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ZF Enables Commercial Vehicles to See, Think and Act

Sep 27, 2016

Friedrichshafen/Hanover. ZF is further strengthening its position as a major technology supplier for the commercial vehicle industry by providing key technologies for autonomous driving. With these competencies, ZF products can enable ...

Tags: ZF, See–Think–Act

Exhibitors Beware: New Trade Show Budget Buster

Oct 30, 2015

Beware exhibitors: After 12 years in the trade show industry, I’ve finally been introduced to the consequences of a mixed shipment. We were hit with “special handling” (aka drayage) charges because of this mixed shipment. ...

Tags: exhibitors, trade show, Budget

Chase Plastics Has Broke Ground for a New Distribution Center

May 18, 2015

Michigan-based thermoplastics distributor Chase Plastics has broke ground for a new distribution center at South Bend, Indiana. Construction work will start tomorrow, and the plant is scheduled to become fully operational by December. ...

Tags: Chase Plastics, Distribution Center

Looking to Install or Replace Commercial Overhead Doors?

Dec 29, 2014

Looking to install or replace commercial overhead doors? Remember Job #1 -- these doors have got to be built for endurance and efficiency. They frequently are required to open and close hundreds of times a day, often for people who are in a ...

Tags: Commercial OH Doors, doors

Dual-Clutch Transmissions Will Define The Future of Transport Technology

Oct 16, 2014

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 ...

Tags: Dual-Clutch Transmissions, DCT technology

ZF Has Produced a Prototype System That Can Maneuver a Long Combination Vehicle

Aug 21, 2014

AACHEN, Germany — ZF has produced a prototype system that can maneuver a long combination vehicle up to a loading dock precisely with no driver in the cab at all. Perhaps with no driver anywhere to be seen, because anyone who can ...

Tags: ZF, Driverless Truck, Auto Parts

Munson Machinery Expands The Size of Its Utica Headquarters by Approximately One-Third

Aug 13, 2014

Munson Machinery is expanding the size of its Utica, New York, headquarters by approximately one-third, it was announced by Charles Divine, President and CEO. “The expansion will boost our fabrication and assembly capabilities to ...

Tags: Munson Machinery, headquarters, Construction

C2C Is a Non-Profit Organization Helping Homeless and Low-Income Children in Boston

May 7, 2014

Cradles to Crayons (C2C) is a non-profit organization helping homeless and low-income children in Boston and Philadelphia get the essentials they need to feel safe, warm, valued, and ready to learn. When C2C Boston relocated its "Giving ...

Tags: fabric curtain, Warehouse Temperature

This Editorial Appears in The March 10 Print Edition of Transport Topics.

Mar 10, 2014

This Editorial appears in the March 10 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. Signs are increasing that the nation's economic health is steadily improving. It's not a barnburner, and there is still some ...

Tags: Transportation, Truck

Iron Ore Shipments on US Great Lakes Decreases 5.3 Percent From 2012

Jan 20, 2014

According to a report from the Lake Carriers’ Association, shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes totaled 58.3 million tons in 2013, a decrease of 5.3 percent from 2012. While the trade had been slightly behind 2012’s pace ...

Tags: Iron Ore Shipments, Mineral

New Technologie to Improve Enterprise-Wide Medication Management Is Declared by Carefusion

Dec 11, 2013

CareFusion, a global medical technology company, has announced multiple new technologies across its device and software platforms to help improve the safety, efficiency and cost of intravenous (IV) medications to enhance enterprise-wide ...

Tags: technology, health, medicine

Noel Perry of FTR Associates Is Holding up Four Fingers and One Thumb

Nov 25, 2013

Noel Perry of FTR Associates is holding up four fingers and one thumb. He had asked a room full of Ontario trucking executives, rhetorically, “how many dry van carriers or reefer carriers have the capability to bid - in a big way - on ...

Tags: Ontario, trucker, master, art, increasing, price

Dr. Wolfgang Bernhard Was Introduced to The North American Trade Press Today

Oct 23, 2013

Dr. Wolfgang Bernhard, the head of Daimler Trucks globally, was introduced to the North American trade press today, during a roundtable discussion held at the American Trucking Associations' Management Conference & Exhibition. Bernhard ...

Tags: Trucks, Transportation

LODEM Recently Released "Vehicle Restraints 101"

Sep 26, 2013

The Loading Dock Equipment Manufacturers (LODEM) Industry Group of MHI recently released "Vehicle Restraints 101." The document provides the basic knowledge required to understand and specify a vehicle restraint safety device in the loading ...

Tags: Manufacturing, Processing Machinery

AMT Is Now Available for The Freightliner Cascadia Equipped with The Detroit DD13 Engine

Sep 22, 2013

The DT12 automated manual transmission (AMT) is now available for the Freightliner Cascadia equipped with the Detroit DD13 engine, Detroit Diesel Corp. announced. The DT12 AMT merges the ease of an automatic with the efficiency of a ...

Tags: Engine, Transportation

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