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Grote shines spotlight on side-turn lamps
Grote Industries’ family of six side turn lamps comes in a variety of mounting designs and connector options suitable for multiple applications, including aerodynamic skirts, restricted space between frame rails and locations where a separate mounting flange is not practical. The lamps come in three styles, each with a choice of a male pin or […]
October 6, 2011
Business
Dana, Bosch Rexroth team for off-highway transmissions
Dana Holding Corp. and Bosch Rexroth AG on Thursday, Oct. 6, announced that they have completed their 50-50 joint venture to develop and manufacture advanced powersplit drive transmissions for the off-highway market. Known as Dana Rexroth Transmission Systems, the joint venture engineers, manufactures and markets hydromechanical variable powersplit transmission systems for global off-highway markets. The […]
October 6, 2011
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Accuride names Hazlett senior VP/GM of Wheels business unit
Accuride Corp. announced that it has appointed Scott Hazlett senior vice president and general manager of its Accuride Wheels business unit, effective immediately. Hazlett takes over the role previously held by Leigh Wright, who will take on a special assignment supporting the company’s global business development activities. “Scott is an inspiring high-impact leader who brings […]
October 6, 2011
Business
Thomas Built Buses honors 2011 top dealers
Thomas Built Buses recently recognized its top dealers of the year at its annual dealer meeting in Greensboro, N.C. Kelley Platt, Thomas Built president and chief executive officer, presented the 2011 Dealer of the Year award to Frank Lewis, general manager of Whayne Power Systems, of Whayne Supply Co. in Louisville, Ky. Whayne Supply, which […]
October 6, 2011
Business
Procede Software names Kettler CEO
Procede Software has named Larry Kettler as its new chief executive officer, responsible for guiding the company’s short- and long-term growth and expansion. Kettler, a technology veteran with more than 25 years of experience in building successful companies in diverse industries, most recently was executive vice president of business development at MIR3 Inc., where he […]
October 6, 2011
Business
Eaton, EDF Climate Corps yield energy savings
Eaton Corp. announced that its participation in the Environmental Defense Fund’s Climate Corps fellowship program is assisting the company in achieving a goal of cutting electricity use and reducing annual carbon dioxide emissions. For the second consecutive summer, a Climate Corps fellow worked with Eaton’s supply chain management team to identify potential energy savings for […]
October 6, 2011
Business
Changing Lanes
An expanded Panama Canal could shift some pacific freight to the east coast. carriers and rail lines are scrambling to meet opportunities. Are you missing the boat?
October 6, 2011
Business
Journal
NTSB calls for comprehensive mobile phone ban, appeals court vacates EOBR regulation, crash odds, federal highway spending extended again and more industry news items are featured.
October 6, 2011
Business
Roll with the Changes
High diesel prices, evolving lanes likely to affect equipment choices.
October 6, 2011
Business
Process Improvements
5 ways carriers, shippers, brokers are using technology to speed up communications now and in the future.
October 6, 2011
Business
Technology
In 1988, Congress passed a statute, U.S. Code section 31137(a), that says any regulation from the U.S. Secretary of Transportation concerning the use of monitoring devices to increase compliance with hours-of-service regulations must “ensure that the devices are not used to harass vehicle operators.”
October 6, 2011
Business
Equipment in Focus
Variety of technologies needed to curtail emissions further.
October 6, 2011
Business
Journal
Lack of drivers and trucks could keep good times going.
October 6, 2011
Business
Preliminary net Class 8 orders up in September
FTR Associates on Wednesday, Oct. 5, released preliminary data showing September Class 8 truck total net orders for all major North American OEMs at 23,465, the second consecutive month of increasing order activity. Preliminary September orders increased 12 percent over August and are a 56 percent improvement from the same month a year ago. Although […]
October 5, 2011
Business
Boehner, Cantor ask Obama to withdraw hours rewrite
President Obama should withdraw the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s proposed hours-of-service rule because its costs would hurt the U.S. economy, House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor wrote Wednesday, Oct. 5, in a letter to Obama. “Current rules have led to record low levels of crashes and fatalities involving trucks,” Boehner and […]
October 5, 2011
Business
NTTC says halt wetlines, regulatory privatization rulemakings
The National Tank Truck Carriers on Wednesday, Oct. 5, says it has asked U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to direct the withdrawal of two rulemakings that it considers unnecessary and counterproductive to safety. The first rulemaking would require a ban on gasoline in loading lines on cargo tanks (wetlines), while the other would turn over […]
October 5, 2011
Business
Weak economy, low consumer confidence top business threats, survey shows
Economic weakness and low consumer confidence, combined with vendor capacity/reliability, are the top threats to business success this peak season, according to the Peak Season Trends and Strategies Survey Report released Wednesday, Oct. 5, by Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium. “What we found was not surprising, but very real, based on expectations for the upcoming holiday […]
October 5, 2011
Business
Logistics firms did better in 2010, survey shows
Logistics companies experienced improved economic conditions in 2010, with 88 percent of companies surveyed in North America meeting or exceeding their revenue projections, as compared with only 50 percent in 2009, according to the 18th Annual Survey of Third-Party Logistics Providers sponsored by Penske Logistics. The survey findings were released earlier this week at the […]
October 5, 2011
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