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Luber-finer releases mobile website
Luber-finer, a filter brand from Champion Laboratories, announced the release of its latest filter change productivity enhancement tool – the new ShowMeTheParts mobile Website and online parts look-up and cross reference tool. Accessed at www.luber-finer.com/app, the new mobile site is supported on smartphones and other mobile devices, including Android, iPhone and Blackberry. The new mobile […]
September 15, 2011
Business
Allison debuts radically different 10-speed automatic transmission
Allison Transmission on Wednesday, Sept. 14, introduced to the press a radically different 10-speed fully automatic twin-countershaft range-type truck transmission called the TC-10 intended for use in truck tractors. Allison says that production will begin on Oct. 1, 2012, and will ramp up to maximum levels by 2013. Several protoype transmissions presently are being tested […]
September 14, 2011
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EPA certifies IMPCO’s bifuel system for Ford F-250/F-350
IMPCO Automotive, a business unit of Fuel System Solutions Inc. and a designer, manufacturer and supplier of alternative fuel components and systems for use in transportation applications, announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued 2011 model year certifications for its Bi-Fuel Compressed Natural Gas Fuel Systems for Ford Motor Co.’s F-250 and F-350 […]
September 14, 2011
Business
Crimson Fire strengthens Southeast U.S. distribution network
Crimson Fire Inc., a Spartan Motors Inc. company, announced that Environmental Products has joined its distribution network as a dealer. The company will provide sales, service and parts for Crimson Fire Star, Legend and Classic Series fire apparatus in Georgia and Florida. Led by Jim Schwaller and Jeff Haase, Environmental Products operates in the municipal, […]
September 14, 2011
Business
Solso: ‘2011 will be a record year for Cummins’
Senior leaders of Cummins Inc. on Tuesday, Sept. 13, demonstrated their confidence in the company’s future by sharing new long-term targets for revenue growth and profitability. Speaking at a meeting with about 150 Wall Street analysts and shareholders, Cummins Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Tim Solso, President and Chief Operating Officer Tom Linebarger, Chief Financial […]
September 13, 2011
Business
Bus convention showcases propane autogas technology
The Propane Education & Research Council demonstrated how fleet managers and executives can reduce emissions and maintenance costs with buses fueled by propane autogas at the 2011 BusCon Expo at Chicago’s Navy Pier. On display in PERC’s Propane Autogas Pavilion were a CleanFuel USA propane autogas refueling dispenser and a Roush CleanTech Ford E-450 shuttle […]
September 13, 2011
Business
Flint MTA rolls out first of 50 Roush CleanTech vehicles
Roush CleanTech and the Flint Mass Transportation Authority unveiled its first propane autogas paratransit vehicle at the 2011 BusCon Expo in Chicago. The shuttle on display will be in service by October, while a second propane autogas vehicle already has hit the streets, serving Michigan’s City of Flint and Genesee County. With the help of […]
September 13, 2011
Business
New Alliance AutoGas partner brings clean fuel to more Pennsylvania fleets
Alliance AutoGas announced a new partner, Shaffer’s Bottled Gas, joining fellow Pennsylvania propane retailer Koppy’s Propane Inc. to power statewide fleets on clean-burning cost-effective propane autogas. Alliance AutoGas says its expanding fueling network in Pennsylvania will allow more regional fleets to save money and drive clean on American-made fuel. “We are delighted to partner with […]
September 13, 2011
Business
Peterbilt adds new features to Model 320
Peterbilt Motors Co. on Tuesday, Sept. 13, introduced a range of new features for the Model 320 designed to provide improved maneuverability, increased vehicle utility and enhanced driver comfort. Built to maneuver large payloads in confined spaces and available with alternative-fueled hydraulic-hybrid powertrains, the Model 320 is suited for a variety of vocational markets, including […]
September 13, 2011
Business
Bridgestone Commercial Solutions announces price increase
Commercial Solutions, a business of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, announced an immediate price increase for Bridgestone and Firestone brand truck and bus radial tires by up to 8 percent for its U.S. and Canada dealer and truckstop customers. Also effective immediately, BACS announced it will raise the price of OTR tread rubber and Bandag brand […]
September 13, 2011
Business
Utility Fleet Sales acquires Missouri bucket truck dealer
Utility Fleet Sales Ltd., headquartered in Bryan, Texas, announced that it has acquired the assets of Powerline Equipment Sales Inc., based in Wentzville, Mo. Terms were not disclosed. Utility Fleet will continue to operate the Wentzville facility as a sales, service, parts and rental location; the facility is 15 miles west of downtown St. Louis […]
September 13, 2011
Business
Operational brakes not required on last saddle-mount in triple combo
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has amended the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to eliminate the requirement for operational brakes on the last saddle-mounted truck or tractor in a triple saddle-mount combination, except when a full mount is present. FMCSA said its amended rule is in response to a petition for rulemaking from the […]
September 12, 2011
Business
Yokohama to increase light-, medium-duty truck tire prices
Yokohama Tire Corp. has announced it will implement a price increase of up to 8 percent on all of its light and medium commercial truck tires in the United States, effective Oct. 1. There also will be in-line adjustments that will be announced at a later date. “Several factors make the increase necessary, unfortunately,” says […]
September 12, 2011
Business
Hendrickson pledges to further support troops
For more than 40 years, Hendrickson has designed and built high-mobility suspension systems and components for military vehicles. Today, Hendrickson Truck Commercial Vehicle Systems continues this tradition by announcing a new initiative that the company says shows its appreciation for the heroes and personnel who operate military vehicles overseas by teaming up with Operation Support […]
September 12, 2011
Business
Thermo King offers split system solutions for shuttle, bus owners
Thermo King’s split system solutions for shuttle and bus owners are built to offer a lower lifecycle cost, be more sustainable and provide a more consistently comfortable environment throughout the vehicle for passengers and drivers. The redesigned, more environmentally aware solutions include the SA-600 skirt-mounted condenser and the rooftop application Slim Line Condenser, both available […]
September 12, 2011
Business
Spraydown says mudflap design showing positive results in lab tests
Spraydown Aero Guard System, a three-dimensional mudflap brought to the U.S. commercial vehicle market in 2010 through a strategic alliance between Spraydown USA and Betts Spring, is showing positive results in fuel savings, spray suppression and reduced emissions during fleet road trials, track and laboratory testing in Europe, according to Spraydown. Spraydown USA products are […]
September 12, 2011
Business
Barnes Distribution announces new 2011 catalog
Barnes Distribution, a North American full-service distributor of maintenance, repair, operating and production supplies, announced the availability of its new 2011-2012 Master Catalog, including more than 60,000 maintenance, repair and operating products. “As organizations struggle in the current economy to do more with less, our customers are looking to Barnes Distribution to help them streamline […]
September 12, 2011
Business
Dometic helps NASA with lunar air conditioning
Dometic Corp. announced that it completed installation of an air conditioning system in a new second-generation lunar electric rover (LER II) being built by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The LER II functions as a test bed for future moon exploration, either manned or unmanned. Dometic’s automotive business unit in Richmond, Va., is a […]
September 12, 2011
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