Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. is showcasing three new premium Roadmaster commercial truck tires at this week's Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show in Las Vegas. The new tires include the RM872 long-haul trailer tire, the RM852 ...
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Maruti Suzuki unveiled a revamped version of Swift with improved fuel efficiency when compared to its predecessor. The car is powered by 1248cc DDiS 190 diesel engine capable of producing 75 horsepower and pump 190Nm of torque. Maruti ...
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Aluminum rolling and recycling company Novelis has opened its first plant in Changzhou National Hi-Tech District in China. The Chinese plant will produce heat-treated aluminum automotive sheet and is expected to have production capacity ...
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AmeriPride Services, a textile services and supply company said it received the SafeTRSA Innovation Award and the Clean Green Innovation Award for its efforts to improve plant safety and the environmental impacts of its operations. The ...
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So far, dual-clutch transmission (DCT) technology is only available in the award-winning Duonic gearbox available in Mitsubishi Fuso Canter class 4/5 trucks, but you'll be seeing more of it soon. Fuso was first with a DCT in a commercial ...
Daimler is introducing two Detroit-branded medium-duty engines to North America, company officials announced Monday. The DD5 and DD8 will become available in 2016. Versions of the engines have been operating in Europe but the company ...
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Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company, the industry’s leading manufacturer of refrigerated trailers, dry freight vans, and flatbed trailers, is pleased to announce its largest single trailer order purchased by Prime. Founded in 1970 ...
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Navistar International Corporation (NYSE: NAV) announced today that Anhui Jianghuai Navistar Diesel Engine Co., Ltd. (JND), the company's joint venture with Chinese truck maker Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Co. Ltd. (JAC), has begun engine ...
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BMW is planning to launch MINI 5 door, which is an upgraded version of the MINI with two additional doors, at the 2014 Paris Motor Show. The two additional doors facilitate entry to the rear part of the car, making the entry and exit to ...
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WASHINGTON – The EPA today announced the 2014 winners of the coveted SmartWay Excellence Awards. The awards honor freight industry companies who model environmental leadership and innovation as they move goods across America. ...
Rice husk waste once headed for landfills is now helping the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. produce fuel-efficient tires. Goodyear says it will utilize ash left over from the burning of rice husks to produce electricity as an environmentally ...
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FRIEDRICHSCHAFEN, Germany -- ZF Friedrichshafen has bought TRW Automotive, based in Livonia, MI, creating a huge powerhouse in the first-tier automotive supplier world with combined sales of more than C$42 billion and 138,000 employees ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), along with the American Trucking Associations, Kimberly Clark and the entire trucking industry, is taking this week to honor the 3.1 million professional truck drivers that deliver ...
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The global automotive plastics industry is in boom mode today. Improvements in vehicle design and the ongoing trend toward lighter weight for improved fuel efficiency have led to greater demand for engineering plastic components. A recent ...
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Toyo Tire US has launched the new Toyo Versado Noir, a premium, all-season touring tire for sedans and coupes. The Versado Noir offers long tread life due to proprietary silica compound plus enhancing wet performance and improving fuel ...