The Commercial Vehicle Outlook Conference will bring an impressive lineup of speakers to Dallas Aug. 25-26, 2010, to share real-world insights on the state of the recovery and what the industry must do to survive and thrive in the fourth quarter and beyond. Presenters confirmed to date include:
- Dan Sobic, executive vice president, Paccar
- Max Fuller, co-chairman, U.S. Xpress
- Rusty Rush, president and CEO, Rush Enterprises
- Jim O Neal, president, O & S Trucking
- Leo Suggs, chairman and CEO Greatwide Logistics Services
- Eric Starks, president, FTR Associates
- Scott Kress, vice president sales, Volvo Trucks North America
- Joe Plomin, vice president, Trucks, ArvinMeritor CVS
- Donald Broughton, managing director and senior research analyst, Avondale Partners
- Stu MacKay, president, MacKay & Company
- Ann Wilson, senior vice president, government affairs, MEMA
Medium-duty engines over the past decade have gotten a lot smarter, thanks to the advanced electronics developed first in heavy-duty engines.
Since the early 1990s, commercial truck owners have been driven to balance the need for fuel economy with increasingly stringent fuel-eating emissions controls.
Electronically controlled engines were first introduced to improve fuel economy, said Kevin Otto, director of service for Cummins Emissions Solutions, Columbus, Ind.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. "” Affinia Group Holdings Inc. announced Friday that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offering of its common stock. Affinia Group Holdings Inc. intends to apply to have its shares listed on The New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "AFN."
NEW ALBANY, Ohio - Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc., a leading supplier of fully integrated system solutions for the global commercial vehicle market, today announced that the Company is set to join the broad-market Russell 3000 Index when Russell Investments reconstitutes its comprehensive set of U.S. and global equity indexes on June 25, according to a preliminary list of additions posted June 11 on www.russell.com.
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp. Monday announced that it appointed Todd Bloom as President and CEO of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America Inc., effective July 1.
Bloom succeeds Takeo Ishimaru, MFTA Chief Financial Officer, who had been serving as acting President. Ishimaru will remain as CFO.
The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a proposed rulemaking to change the certification requirements for natural gas vehicle aftermarket conversions.
Under the proposed rulemaking, the agency would approve systems for use on vehicles older than two years, but would not require the Certificate of Conformity for these vehicles. In addition, the agency has also proposed three potential options for engines that have exceeded their regulatory useful life.
Retail sales of light- and medium-duty (Classes 3-7) trucks through the first five months of the year increased 16 percent compared with the same period in 2009, according to recent data from WardsAuto.com.
Manufacturers reported selling 100,074 units through May compared with the 86,555 they reported selling over the same period last year.
U.S. retail sales of Class 8 trucks topped weak year-over-year comparisons for the fifth straight month in May, this time by 13.5 percent, WardsAuto.com reported.
For-hire truckers and private fleets bought 7,895 heavy trucks last month, up from 6,955 during the previous May. The year-to-date figure rose to 40,361 units from 35,451 through the first five months of 2009, an increase of 13.9 percent.
Sales of Class 6 trucks surged 135.5 percent.