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Luber-Finer revamps website
Luber-finer says its new website, www.luber-finer.com, reinforces the company’s “Built To Do More” marketing campaign and is designed to provide visitors with a customer-friendly ease-of-use experience and a wealth of information about Luber-finer filtration products. Key features of the new site, according to the company, include: • Intuitive navigation for visitor’s ease-of-use; • Robust filter […]
December 22, 2010
Business
FleetPride acquires Friction Materials
FleetPride, Inc., an independent aftermarket distributor of heavy-duty truck and trailer parts, has acquired the assets of Friction Materials Co., including the lease on a 15,000-sq. ft. facility in Eugene, Ore. FleetPride will combine its existing operations in Eugene, currently into the Friction Materials facility, located at 1045 Garfield Street. “Eugene, Ore. is an important […]
December 20, 2010
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Webb renames Transit Business Unit to Service Duty
Webb Wheel Products announced that effective Jan. 1, 2011, the company will change the name of its Transit Business Unit to Webb Severe Duty to reflect the company’s plans to expand its platform and product offering to serve a wider market. Webb Severe Duty will continue to serve and grow within the transit/coach industry but […]
December 20, 2010
Business
Webb Aftermarket names Smith fleet sales manager
The Aftermarket Business of Webb Wheel Products has hired Ed Smith as fleet sales manager, where he will have direct contact with fleets to help the company meet the needs of trucking operators for quality wheel end components. “Webb Wheel knows the value of hearing directly from fleet operators about their wheel end requirements both […]
December 20, 2010
Business
Bridgestone/Bandag to promote Counteract balancing beads in Brazil
Bridgestone/Bandag Brazil has signed a contract with Balanceamento Automático to help promote the use of Counteract balancing beads to all their 107 associated Bridgestone / Bandag retreading shops in Brazil. Counteract balancing beads are designed to reduce operating temperature in truck tires. Brazil truck and bus companies have to operate in extreme conditions and temperatures, […]
December 20, 2010
Business
Peterbilt donates to United Way of Denton County, Texas
Peterbilt Motors Co. announced a $269,814 donation to the United Way of Denton County’s 2010 fund-raising campaign. Peterbilt’s employees raised $159,814, and Peterbilt’s parent company Paccar contributed an additional $110,000 in support of Peterbilt’s efforts. The donation was presented to the 2010 United Way Campaign Chairman on Thursday, Dec. 16, at Peterbilt’s Truck Plant in […]
December 20, 2010
Business
Eaton to acquire Tuthill Coupling Group
Eaton Corp. announced that it has agreed to acquire the Tuthill Coupling Group, a division of Tuthill Corp. that manufactures pneumatic and hydraulic quick coupling solutions and leak free connectors used in industrial, construction, mining, defense, energy and power applications. The Tuthill Coupling Group division had sales of about $35 million for the 12 months […]
December 18, 2010
Business
Bendix delivers 100,000th Electronic Stability Program system
Marking a milestone for its full-stability technology, Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems recently delivered its 100,000th Bendix ESP Electronic Stability Program system for tractor-trailers, trucks and motor coaches. “In 2008 – the most recent year in which statistics are available – more than 11,000 rollovers and 4,000 jackknifes occurred on our nation’s highways,” said Fred Andersky, […]
December 18, 2010
Business
New Western Star dealership open
North Florida Western Star is a new Western Star dealership that is a subsidiary of Tom Nehl Truck Co., which represents Freightliner, Volvo and Sprinter. Tom Nehl recently purchased Florida Detroit Diesel-Allison’s area of responsibility in Duval, Fla., and the surrounding counties. North Florida Western Star is located at Florida Detroit Diesel-Allison’s former branch, 5040 […]
December 18, 2010
Business
Tridako’s Powercube APU to be sold through NMC Cat
Tridako Energy Systems Inc. announced Friday, Dec. 17, that Nebraska Machinery Co. formally has signed on as a worldwide distributor of its PowerCube auxiliary power units. NMC, a Caterpillar dealer, supplies Tridako with the 2-cylinder Tier 4 engine used in the PowerCube APUs. “Our strategic partnership, formalized today, will help both companies expand their product […]
December 18, 2010
Business
Technicians honored at ASE annual meeting
The National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence recently honored the top scorers on the ASE Certification Tests. “ASE has been honoring the best of the best in our industry for more than 30 years, and this year we recognized 38 outstanding individuals from all across the nation,” says Tim Zilke, ASE president and chief executive […]
December 18, 2010
Business
Hendrickson’s Pro-Genuine Program pays off for member
Hendrickson Truck Suspension Systems officials announced that members who participated in Hendrickson’s Pro-Genuine Program, Skil Drill promotion this past fall automatically were registered to win a 46-inch Sony Bravia television. Hendrickson announced the winner of the TV as Brighton Spring of Fairfield, Ohio, who has been a Pro-Genuine member since the program started and a […]
December 18, 2010
Business
Two more Wingfoot Truck Care Centers open
Wingfoot Commercial Tire has opened two new truck maintenance centers in Russellville, Ark., and Tuscaloosa, Ala. The Russellville facility is at 185 Interstate Road on Interstate 40, Exit 184, adjacent to Flying J. The Tuscaloosa facility is at 4400 Skyland Blvd. E. on Interstate 20/59, Exit 76, at Pilot Travel Center. Both will provide trucking […]
December 16, 2010
Business
First Response Team of America gets new Peterbilt
Peterbilt Motors Co. announced the donation of a Model 365 to the First Response Team of America to help in their ongoing disaster relief efforts throughout the United States. The Model 365 was presented to Tad Agoglia, president and founder of the First Response Team, during an event at the Denton Plant on Thursday, Dec. […]
December 16, 2010
Business
Pete Store opens new location in Columbia, S.C.
The Pete Store, one of the largest truck dealers in the United States, announced the opening of a new location at 1300 Buckner Road in Columbia, S.C., resulting in the creation of 10 new jobs. The new location is a full-service dealership providing service, parts, sales, leasing, financing and insurance services to the Midlands region […]
December 16, 2010
Business
Michelin debuts two mobile truck tire apps
Michelin Americas Truck Tires announced two new mobile truck tire applications in the United States and Canada for Apple iPhone and Android-based smartphones. The new apps join the existing Blackberry application introduced in August as well as the existing Michelin OnCall emergency road and online dealer and service locator in Michelin’s “Wherever You Go” offering. […]
December 16, 2010
Business
Red Dot expands test facilities for truck, off-highway HVAC
Red Dot Corp., a provider of heating and air conditioning for commercial and military vehicles, has expanded its advanced engineering and test center to include dedicated facilities for conducting vibration, acoustics, electromagnetic and radio frequency interference (EMI/RFI), and blower-lifecycle validation. The new test areas are part of the company’s H.G. Runnings Technical Center in Seattle. […]
December 16, 2010
Business
E-Z Pack adds Canada and Texas dealers, members to sales team
E-Z Pack Manufacturing announced the addition of new dealers to its network, including its first in Canada, Precision Waste Systems. Located in Innisfil, Ontario, 20 minutes north of Toronto, PWS is a good fit for E-Z Pack, says Jim Rogers, E-Z Pack’s vice president of sales and marketing. “The addition of Precision Waste Systems to […]
December 15, 2010
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