PHILADELPHIA — Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. is expanding its operations in truck tires, said Gary Schroeder, a sales director for the company’s commercial vehicles Roadmaster brand.
October 20, 2015Special Coverage, Business
Vigillo to Examine Crash Preventability
PHILADELPHIA — Data analysis vendor Vigillo is rolling out a crash-review service to aid carriers in their dealings with shippers, insurance companies and others when the fleet thinks it was judged unfairly.
October 20, 2015Special Coverage, Business
Roadmaster Now Selling Through Three Channels
Special Coverage, Business
Navistar’s Sass Seeks Higher Sales Through Customer Satisfaction
PHILADELPHIA — Jeff Sass is four months into a mission to return Navistar Inc. to profitability and the good graces of truck operators.
October 20, 2015Special Coverage, Business
Mack Trumpets Improved Maintenance Practices
PHILADELPHIA — Mack Trucks wants all of its dealerships to become certified uptime centers, the company’s president said here Oct. 19.
October 20, 2015Special Coverage, Business
October Truck Orders Will Fall, DTNA Says
PHILADELPHIA — The October report on Class 8 truck orders that is coming out in early November will not look good, said the CEO of Daimler Trucks North America, but that will be because numbers will be compared to a highly unusual corresponding month last year.
October 19, 2015Special Coverage, Business
Experts Maintain U.S. Economy Still World’s Strongest, and Trucking Benefits
PHILADELPHIA — The flawed and imperfect U.S. economy is, and will remain well into 2016, the world’s strongest producer — and trucking will benefit from that, two economists offering forecasts said here.
October 19, 2015Business, Government, Equipment, Autonomous
Mack Inaugurates Drive-Axle Line After $30 Million Plant Investment
HAGERSTOWN, Md. — Mack Trucks inaugurated its new drive-axle line here, the result of a two-year, $30 million investment that is part of the company’s strategy of vertical integration of powertrain components — engines, transmissions and axles.
October 19, 2015Business, Government, Safety, Fuel
Trailer Makers Say GHG Plan Exceeds EPA’s Legal Authority
Trailer makers are troubled by the Phase 2 proposal on greenhouse-gas emissions, with some asserting the agencies involved exceeded their regulatory authority and others arguing the mandates are overly aggressive and based on faulty assumptions.
October 19, 2015Special Coverage, Business
ATA to Donate Another $100,000 to Trucking Moves America Forward
PHILADELPHIA — American Trucking Associations announced that it will donate $100,000 to Trucking Moves America Forward, its second such annual donation.
October 18, 2015Special Coverage, Business
FastPort Looking to Hire Veterans on Behalf of More Trucking Companies
PHILADELPHIA — Technology company FastPort Inc. continues its work to bring military veterans into trucking as drivers as they rejoin the civilian labor force.
October 18, 2015