Trucks

BC International truck dealer unites franchises

VANCOUVER-- Co-Van International Trucks is changing its name to Harbour International Trucks and will unite three companies Co-Van, Cascadia, and Westlang into one cohesive group.

Chrysler to shut down all plants as part of restructuring

TORONTO -- Southern Ontario truckers hauling car and truck parts to Chrysler will have to look for freight elsewhere -- at least for the next couple of months.

Trailer maker makes layoffs permanent

LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Wabash National announced that the 790 plant workers it previously laid off will not be coming back to work anytime soon.

ON-BOARD SCALE

Air-Weigh announces scale for Mack Camelback trucks

AUXILIARY LAMPS

The line of NBB auxiliary lamps includes several styles and sizes

MAXXPOWER COMPONENTS

Navistar's new line of factory-installed proprietary components includes front air suspension

PIMP YOUR HINO

Hino Trucks introduces HinoStyle stainless steel accessories

Customers get a say in Navistar engineering

WARRENVILLE, Ill. -- Navistar is looking to customize the consumer experience and has formed a special engineering division to analyze customer suggestions.

April truck sales dip again

NASHVILLE, Ind. -- Preliminary data released by FTR Associates shows Class 8 total net orders for all major North American OEMs are down 9 percent in April 2009 from the month before, totaling 7,935 units.

ZF, Continental form hybrid truck drive alliance

BERLIN, Ger. -- ZF and Continental AG have finalized a strategic alliance to develop and produce hybrid drives for commercial vehicles.

Continental teams up with euro firm for NA retread deal

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Continental's new ContiTread, a retread product manufactured by Marangoni with the same rubber compounding, will be available in the U.S. and Canada for fleet customers through current Continental and MTNA dealers.

Freightliner delivers M2 hybrid to propane hauler

MORENCI, Mich. -- Freightliner Trucks has built a delivery truck for a Midwest propane distributor using Eaton Corporation's diesel-electric hybrid drive system. It is the first application of the parallel electric hybrid system to a hazardous material delivery application, Freightliner claimed.

Trailer makers feeling worst of recession

NASHVILLE, Ind. -- Freight demand is so weak in North America that the trucking industry as a whole probably "doesn't need any new trailers at all."

Parts supply sector at risk of collapsing, Congress told

WASHINGTON -- The credit crisis is the U.S. and its effects on vehicle builders has blown back onto thousands of small parts suppliers, many of which could fail, one of their executives told Congress yesterday.

Navistar links with OEConnection on parts exchange system

WARRENVILLE, Ill. -- Navistar says it will optimize its dealers' parts inventory and speed up customer repairs through parts supply chain and intelligence tools provided by OEConnection LLC, the leading online parts and service exchange in the automotive industry.