Equipment

Wabco and Cummins ink air compressor deal

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Wabco and Cummins have entered into a long-term agreement to manufacture and supply air compressors for global markets. The compressors will be produced at the Wabco Compressor…

Cooper adds to Roadmaster line with RM332 wide-base tire

FINDLAY, Ohio – Cooper Tire and Rubber Company introduced the new RM332 WB heavy-duty wide-base tire, adding to its Roadmaster line of commercial tires. Designed for the steer axle in…

Titanium outsources North Bay shop

NORTH BAY, Ont. — Titanium Transportation Group announced it has outsourced its on-site North Bay mechanic shop to Lewis Motor Sales. The shop was acquired as part of Titanium’s acquisition…

New solar panels keep transport refrigeration unit battery charged

ATHENS, Ga. – In an effort to maintain peak performance of transport refrigeration unit batteries in a more environmentally sustainable way, Carrier Transicold has expanded its line of Thin Film…

Utility sells its 75,000th trailer at Glade Spring plant

GLADE SPRING, Va. – Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company’s Glade Spring, Va. manufacturing plant recently celebrated the sale of its 75,000th 4000D-X Composite dry van trailer. “This is a powerful testament…

Stemco, Ridge Corp. come to terms to end trailer tail lawsuit

LONGVIEW, Texas — Stemco has announced it reached a settlement with Ridge Corporation regarding alleged patent infringements involving ATDynamics’ trailer tail technology. Stemco now owns ATDynamics. The agreement between the…

Driving the International HX620

New HX Series could represent a severe-service revival for International

New tire designed for urban delivery fleets

AKRON, Ohio – Goodyear announced its new Endurance RSA tire April 25, which is geared toward vehicles that split time between highway and city driving. The tire targets more regional…

Mack to improve fuel economy in 2017 engines, adds Predictive Cruise to mDrive

AUSTIN, Texas — Mack is updating its engines to provide fuel efficiency gains of up to 8.8% through the use of turbo-compounding, a new common rail fuel injection system and…

Mack benefiting from strengthening vocational truck market

AUSTIN, Texas — Truck orders have experienced a steep drop over the past seven months but vocational orders are strengthening relative to on-highway. And that’s good news for Mack Trucks.

Paccar and Allison to offer TC10 transmission in Kenworth and Peterbilt models

DENTON, Texas – Paccar has teamed with Allison Transmissions to release a fully automatic TC10 in the company’s Kenworth T680 and T880, as well as its Peterbilt 567 and 579…

Demand for Class 8 vehicles dropped in March, says ACT Research

COLUMBUS, Ind. – ACT Research’s State of the Industry report shows Class 8 orders have dropped 10% month-to-month and 35% year-to-year for the month of March to a total of 16,354…

FTR report shows declining trailer order activity for March

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – US trailer net orders are down 35% month-to-month and 39% year-to-year for the month of March, according to an FTR report, which is the lowest order activity…

Haldex offers new Midland brand in North America

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Haldex has launched its Midland label in North America, a value line brand that forms a new product line which includes air disc brakes, automatic adjusters…

Fleetmatics introduces new Logbook at Truck World

TORONTO, Ont. – Fleetmatics Group unveiled the Fleetmatics Logbook to the Canadian Market during Newcom Business Media’s Truck World event last week. The new software-based electronic logging solution helps eliminate…