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Volvo unveils VNL tractor
DUBLIN, VA - Volvo promised that its new regional VNR tractor was the "shape of trucks to come", and it delivered on that promise on Tuesday with the reveal of its long-haul counterpart - the VNL. The new tractor comes as the VNL 300 daycab, VNL 400 flat-roof sleeper, VNL 740 mid-roof, VNL 760 high-roof, and VNL 860 with its 77-inch sleeper. The VNL 740 and VNL 760 are also available with a new 70-inch sleeper. "It's so nice to see this truck without a cover on it," quipped Jason Spence, product marketing manager, noting how prototypes had been moved around North America under the cover of darkness. "We've been hiding the truck from you for 10 months."
Former STEMCO man Montgomery joins Fleet Engineers
MUSKEGON, MI--Fleet Engineers Inc., a Michigan-based manufacturer of of truck aerodynamic equipment, is pleased to announce that Bob Montgomery has joined the company as vice president of sales and marketing. Montgomery brings 20 years of trucking industry leadership experience in product management, strategic marketing, and general management. He has brought to market dozens of new products and feature enhancements in asset management, tire-pressure management, and aerodynamics. Most recently, Montgomery led the Innovative Tire & Mileage Solutions business unit at STEMCO, LP as vice president general manager.
