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Growth strategies
Love's continues southeastern expansion
Love’s Travel Stops is now serving customers in Albany, Ga., thanks to a new travel stop that opened Thursday.
June 17, 2021
Love's location in Albany, Ga.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Inland Truck Parts announces Colorado acquisition
Inland Truck Parts & Service has acquired Dirty Dan’s Garage, bringing full-service diagnostics and repairs into its already established parts and driveline shop offerings in that area and expanding Inland's service network to 34 shops located throughout
June 17, 2021
Inland Truck Parts' location in Greeley, Colo.
Workforce
DEI and the long-term benefits of workforce diversity
“I think when people talk about DEI there is an element of ‘This is the right thing to do.' But there’s also a real business case for this. We’re all capitalists, we want our companies to be successful and this [DEI] is good business.”
June 16, 2021
A multi-representational workforce
Mergers & Acquisitions
FleetPride expands with Illinois acquisition
All Pro was founded by Brian Hicks in 2000 and offers repair services for customers throughout northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin with 16 service bays, plus onsite, tow
June 16, 2021
FleetPride logo
Mergers & Acquisitions
Bridgestone invests in self-driving trucking company
Bridgestone Americas has made a minority investment in Kodiak Robotics, a leading U.S.-based self-driving trucking company.
June 16, 2021
Kodiak Robotics
Growth strategies
Thompson Truck Centers debuts new brand identity to support product line transformation
Thompson Truck Centers, a division of Thompson Machinery, recently announced a new brand identity to facilitate its product line transformation that includes Nikola battery-electric and fuel cell hydrogen-electric vehicles for the on-highway Class 8 marke
June 14, 2021
Thompson's new logo
Growth strategies
Love's adds seven-bay shop in Mississippi
Love’s Travel Stops has opened a new facility in Holly Springs, Miss. Located off I-22 (929 Highway No. 7 South), the company says the new facility features seven service bays and 46 truck parking spaces.
June 10, 2021
Love's
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Hyliion announces major expansion to Texas headquarters
Driven by a growing staff and the need for additional installation and testing capacity, the company says the multi-million-dollar project will be broken into three stages and is expected to be completed next year.
June 8, 2021
Hyliion headquarters showroom rendering
Outlook and Benchmarking
Navistar posts $82 million net income gain in Q2 compared to last year
Navistar says it finished second quarter 2021 with $1.2 billion in consolidated cash and cash equivalents, including $1.2 billion in manufacturing cash and cash equivalents.
June 8, 2021
International truck parked on jobsite
Mergers & Acquisitions
Velocity Truck Centers becomes multi-national with Mexican partnership
Under this new partnership, Velocity will now be able to offer seamless coverage to customers throughout the rapidly growing Northern Baja Mexico region and the Southwest United States supporting cross-border trucking, manufacturing and general trade.
June 8, 2021
Velocity Vehicles Mexico has four locations south of the border
Mergers & Acquisitions
Goodyear completes Cooper acquisition
With complementary business models, organizational structures and distribution channels, Goodyear says it will integrate the best of Goodyear and Cooper in order to benefit its shareholders, customers, consumers and employees.
June 7, 2021
Goodyear Signage
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Volvo Truck union again strikes down labor deal
Volvo's NRV plant employs more than 3,300 people, about 2,900 of whom are UAW members.
June 6, 2021
Volvo Trucks assembly line
Mergers & Acquisitions
Royal Truck & Trailer acquires Arista Trucking Systems
The acquisition will allow Royal to not only expand its core business geographically but continue to diversify its product offerings for customers.
June 3, 2021
Newly acquired Royal business
Outlook and Benchmarking
FTR: Don't worry about falling order totals, equipment demand remains sky high
“The market is desperate for trucks, and we can’t get them.”
June 3, 2021
200922 Mack Md Series Production 1
Growth strategies
Phillips Connect, EROAD add trailer monitoring to telematics platform
Adding Phillips Connect trailer telematics lets EROAD customers maximize trailer health and safety, uptime and driver time.
June 2, 2021
Truck with trailer driving down the road as the sun rises.
Growth strategies
Thompson Truck & Trailer adding two trailer brands
Thompson Truck & Trailer announced a strategic partnership Tuesday with trailer manufacturers Side Dump Industries and Maxxim Industries.
June 2, 2021
International Lonestar With Grain Trailer
Outlook and Benchmarking
ACT Research: Transitioning to new powertrains, fuels
Discussion continues about how internal combustion engines will meet future emissions standards for the latter part of this decade.
June 1, 2021
Heavy duty truck exhaust
Growth strategies
Hyundai Translead intros preferred service provider program
Hyundai Translead’s PSP program is designed to provide customers with a network of qualified technicians throughout the U.S. and Canada.
June 1, 2021
Truck dashboard with Service Engine Soon light.
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Fleets say uptime, safety, ROI top priorities when spec'ing new equipment
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