Equipment OEMs scrambling to keep up with surging demand January 19, 2021 What a difference a year makes. At the beginning of 2020, commercial vehicle manufacturers were dealing with falling demand for new trucks, while in 2021 the struggle is to ramp…
Equipment Navistar to shut down Melrose Park facility January 14, 2021 Navistar International is selling its Melrose Park, Ill., facility to a developer, who will turn it into an industrial busines park. The truck maker says half its employees at the…
Equipment Maximetal expanding production capabilities September 24, 2020 ST-GEORGES, Que. – Utility truck manufacturer Maximetal is adding 10,000 sq.-ft. to its operations to keep pace with surging demand, the company announced. The new site will be around the…
Equipment After Covid-related delay, Mack’s MD Series now in full production September 22, 2020 GREENSBORO, N.C. – Production of Mack’s new medium-duty trucks was pushed back two months due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but the trucks began rolling off the line Sept. 1. While…
Equipment Mack now producing medium-duty models July 27, 2020 ROANOKE VALLEY, Va. – Mack Trucks has begun producing its new MD Series of medium-duty trucks. Full production is slated to begin Sept. 1. However, a Class 7 Mack MD7…
Equipment ECONOMIC WATCH: Truck orders bounced back in June July 3, 2020 COLUMBUS, Ind. – Class 8 truck orders spiked to 16,000 units in June, reflecting a rapid freight rate improvement, according to preliminary data from ACT Research. Orders surged 139% from…
Equipment Navistar virtually breaks ground at San Antonio truck plant June 25, 2020 SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Navistar International virtually broke ground today at the site of its new truck manufacturing facility in San Antonio, Texas. “This groundbreaking ceremony marks a milestone for…
Equipment DTNA’s North American production resumes June 5, 2020 PORTLAND, Ore. – Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has resumed production at all nine of its North American manufacturing operations. The latest to reopen were the Saltillo and Santiago, Mexico…
Equipment Goodyear to phase-in restart of production April 16, 2020 AKRON, Ohio – Goodyear plans to phase in a restart of production in the second quarter, beginning in April with some of its commercial truck tire facilities in the U.S.
Equipment How truck OEMs are dealing with Covid-19 March 24, 2020 TORONTO, Ont. – Much of North America’s truck manufacturing industry is grinding to a halt, as OEMs take a range of actions to cope with decreasing demand and to manage…
Equipment Bendix consolidates damper production January 20, 2020 HUNTINGTON, Ind. – Bendix is consolidating its North American engine vibration damper production, in an effort to increase overall capacity. Production will move from the company’s North Aurora, lll.-based facility…
Equipment Class 8 orders remained subdued in February March 5, 2019 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Preliminary Class 8 truck orders totaled 16,700 units in February, marking the second consecutive month of subdued orders. Orders were up 5% compared to January but down…
Equipment Class 8 production to continue growth trend: Report February 28, 2019 COLUMBUS, Ind. – Class 8 production is expected to continue its growth trend into 2019, and diesel will remain the dominant power source, according to a new report from ACT…
Equipment Record-setting year for trailer orders, production, comes to end January 28, 2019 COLUMBUS, Ind. – The U.S. trailer industry set new records for net orders and production in 2018, but orders slid sequentially for the third month in a row in December.
Equipment Truck orders dip in April May 2, 2018 COLUMBUS, Ind. – Classes 5-8 net orders slowed in April, but were still up 40% year-over-year, according to preliminary data from ACT Research. ACT reported Classes 5-8 net orders of…
