Trucks

Coveted business award given to PeopleNet founder

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Ernst & Young has recognized PeopleNet CEO and founder Ron Konezny as Entrepreneur Of The Year in the technology category for the Upper Midwest region.

SCR working A-OK on Mack refuse trucks

LAS VEGAS -- Skeptics wondering where all the new SCR hardware is going to fit on vocational and specialty trucks with precious real estate to spare have little to fear, says Mack Trucks.

New truck technology to grow with economy: Study

NEW YORK -- Fleets that survive the current freight recession say they expect to implement new and advanced technologies, greatly expanding in the market, according to a recent study.

KW VOCATIONAL TRUCK

Kenworth expands its lineup with the new T470

SLIDER LIFTGATE

Automatic stowing on Maxon's latest liftgate

Mack consolidates production

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. -- Mack Trucks has decided to move forward with its previously announced plan to consolidate production of its entire product line at its assembly facility in Macungie, Pa.

Truck plant future foggy as contract talks down to the wire

CHATHAM, Ont. -- Navistar's offer to keep its Chatham, Ont. heavy truck plant open -- albeit barely -- is totally unacceptable, complains the head of the CAW.

Canadian Navistar truck plant closed indefinitely

CHATHAM, Ont. -- Navistar International's sole Canadian truck plant in Chatham, Ont. is shut down indefinitely as the company and the CAW failed to make a deal two days after the current contract expired.

Mit Fuso expands Canadian business by 50%

LOGAN TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Taking advantage of the market void left in Canada by the exit of Sterling Trucks, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc. (MFTA) has signed eight new Canadian dealers to its network so far this year, and expects to add at least three more.

Eaton consolidates auto, truck divisions

KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- Eaton Corp. is in the process of combining its auto and truck groups into one unit.

A Western Star brew-ha-ha

GUELPH, Ont. -- Quick. What do Pamela Anderson and Western Star trucks have in common? And no, it has nothing to do with bodies.

Truck suppliers predict better times ahead

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- Heavy-duty manufacturers and suppliers are becoming more optimistic about business, according to a quarterly survey of members by the Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association.

NATURAL-GAS FREIGHTLINER

Freightliner M2 112 with natural gas replaces Sterling model

Siding Aluminum: Truck suppliers look for materials savings

ARLINGTON, Va. -- More aluminum on trucks increases fuel efficiency while at boosting payload capacity says the chairman of the Aluminum Association's Auto & Light Truck Group and marketing ground transportation director for Alcoa.

Volvo and Mack on schedule for 2010 production

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. -- Progress is continuing on schedule for the production start of customer EPA 2010 trucks from Mack and Volvo.