Equipment

Meritor introduces Mach line of aftermarket parts

ATLANTA, GA – Meritor has introduced a value-priced product line for the aftermarket that will be branded as Mach. Initial offerings will include brakes, drivelines, drive axles, suspensions, transmissions and…

Bendix on pace for record year

ATLANTA, Ga. – It’s shaping up to be a record-breaking year for Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, which is on pace to achieve record sales. Berend Bracht, president and chief executive…

Dana launches new products at NACV

ATLANTA, Ga. – Dana has expanded its line of downspeeding-compatible driveshafts, with the introduction of the SPL 250 Lite. The company says the new offering reduces weight by up to…

Stoughton jumping into refrigerated trailer market

ATLANTA, Ga. – Stoughton Trailers is re-entering the refrigerated trailer market with the launch of its PureBlue model. The company introduced the new refrigerated trailer at the North American Commercial…

Mack holding ground in traditional segments, ready to pounce on longhaul

ATLANTA, Ga. – “It’s a great time to be a bulldog.” That was the message from Jonathan Randall, senior vice-president of sales for Mack Trucks, when he addressed the trade…

U.S. trailer builds up 14% in August

COLUMBUS, Ind. – August trailer builds were up 14% sequentially and 9% year-over-year, a month that ties March for the longest trailer OEM work schedule of the year. With three…

International reveals new vocational truck

ATLANTA, Ga. – International took the wraps off a new HV vocational truck at the North American Commercial Vehicle show here today. The truck will come with the International A-26…

Navistar optimistic about future, steps up collaboration with VW

ATLANTA, Ga. – Navistar has turned the corner, and is now a more financially stable, leaner, and more nimble business. Persio Lisboa, executive vice-president and chief operating officer of Navistar…

Western Star trucks get new options

ATLANTA, Ga. – The Western Star brand turns 50 this year, and for its birthday, it’s receiving several new options. “We’re continually adding new options that contribute to the truck’s…

Freightliner reveals more options for new Cascadia

ATLANTA, Ga. – Freightliner has taken orders for 25,000 new Cascadia models in about a year, something that took three years to achieve with the truck’s predecessor, the classic Cascadia.

Daimler addresses platooning, electric trucks at NACV opening

ATLANTA, Ga. – Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) is testing truck platooning on its Madras, Ore., test track as well as public highways. Freightliner trucks are testing platooning. The…

Cummins engine boss vows to offer customers “power of choice”

ATLANTA, Ga. – Cummins is uniquely positioned to offer customers their “power of choice” well into the future, according to president of the engine business, Srikanth Padmanabhan. Padmanabhan was speaking…

First transmission from Eaton-Cummins joint venture introduced

ATLANTA, Ga. – Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies took the wraps off the first project produced under its recently-announced joint venture – a new 12-speed automated transmission dubbed Endurant. The…

Ocean Trailer becomes official dealer of Fontaine trailers in Western Canada

WINNIPEG, Man. – Trailer leasing, rental, sales and service company Ocean Trailer announced it will be the exclusive dealer for Fontaine Heavy Haul in Western Canada. Having forged a long-standing…

Shell Rotella’s Starship Truck to debut early 2018

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – If Captain James T. Kirk and his sidekick Spock were to get behind the wheel of a big rig, surely Shell Rotella’s Starship Truck would be…