Fras-le North America Inc. has announced it will begin producing heavy-duty brake linings at its friction manufacturing facility in Prattville, Ala. This is the first time that Fras-le has produced heavy-duty brake lining in the U.S. The company says the ... (more...)
Accuride Corporation has announced plans to make an investment of approximately $75 million to its North American business in 2012 to strengthen product availability, quality and reliability; upgrade its manufacturing processes; and improve customer service. The announcement was made ... (more...)
Bill Graves, president and CEO of the American Trucking Associations, was the featured speaker during the opening session of HDAW 2012 at The Mirage in Las Vegas on Tuesday. The duration of Graves’ presentation was spent detailing the slow growth ... (more...)
Independent distributors Carolina Rim & Wheel of Charlotte, N.C., and Fleet Brake of Calgary, Alberta have been named co-winners of Truck Parts & Service’s 2011 Distributor of the Year award, sponsored by Minimizer. The award was given out during the ... (more...)
Ingersoll Rand releases extended model Impactool
Ingersoll Rand has introduced extended anvil variations of its 2145QiMAX ¾ in. Impactool. The company says the 2145QiMAX-3 and 2145QiMAX-6 features 3 in. and 6 in. extended anvils to help technicians tackle ...Rotary Lift makes improvements to wash bay lift
Rotary Lift has updated its parallelogram wash bay lift package to maximize bay space and product life. The new lift with wash bay kit is third-party tested by ETL and ALI certified ...Emergency egress lighting film by Grote
Grote Industries has introduced its new LightForm Emergency Egress Lighting Film. The new product employs Grote’s LightForm to enhance vehicle safety, the company says. Until now, Grote says transit vehicle manufacturers and transit ...Resource Partners
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Monthly tonnage index up 0.3% in November, year-over-year up 6.0%
The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 0.3 percent in November after rising a revised 0.4 percent in October. October’s increase was slightly less than the 0.5 ...Trucking adds 3,600 jobs in November
The for-hire trucking industry added 3,600 new payroll employees in November, according to preliminary numbers released Friday, Dec. 2, by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. BLS, however, revised downward its preliminary figures ...Used commercial vehicle registrations hit record levels
Used commercial vehicle registrations (GVW 3-8) in the United States during the first three quarters of 2011 reached record levels at 649,900 units, surpassing the previous record for the first nine months ...Sponsored Videos
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