#MATS: Volvo hybrid truck, Mean Green, to attempt world speed record
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Who said hybrids can’t be fast? Volvo had Mean Green, the world’s fastest hybrid truck and its record setting owner and driver, Bojje Ovebrink, at its booth here and used the event to announce an attempt to…
#MATS: Daimler Trucks unveils new Elite Support Dealer Service Network program
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has launched Elite Support, a collaborative program between DTNA and its truck dealers, focused on improving the customer experience at Freightliner and Western Star branded…
#MATS: Detroit creates new options for its StepUP service program
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Detroit will offer new StepUP overhaul options for EPA ’07 Series 60® and MBE 4000 engines starting in Spring 2012.
#MATS: WABCO bringing its latest tire pressure monitoring tech to North America
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — WABCO Holdings Inc. is making its new IVTM integrated monitoring of tire pressure on trucks, trailers and buses technology available in the North American market.
#MATS: Utility significantly reduces pollutants in trailer manufacturing
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Trailer manufacturer Utility Trailer reports that it has reduced over 20% of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and over 87% of Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPS) in its manufacturing processes.
#MATS: Utility expands dry van capacity with 2nd assembly line in Glade Spring
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Responding to a booming trailer market, Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co., is adding a 2nd assembly line at its Glade Spring, Virginia dry van manufacturing facility.
#MATS: Utility introduces new double deck loading system
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The driver shortage and slim profit margins have fleets looking to place more freight on trailers. Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company is responding with a new optional double deck loading system for dry van…
#MATS: Meritor launches new 6×2 tandem axles, improved support programs
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Meritor has introduced a new FUELite 6×2 tandem axle, which the company says will reduce weight and save fuel to the tune of 2%.
#MATS: Paccar’s truck, engine businesses eye growth in 2012
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Paccar announced at the Mid-America Trucking Show that it has deployed more than 20,000 trucks with its own MX engines, with a current backlog of another 6,000 units in the pipeline.
Billy Basenberg gets – Back on the Road’ as Arrow Truck Sales’ 2012 winner
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – It’s been called “the power of the human spirit,” “people helping people” and a leg up for “the real Americans – truck drivers.” “It” is Arrow Truck Sales’ Back on the Road program, which today announced Billy Basenberg of near Jasper…