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Trailer manufacturer Wabash National Corp. reported third-quarter net income edged up 3% to $33 million, or 51 cents per share, compared with $32 million, or 47 cents, in the period ended Sept. 30.

Engine manufacturer Cummins Inc. reported net income for the third quarter ended Oct. 2 fell to $289 million, or $1.72 per share, compared with $380 million, or $2.14, in the 2015 period, pointing to the weaker North American truck engine market, among other factors.

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems said it has begun to produce driver control modules, or DCMs, built for Navistar Inc. on an advanced new assembly line at its Acuña, Mexico, manufacturing campus, in which it recently invested $4.6 million.

Trailer manufacturer Wabash National Corp. reported year-over-year net income rose and revenue fell in the third quarter.

To slow the speed of the engine at cruise — called downspeeding, in which every 100 rpm slowed equates to 1% fuel savings — axle ratios are getting numerically lower. To wring the most miles from a gallon of fuel, some fleets are increasingly spec’ing direct-drive instead of overdrive transmissions, which is driving the trend to lower numerical final drive ratios.

Commercial vehicle supplier Wabco Holdings Inc. reported third-quarter net income and earnings rose despite a challenging North American commercial vehicle market.

Consolidated Fastfrate will expand operations in western Canada, spending $10 million to purchase a facility in Edmonton, Alberta, $1.5 million to expand a building in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and $5.5 million to add more than 238 intermodal chassis.

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems announced the video camera component of its Wingman Fusion collision mitigation technology and AutoVue lane departure warning system will remain compliant with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration rules, following an exemption that was recently made permanent.

Bridgestone Americas Inc. announced Joseph Saoud joined the company as president of the truck and bus radial tire unit at Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations.

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. said it added a new size premium, wide-base steer tire for mixed-service applications to its Roadmaster commercial tire line, the RM332 WB.