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Navistar to sign lease for Northwest Alabama manufacturing facility
Navistar International Corp. on Tuesday, Sept. 27, announced that it intends to sign a lease agreement for a manufacturing facility in Northwest Alabama that would further enhance the company’s manufacturing strategy. The company intends to lease a manufacturing facility in the community of Barton, Ala., from The Retirement Systems of Alabama. Navistar, which would take […]
September 27, 2011
Business
Former Utility Trailer president, director Walter Bennett dies
Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co. on Tuesday, Sept. 27, announced that former president and director Walter Bennett passed away Sept. 11 in his Los Angeles home; he was 93. Bennett was born in Los Angeles in 1918 to Ella and H.C. Bennett and was the younger brother of Frank and John. Walter married Betty Jean Montgomery […]
September 27, 2011
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TMD acquired by Nisshinbo Holdings
TMD Friction Group announced that its shareholders have reached agreement with Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. on the terms of a recommended acquisition of TMD. The company says the combination of TMD with NISB will create one of the world’s largest automotive brake friction manufacturers with an extensive offering for passenger cars and commercial vehicles. The transaction, […]
September 27, 2011
Business
Kenworth offers Cummins ISX11.9 with rear engine PTO
Kenworth Truck Co. announced that it now offers the Cummins ISX11.9 engine with rear engine power takeoff on the T800 and W900S models. The option is suited for selected vocational applications such as concrete ready mix, construction, crane and cherry picker, mining and oil well field service, refuse hauler and packer, and wrecker service. “The […]
September 27, 2011
Business
FCCC to deliver 100 bus chassis for VA hospital patient transport
Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. announced that it receently secured an order to supply the U.S. General Services Administration with 100 FCCC MB-65 commercial bus chassis. Farber Specialty Vehicles, based in Columbus, Ohio, will customize the buses that will be built on the FCCC MB-65 and will be used for patient transportation at Veterans Administration hospitals […]
September 27, 2011
Business
All Truck and Trailer Parts joins Vipar Heavy Duty network
Vipar Heavy Duty announced that All Truck and Trailer Parts is the newest stockholder to join its network of distributors, providing service to all of Colorado. With more than 100,000 square feet of warehouse space at its headquarters in Commerce City, All Truck and Trailer Parts has an established and veteran management team lead by […]
September 27, 2011
Business
Beltway taps Begg to direct Idealease operations
Beltway Companies has named Brian Begg the director of Idealease of Baltimore and Idealease of Frederick, the company’s commercial truck lease and rental subsidiary. An experienced truck lease and rental professional, Begg worked for Penske Truck Leasing for 14 years starting on the rental desk and rising to the position of assistant district manager responsible […]
September 27, 2011
Business
Inland Truck Parts to open new store near Casper, Wyo.
Truck owners and the oil field industry in Wyoming now will have direct access to truck parts and remanufacturing services with the opening of a new Inland Truck Parts location in Evansville on Oct. 17. It will be managed by area residents Marshal Smouse and Greg Woodin, who between them have more than 50 years […]
September 27, 2011
Business
Kenworth adds Neway ADZ rear air suspension
Kenworth has added the Neway ADZ rear air suspension from SAF-Holland for heavy-duty and severe-duty applications. The ADZ suspension is designed for typical heavy-duty applications such as construction trucks, loggers and fire apparatus and emergency vehicles. The suspension also is for severe-duty applications where heavy vertical loads, high gross combination weights, high torque driv trains, […]
September 26, 2011
Business
Power Heavy Duty adds to supplier network
Power Heavy Duty has added 15 members to its supplier network. The new associates bring Power Heavy Duty’s total number of members to more than 200. The new members are: • AD Brakes, San Francisco; • Alliance Trailer Service, Madison, Wis.; • Axle Service and More Inc., Napa & Vallejo, Calif.; • Blue Hen Spring […]
September 26, 2011
Business
Accuride names Byrnes senior VP/sales and marketing
Accuride Corp. has appointed Charles M. (Chuck) Byrnes to the post of senior vice president of sales and marketing, where he will lead the company’s strategic global sales and marketing efforts and will drive actions to expand its product and market positions worldwide. “(Byrnes) has proven industry leadership skills to build customer relationships and loyalty […]
September 26, 2011
Business
Survey says Snap-on top choice of service technicians
Snap-on Inc., a manufacturer and marketer of tools, diagnostics, equipment, software and service solutions for professional users, announced that it once again was the preferred choice of service technicians in the 2011 United States Automotive Technicians’ Choice: Evaluation of Automotive Tools. In the survey conducted by Frost & Sullivan, Snap-on products were chosen the overall […]
September 26, 2011
Business
Eaton to host Oil and Gas Technology Day on Oct. 13
Eaton has announced it will be holding an Oil & Gas Technology Day near London on Oct. 13. At the event, companies active in the oil and gas industry will have an opportunity to find out about Eaton’s latest developments in hydraulic and electrical power distribution, automation and control. They also will have opportunities to […]
September 26, 2011
Business
Inefficient operation hurts fleet productivity, profits, WheelTime president says
Inefficiencies across the board are severely hampering commercial vehicle fleets across the country, according to Mike Delaney, president and chief executive officer of WheelTime, a national network of repair shops for commercial vehicle repair and maintenance. Luckily, he says, emerging technology can radically change this current set of operating conditions – but only if OEMs, […]
September 24, 2011
Business
First ContiLifeCycle dealership opens in U.S.
King’s Tire in Bluefield, W.Va., on Friday, Sept. 23, reopened the doors of its 25,000-square-foot retread tire facility as the first U.S. licensee in the ContiLifeCycle dealer network. King’s Tire Service, a 40-year-old tire dealership servicing the I-77 and I-81 corridor in southern West Virginia and southwest Virginia, will be supplied with flat, precure ContiTrea […]
September 24, 2011
Business
Five Star Specialty Programs teams up with RoadsideMasters
Five Star Specialty Programs announced a new breakdown service offered to buses and waste hauler vehicles insured through 5Star, the exclusive facility for this new service. RoadsideMasters is a nationwide truck and trailer breakdown service and is the exclusive representative of Auto Knight Motor Club. Five Star currently works with RoadsideMasters to offer a service […]
September 24, 2011
Business
HDA Truck Pride adds American Truck Group
HDA Truck Pride announced the addition of American Truck Group in Gulfport, Miss. American is an independent service provider and is the organization’s newest Truck Service Expert. According to HDA Truck Pride, American Truck Group delivers a complete package to accommodate all of the needs of the commercial vehicle industry in its marketplace — from […]
September 24, 2011
Business
Midwest Wheel presents sales award
Midwest Wheel Companies has announced that Rick Hermann is the recipient of its 18th annual Don Shoemaker/Scott Wilson Representative of the Year award. Hermann is employed by MacNeil Automotive Products of Bolingbrook, Ill., producers of WeatherTech branded floor liners, and is a veteran of the light truck accessories industry with more than two decades of […]
September 24, 2011
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