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Daimler weathering NA slowdown

STUTTGART, Ger. -- Despite a sharp downturn in the U.S. market, DaimlerChrysler's trucks division will post an operating profit this year, Andreas Renschler, Daimler's trucks division chief, said.

GM shows new W-series LCF at Expocam

MONTREAL -- GM of Canada unveiled its all-new 2008 GMC W-Series medium-duty trucks at the Expocam 2007 truck show here late last week.

Volvo Trucks turns 80

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Eighty years after Volvo's first truck was built with 28 horsepower and a carrying capacity of 1.5 tones, the Swedish company is now one of the largest heavy truck makers in the world.

BREAKING NEWS: Isuzu establishes Canadian arm

TORONTO -- Starting this June, Isuzu's line of class 3-5 low cab forward medium duty trucks will be widely available across Canada, after the truckmaker announced today it has established a Canadian distributor of its operations, Isuzu Commercial Truck of Canada Inc.

LIQUID-FILLED ONBOARD SCALE

Right Weigh's gauge face reads in pounds, not PSI, and can be calibrated

SMALL-ENGINE COOLING

Penray introduces Pencool 3500 small engine cooling-system treatment

Running on E: Industry reflects on Ontario fuel capacity

TORONTO -- Unlike trucking, fuel refining is not a portable business. Truckers and other vehicle operators in Ontario found that out the hard way several weeks ago when a fire at Imperial Oil's Nanticoke,

REEFER TELEMATICS

Carrier offers broader remote control of reefer functions

DOMETIC ELECTRIC HVAC

New HVAC systems operate on 12-volt power from truck's batteries

MULTI-TEMP REEFER

Thermo King introduces the new Spectrum SB multi-temperature system with SR-2 controller

LOCKING FUEL TANK CAP

Secure locking cap from Robond counters fuel theft and vandalism

TELUS FLEET TRACKING

Bundle is a one-stop GPS-based system for fleets of any size

ROGERS FLEET MANAGEMENT

Rogers introduces wireless mFleet asset-tracking, logistics tool

VHD GETS SLEEPER

Volvo's vocational truck sports a bed

THE 2008 GMC W-SERIES

GM shows off new LCF trucks at Expocam