Who’s in the news: Our weekly trucking employment report

Oct 10, 2025

The following employment announcements were made in the trucking industry the week of Oct. 6, 2025:

American Tire Distributors has named Todd Pearce as its new CEO.

ACT Research President and Senior Analyst Ken Vieth speaks on the U.S. economy and trucking conditions during the NTDA Convention Wednesday in Tucson, Ariz.

ACT's Ken Vieth gives trailer market forecast

The external pressures driving new equipment purchases downward appear more likely to impact truck orders than trailers in 2026 and beyond, and even tariff relief could be right around the corner.

Partnering for Progress: ‘Illuminating the future’

Prices drop as selectivity rises among used truck buyers

From left: Steve Williams, Interstate Billing; TPS Editor Lucas Deal; Melissa Larson, TLG; Mike Headley, TLG; Rodrigo Piccini, Procede; Craig O'Hare, National Truck Protection; and Harjeev Khanduja, Automann; recognize TLG as the winner of the 2025 Successful Dealer Award Tuesday during an awards banquet in Nashville.

WATCH: TLG wins 2025 Successful Dealer Award

Volvo Trucks North America has one of the world’s largest truck plants in the New River Valley facility in Dublin, Va. The company recently invested $1 billion in a new truck plant in Mexico, set to open in 2026.

Trucking industry businesses weigh in on new truck tariffs

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