Mckinney Trailer Rentals has purchased assets of Fleet Trailer in Denver, adding a new market for the Pico Rivera, Calif.-based firm.
August 7, 2018trailer
Business, Equipment
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May Trailer Orders Boom Amid Jammed Up Supply Chain
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ACT Research Co. reported trailer orders in May climbed 30% to 23,300, based on its preliminary estimate. Trailer makers called the ongoing surge unprecedented.
June 12, 2018
Business, Technology, Equipment
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Trailer Composites in Focus
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In the endless quest to make trailers lighter, sturdier and more thermally efficient, some trailer manufacturers are expanding their use of composite materials, which could offer the potential for a higher strength-to-weight ratio.
May 11, 2018
Business, Logistics
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Digital Marketing Firm ACG Transfers Trucking Assets to Mark-It Express
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Alliance Creative Group, a Chicago-based firm engaged in product development, packaging and printing, fulfillment and transportation services, said it will transfer its trucking clients and most of its drivers to Mark-It Express Logistics, a bigger and more established trucking company.
April 17, 2018
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety
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Peterson Launches Intelligent Trailer System
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ATLANTA — Peterson Manufacturing Co. introduced an intelligent trailer system that the company said brings expanded connectivity and telematics capability to trailers.
March 6, 2018
Business, Equipment
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Wabash National CEO Dick Giromini to Step Down June 1
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Wabash National Corp. CEO Dick Giromini will step down June 1 and be succeeded by President and Chief Operating Officer Brent Yeagy, one of several announcements made by the Lafayette, Ind., trailer manufacturer Dec. 15.
December 15, 2017Suppliers See Intelligent Trailers Gaining Prominence
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ATLANTA — Trailers are on the verge of delivering more than just freight. A bevy of additional sensors linked to various components are coming to trailers to relay increasing amounts of data, suppliers said.
September 27, 2017
Business, Equipment, TCA
Kansas Trucking Company Expands to Trailer Repair
Hutchinson Kansas’s Sun Valley Trucking has so many Wilson trailers in its fleet that the national semi-trailer manufacturer recently asked the growing company to become an authorized repair center for its equipment.
September 11, 2017
Business, Equipment
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Wabash Launches Private Offering to Fund Pending Supreme Acquisition
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Trailer maker Wabash National Corp. launched a private offering of $325 million in senior unsecured notes as part of the purchase for the previously announced pending acquisition of truck body builder Supreme Industries Inc.
September 11, 2017
Technology, Equipment, Logistics
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Special Care Taken to Haul Out-of-This-World Cargo Along East Coast
Olivia George/Special to Transport Topics
Motorists on Interstate 95 might be doing a double-take this summer as they share the road with a tractor-trailer hauling a highly unusual piece of cargo — a 5,500-pound Mars rover replica.
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