Contrans next to shed income-trust cloak

WOODSTOCK, Ont. -- Trucking's most steadfast defender of the income trust model has changed his mind.

Navistar nets 40 million Obama bucks

WAKARUSA, Ind. -- Navistar, which makes International trucks, joined a lengthening line of federal grant recipients when President Barack Obama presented the manufacturer with almost $40 million.

Truck sales rebound not expected until latter 2010

COLUMBUS, Ind. -- Demand for new heavy- and medium-duty vehicles is not expected to pick back up until the second half of 2010, according to ACT Research's recently published North American Commercial Vehicle Outlook.

Harper Power says new technology to improve servicing system

GLEN ALLEN, Va. -- Decisiv Inc., provider of a Web-based technology to the commercial vehicle maintenance industry, signed a supply deal with Toronto's Harper Power Products Inc.

Con-way going global; expands international offerings

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- North American LTL giant Con-way is going global. Has launched Global LTL -- a comprehensive portfolio expansion of the company's worldwide LTL services.

More than half of Cnd manufacturing sectors bounce

OTTAWA -- Manufacturing sales increased 1.9 percent to $39.7 billion in June, partially reversing the 4.9 percent decline posted the previous month.

New leading light at Grote

MADISON, Ind. -- Dominic Grote has been named president and chief operating officer of Grote Industries, the lightings and plastics empire that his ancestor William D. Grote started in 1901.

Mack family reunites at Macungie

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. -- A new era began on Aug. 13, when the first Mack Pinnacle tractor came off the production line at the Macungie Assembly Operations in Pennsylvania.

Cat-Nav alliance resurfaces — in China

SHANGHAI, China -- Caterpillar and Navistar International are in talks with China's Jianghuai Automobile to set up a 50-50 joint truck and heavy-duty engine venture, according to Reuters.

Truck registrations to be lower than expected: Firm

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. -- Second quarter new vehicle registrations showed slight improvement from the previous period in 2009, but year-end totals are still likely to be less than first thought, according to Polk Commercial Vehicle Solutions.

Truck sales show signs of life

COLUMBUS, Ind. -- Heavy-duty Class 8 commercial vehicle net orders for July 2009 were the highest since November of 2008, but still down 38 percent year over year.

Auto trannys improve fuel economy: study

KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- Automated Manual Transmissions can improve fuel efficiency by up to 22 percent over conventional automatic transmissions, according to a study conducted by Roush Industries for the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center/National Automotive Center.

DD says BlueTec SCR engines almost market ready

DETROIT -- Detroit Diesel says it's ahead of schedule in testing its BlueTec emissions technology for 2010, having completed 25 million miles of testing.

U.S. institute studies idle reduction technology ROI

ARLINGTON, Va. -- A recent study has found that anti-idling technology can reduce a truck's idle time by up to 78 percent, but it could take a while to recover the initial upfront cost of the equipment.

Yellow taps strategy officer to lead turnaround

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-- The board of directors of beleaguered LTL giant YRC Worldwide has appointed Richard Williamson as its new chief strategy officer.