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Independent engine maker Cummins Inc. posted diminished first-quarter financial results with declines in sales and net income relative to the same time in 2015, and the North American heavy-duty truck market listed as a contributing factor.

Booming sales of dry and refrigerated vans enabled trailer maker Wabash National Corp. to post first-quarter records for sales and operating income as well as gains in net income and earnings per share, the company said April 26.

Many of tomorrow’s truck tires are actually on the road today. They are being tested by private fleets hauling food and picking up trash. They are being run on test tracks in South Carolina and Texas. They are being driven over snow-covered roads in northern Canada and on logging trails in Central America.

Commercial vehicle supplier Wabco Holdings Inc. has acquired Laydon Composites Ltd., a manufacturer of aerodynamic devices for heavy-duty trucks and trailers.

Cass Information Systems’ freight index, based primarily on trucking, dipped 1.5% in March on a year-over-year basis, but gained 1.4% from February of this year.

As the trucking industry prepares for the federal electronic logging mandate, carriers and equipment providers are grappling with one of the murkier aspects of the regulation — how to use the technology in lease and rental vehicles.

Commercial vehicle supplier Wabco Holdings Inc. said that from the second quarter of 2015 to the first quarter of 2016  it entered into contracts in local currencies with customers across the globe that total $918 million of “expected cumulative incremental business.”

As they seek to expand, many carriers eye opportunities in new markets. One potential and unexplored area for U.S.-domiciled carriers could be north of the border in Canada, but carriers must consider truck spec’ing factors to make the most of those opportunities.

Maryland-based Ramar Moving Systems hauls specialty items such as art, satellites and, once, a moon buggy.