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Diversified manufacturer Eaton Corp. said Jan. 24 that last year's strong demand for Class 8 trucks should continue into 2006, and it was increasing capacity at existing plants that make its products and technologies.

Workers continued on the job at Volvo Trucks North America’s New River plant in Dublin, Va., even though a union contract there expired at midnight Monday, a company official said Tuesday.

Executives for GeoLogic Solutions said the former transportation division of Aether Systems might soon expand its in-cab mobile communications and trailer-tracking technologies to the less-than-truckload industry.

Ford Reportedly to Develop Clean-Diesel Engine • Xata Reports Higher First-Quarter Loss, Increased Sales • Sirius' 4Q Net Loss Grows • Velociti Names Powell New COO

Rep. John Dingell said he planned to reintroduce clean diesel legislation he originally had proposed in 2003 when it died in committee.

Employees Authorize Strike at VTNA Plant in Virginia • Navistar Delays 10-K SEC Filing • N. American Surface Border Trade Rose 12.5% in November • Factory Activity in Chicago Area Expands Again • And more...

Personal spending rose by $360.9 billion or 0.8% in December, the Commerce Department said Monday.

The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 3.1% in the fourth quarter, down from 4% in the third quarter, the Commerce Department said Friday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ales of heavy-duty trucks in the United States during 2004 exceeded 200,000 for the fourth time in history, proof that the industry has recovered from the recession that ravaged it beginning in 2001.