In this week’s roundup we cover how FreightWaves CEO detailed trucking’s reliance on data center production during UTA Convention. Also UTA awards, uneven parts inflation data from FinditParts and big, exciting enhancements to Fusable’s data products. Also M&A updates from Gabrielli Truck Sales, Hale Trailer and more.
Lucas: Hey, everybody. Lucas here for today’s TPS Weekly News roundup. Well, as you can see, it’s a road game for me. I’m at the Used Truck Association (UTA) Convention in Grapevine, Texas. I’ve been here the last couple days, about to head out, but I didn’t want to leave without telling you the most important stories on TPS this week.
From UTA, the big story was Craig Fuller, CEO and founder of FreightWaves, was here yesterday morning, spoke with Steve Tam at ACT Research about the freight market and specifically how AI data center production is driving the freight market. Some really cool insights there from Craig. Check that story out if you didn’t get the chance to read it yet.
Other stories this week; other stories from UTA before I go any farther. The UTA announced the winners of their OEM dealer of the year, non-OEM dealer of the year, vendor and their Lifetime Achievement Award yesterday. You can check that story out. It’s on the website.
Some other stuff, not from UTA. FinditParts releasing its most recent parts price inflation report. FinditParts saying that distributor pricing is actually down 1.4% year over year, but manufacturer pricing up 2.6%. So, an interesting discrepancy there. Also quite a bit of discrepancy across regions. You can check that story on the website and learn a little bit more about what FinditParts is seeing in the price sector.
Also, internally here at Fusable, some big changes coming to our data solutions. Some big improvements and enhancements coming to our data solutions, I should say. If you’re in the trucking space and you’re using RigDig, some exciting changes there. On the construction side, some exciting changes to EDA. You can learn everything about those improvements on our website. The story’s available. Also, as always, reach out to anybody on the Fusable team to learn more. We’re really excited about what’s coming next to our data solutions.
And then lastly, some acquisition news this week. Gabrielli Truck Sales announcing the acquisition of eight stores. Hale Trailer announcing the acquisition of four trailer dealer stores. So, check those stories out.
As always, everything this week available on the website, available in the newsletter. Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss any of that stuff. Be sure to like and subscribe to these videos so you don’t miss them either. If you’re here in Grapevine, get home safely today or tomorrow. Everybody else have a great weekend and we’ll see you next week. Thanks. Bye.
