecutive year-over-year increase in quarterly profitability. For […]
January 24, 2012
Business
Graves: Still room for capacity growth
Bill Graves, president and chief executive officer of the American Trucking Associations, was the featured speaker during the opening session of HDAW 2012 at The Mirage in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Jan 24. Graves detailed the slow growth the U.S. economy is showing since the recession of the last decade and the positive effect that […]
January 24, 2012
Business
CARB warns Navistar via Executive Order
The California Air Resources Board has informed Navistar that its pollution credits allowing it to sell heavy-duty engines that don’t comply with 2010 environmental standards will expire next month. “This Executive Order is conditional upon completion of manufacturer’s compliance with the averaging, banking and trading provisions of 40 CFR Part 86,” reads CARB’s Executive Order […]
January 24, 2012
Business
Mack premieres Medium Heavy Duty Mixer in Las Vegas
The Mack Granite model’s new sibling, the Mack Granite Medium Heavy Duty (MHD), makes its World of Concrete debut this week. Fit for the show with an eight yard volumetric concrete mixer body, Mack says the MHD offers a lower cost, lighter weight option, without sacrificing Mack’s legendary durability and reliability. “We understand the decisions […]
January 24, 2012
Business
Meritor makes headlines at HDAW
Meritor Inc. on Tuesday, Jan. 24, announced the immediate availability of Reduced Stopping Distance friction materials at the company’s parts distribution centers in Florence, Ky., and Brampton, Ontario, to support North American truck operators who want to standardize their RSD brake friction materials. The announcement was made at the 2012 Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week. Meritor […]
January 24, 2012
Business
Truck Parts & Service’s 2011 Distributor of the Year named
Independent distributors Carolina Rim & Wheel of Charlotte, N.C., and Fleet Brake of Calgary, Alberta, have been named co-winners of Truck Parts & Service’s 2011 Distributor of the Year award, sponsored by Minimizer. The award was given out during the opening session of HDAW 2012 at The Mirage in Las Vegas. This is the third […]
January 24, 2012
Business
FedEx expands SenseAware tracking service
FedEx Corp. announced it is expanding the availability of its SenseAware powered by FedEx service designed to provide customers with near real-time tracking and increased visibility into their shipments. First announced in November 2009, the next-generation information service initially was available to customers in the healthcare and life sciences industries. Now it is available to […]
January 24, 2012
Business
BAE, Cat to develop hybrid-drive highway truck
BAE Systems and Caterpillar have signed a long-term supply agreement to collaborate on an energy efficient parallel hybrid propulsion system for heavy-duty trucks. Under the 20-year agreement, BAE Systems will integrate the Cat CX family of transmissions into its HybriDrive parallel propulsion system, and will establish an aftermarket field services model leveraging Caterpillar’s vast global […]
January 24, 2012
Business
Accuride investing $75M in North American business
Accuride Corp. has announced plans to make an investment of about $75 million to its North American business in 2012 to strengthen product availability, quality and reliability; upgrade its manufacturing processes; and improve customer service. Accuride will invest $55 million to its steel wheel production capacity and $20 million into its aluminum wheel production capacity. […]
January 24, 2012
Business
Pana-Pacific to distribute Maxwell’s engine start module
Maxwell Technologies announced it has entered into a one-year agreement with Pana-Pacific, an integrator and engineering partner in the commercial vehicle market, to distribute Maxwell’s new ultracapacitor-based engine start module in the United States, Canada and Mexico. As a result of the agreement, the ESM now is available through all original equipment manufacturer aftermarket truck […]
January 24, 2012
Business
Freight Wing offers 2012 AeroFlex Side Skirt
Freight Wing’s AeroFlex 2012 side skirts are designed to improve fuel economy and are 30 pounds lighter than previous models. Using a dense matrix polyethylene material – a custom-engineered automotive plastic – AeroFlex 2012 side skirts were built for extreme conditions from -103 to 158 degrees Fahrenheit and with “shape memory,” the ability to return […]
January 24, 2012
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