Brake Safety Week inspections run Aug. 22-28

North American enforcement teams will focus the spotlight on braking systems this week, as the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) recognizes Brake Safety Week. This year’s event, which runs Aug.

Mouton to lead Fontaine Fifth Wheel’s Canadian business development

Fontaine Fifth Wheel on Wednesday announced Pierre Mouton is now responsible for business development in the Canadian market. Previously, Mouton held leadership positions with Traction/TruckPro. Pierre Mouton (Photo: Fontaine Fifth…

Goodyear names Ewald VP of strategy, business development

Goodyear Thursday announced that Thad Ewald has been hired as vice-president, strategy and business development, reporting to executive vice-president and chief financial officer Darren Wells, effective Aug. 23. Thad Ewald…

Bendix powers up solar array

Bendix on Wednesday celebrated a 1.168-megawatt solar array coming on-line and providing power to a manufacturing plant on its commercial vehicle system’s campus southwest of Huntington, Indiana. Bill Schubert, Bendix…

Stuebe named president of Jake Brake

Mark Stuebe, a 30-year veteran in the commercial vehicle and industrial manufacturing industries, was recently named president of Jacobs Vehicles Systems. He replaced Dennis Gallagher, who served as Jacobs’ president…

Quebec’s Micro Bird acquires Ecotuned, looks beyond electric buses

Micro Bird – a joint venture between Blue Bird and Girardin, a Quebec-based school bus distributor – has secured a 70% stake in Ecotuned, a maker of electric powertrains. And…

Ontario, Michigan partnering on cross-border transport tech

Ontario and Michigan are expanding their collaboration through a new partnership to advance automotive, transportation and mobility technologies to help people and goods move safely and efficiently across the border…

Ochoa leads Loadlink’s customer excellence team

Loadlink Technologies named Orlando Ochoa as head of customer excellence, earlier this month. Ochoa brings knowledge in leading customer-centric teams. Orlando Ochoa (Photo: Loadlink) Ochoa has held national leadership positions at…

Eaton clutch actuators for automated manual transmissions

Eaton has unveiled two new concentric pneumatic clutch actuators designed for push-type diaphragm spring clutches. The actuators work with a vehicle’s automated manual transmission to determine the ideal release…

Brandt Tractor to acquire Cervus Equipment for $302M

Heavy equipment seller Cervus Equipment, that also owns Peterbilt dealerships , on Monday agreed to be acquired by Brandt Tractor for $302 million in a deal that will take the…

Hyliion appoints Gallagher as COO

Hyliion Holdings, a provider of electrified powertrain solutions for Class 8 commercial semi-trucks, Monday announced that Dennis M. Gallagher has joined the company as chief operating officer. Gallagher has more…

Brampton trucker arrested in border drug bust

Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers last week seized about 83 kilograms of suspected cocaine from a commercial truck at the Blue Water Bridge in Point Edward, Ont. On Aug.

APTA AGM and Conference

Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association’s annual general meeting and conference.

Truck parking spaces open on Hwy. 402 near Sarnia, Ont.

A former north commercial vehicle inspection facility on Highway 402 near Sarnia, Ont., has been transformed into an official parking area for trucks. The construction project, begun in March 2021,…

FleetPulse telematics now standard on Great Dane trailers

Great Dane is now equipping each of its trailers with a FleetPulse telematics system and integrated CAN harnesses as a standard offering. Many suppliers including Hendrickson, TSE Brakes, and…