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NewsMarch 23, 2015

Medium-Duty Orders Remain Favorable

Net orders of class 5-7 vehicles rose to 19,700 in February for a 2 percent gain over the same month a year ago, according to the Start of the Industry report from ACT Research.

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Articlesby Sean LydenMarch 23, 2015

How to Make Fleet Trucks More Productive

The meaning of maximized productivity differs from fleet to fleet, but the means to maximizing vehicle function can be found using a straightforward approach of measuring, spec’ing, and considering the human factor.

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NewsMarch 23, 2015

IronPlanet to Sell More than 2,500 Items

IronPlanet, an online marketplace for buying and selling used heavy equipment and trucks, will hold auctions on IronPlanet and across all of its marketplaces March 25-27, as well as hold a joint live unreserved public auction with Cat Auction Services March 25.

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NewsMarch 23, 2015

Green Truck Association Elects Chairman

The Green Truck Association, an affiliate division of NTEA – The Association for the Work Truck Industry, recently elected new officers of its Board of Governors.

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NewsMarch 20, 2015

Japanese Company Invests in Penske Truck Leasing

Penske Truck Leasing Co., L.P. has announced that Tokyo-based Mitsui & Co., Ltd. has acquired a 20-percent limited partnership interest in Penske Truck Leasing from General Electric Capital Corporation.

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NewsMarch 20, 2015

Ford Using Recycled Plastic Bottles in F-150 Seats

Ford has begun using a material known as Repreve that's derived from recycled plastic bottles to manufacture the cloth seats of the 2015 F-150 pickup and four other vehicles.

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NewsMarch 19, 2015

VW Considering Vans, Trucks for U.S. Market

Volkswagen is considering selling a European-style van and possibly a pickup truck in the U.S. market, a commercial vehicle executive said in Germany on Wednesday.

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Newsby StaffMarch 19, 2015

House Rep. Shuster Declares Fuel-Tax Hike DOA

Speaking to reporters yesterday, House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster argued that both Congress and President Obama lack the political will to increase federal fuel taxes to pay for funding the next highway bill.

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NewsMarch 18, 2015

Knapheide Brings European Upfitter to U.S. Market

Knapheide has signed a partnership agreement with Gruau to distribute the European upfitter’s commercial van products in North America. The agreement will cover distribution of Gruau’s IsoVan product line and retractable crew seating systems.

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Newsby StaffMarch 17, 2015

House Highway Committee Hears from Beyond the Beltway

Roads and bridges may be local projects, but there’s no getting around their funding being planned and executed on a national scale. That message was driven home today in testimony by three representatives of key stakeholder groups before the U.S. House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee.

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