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Great Dane to close Savannah GA plant

Great Dane Trailers plans to close its original manufacturing facility in Savannah GA effective January 9, 2009. The extended economic downturn coupled...

Refrigerated trailer manufacturing partnerships

It Takes a Lot of trust to commit well over $100 million to build a new state-of-the-art manufacturing plant to supply the needs of just one customer,...

Trailer alignment impacts fuel economy

Most people know that misaligned axles on tractors can result in irregular wear on the steer and drive tires. But what about the trailers?...

DOE assigns Navistar role
in developing new trailers

Navistar was recently selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to participate in an alternative-vehicle technology project aimed at accelerating development, evaluation, and deployment of aerodynamic trailers to reduce fuel consumption by heavy-duty tractor trailers....

Wabash National
announces layoffs

Wabash National Corporation’s Lafayette IN manufacturing operations will commence an extended holiday shutdown for the period December 22, 2008 through January 5, 2009, at which time certain operations will be restarted....

Reed Boardall tracks real-time trailer temps

Reed Boardall, one of the largest temperature-controlled food distribution businesses in the United Kingdom, has been working with information technology...

Great Dane will close
plant in Savannah GA

Great Dane Trailers plans to close its original manufacturing facility in Savannah GA effective January 9, 2009....

Hercules goes to Lean Manufacturing

Hercules Manufacturing is adopting Lean Manufacturing practices to help it become more responsive to customers' needs and schedules, while also better...

TrailerTail device receives
DOT's length exemption

ATDynamics Inc. announced that its aerodynamic TrailerTail, a patented rear-drag reduction device for tractor-trailers proven to improve fuel efficiency by 5%, has received an exemption from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s length restrictions on commercial motor vehicles....

Hyundai Translead launches new composite trailer

The HT Composite XT dry freight van trailer from Hyundai Translead is designed specifically for extra tough protection from everyday wear-and-tear. The...