RALEIGH, N.C. The Technology & Maintenance Council added a new study group, elevating its Service Provider Committee to study group status.
September 21, 2011Fleet Equipment News
Commercial freight transportation is a machine-based business. Highly technical equipment and advanced engineering are at the center of supply chain and require constant innovation. Transport Topics equipment coverage focuses on the machines and other physical assets that make delivery possible. It looks closely at available truck, trailer, and chassis models, developments in the engineering space, and maintenance innovations and best practices.
CVG Reports Higher Third-Quarter Profit
Commercial Vehicle Group reported third-quarter income of $7.4 million, or 26 cents per share, up from to $1.1 million, or 4 cents, a year ago.
October 28, 2011Accuride Reports Third-Quarter Loss
Commercial vehicle component manufacturer Accuride Corp. reported a third-quarter loss of $17.2 million, or 36 cents per share, compared with a profit of $30.8 million, or 8 cents, a year ago.
October 26, 2011Frozen Food Express Selling Dry Vans, Tractors to Celadon
Frozen Food Express Industries said it will sell more than 400 dry vans and almost 300 tractors to truckload carrier Celadon Trucking Services.
October 20, 2011Philadelphia Manufacturing Index Rises
Manufacturing activity in the Philadelphia region increased in October, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said Thursday.
October 20, 2011Selleck Takes Chairman/President Post at Michelin North America
Pete Selleck has assumed his posts of chairman and president of Michelin North America, succeeding Richard Wilkerson, who is retiring, the tiremanufacturer said Monday.
October 17, 2011Tank Trailer Demand Booming, Spurred by Oil and Gas Drilling
A surge in tank truck business, spurred by oil and shale gas drilling, is fueling an incredibly hot market for tank trailers to haul crude oil, sand and related products, industry officials said.
October 17, 2011Trailer Orders Gain 10%; Analysts Say Market Easing
Trailer manufacturers said they received 12,524 net orders in August, a 10% increase from a year ago, but below Julys level, ACT Research Co. reported last week.
October 10, 2011Techniques to Battle Corrosion on Trucks a Hot Topic Among Maintenance Directors
RALEIGH, N.C. Maintenance directors meeting here shared techniques for combating rust and other forms of corrosion, which they said are a plague to trucks.
September 26, 2011TMC Creates Service Provider Study Group
Letters: EOBR Rule, Like/Kind Convoy
This is in reference to the editorial Fixing the EOBR Rule. What we need to fix the electronic onboard recorder rule and many other inane decisions by activist jurists is a little real-world common sense.
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