Alcoa Rolls Out Corrosion-Resistant Aluminum Wheel
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Wheel manufacturer Alcoa unveiled a highly corrosion-resistant lightweight aluminum wheel, the Dura-Bright EVO, March 26 at the Mid-America Trucking Show here.
March 26, 2015Daily Briefings from Transport Topics
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Continental Hypes General Tire’s 100th Birthday
LOUISVILLE, Ky.— Continental AG, a giant German manufacturer with more than $35 billion in annual revenue, used its time here at the Mid-America Trucking Show to boost attention for one of its smaller brands, 100-year-old General Tire.
March 26, 2015Clinton Blackburn Named Goodyear's Highway Hero
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Clinton Blackburn of Morehead, Kentucky, who is credited with saving the life of a jailer who was transporting a prisoner that escaped, was named Goodyear's 32nd Highway Hero at the Mid-America Trucking Show on March 26.
March 26, 2015Next GHG Rule Unlikely to Force Major Changes in Engine Architecture, Cummins Exec Says
COLUMBUS, Ind. — Today’s heavy-duty truck engine architecture with diesel particulate filters, exhaust gas recirculation and selective catalytic reduction aftertreatment will not need to change dramatically under the next round of federal greenhouse-gas standards, an executive at engine maker Cummins Inc. predicted.
March 26, 2015Wabco Unveils OnGuardACTIVE Collision-Mitigation System
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Truck-controls vendor Wabco introduced an enhanced collision-mitigation system that uses a 77 GHz radar that the company said maintains performance in all weather situations and provides longer-range detection than competing systems that use 24 GHz radar.
March 25, 2015Bendix Introduces Wingman Fusion Warning-Control System
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems announced Wingman Fusion, an integrated warning and truck control system that combines several capabilities into one safety alert-control package.
March 25, 2015Espar Products to Formally Become Eberspaecher
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Espar Products Inc. will formally announce during the Mid-America Trucking Show that it is changing its name to Eberspaecher.
March 25, 2015Bendix Exec Sees More Safety Regs Coming
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — More safety regulations for heavy-duty trucks are coming before the end of the decade, said Fred Andersky, director of government relations for Bendix Commercial Vehicles.
March 25, 2015Cummins Plans New Product Rollout for 2017
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Independent engine maker Cummins Inc. will roll out new products in 2017 — including a model of its best-selling ISX15 — when the federal government next tightens greenhouse-gas emissions ceilings.
March 25, 2015Detroit Radiator Introduces Powercool
Detroit Radiator Corp. will introduce its Powercool radiator this week at the Mid-America Trucking Show.
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