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Commercial trailer net
orders drop in November

November 2009 net orders for commercial trailers declined 27% from a strong October performance, but posted a 73% gain over November 2008, according to ACT Research Co....

ColdShield temperature control
system has special foaming system

VT SVC Inc, a company of VT Systems Inc, is introducing ColdShield, a total temperature management system available exclusively in its Kidron refrigerated distribution truck bodies and trailers....

Commercial trailer orders
show strength in October

Net orders for commercial trailers in October increased 80% from September and 124% from a depressed October 2008, according to ACT Research Co...

Small number of fleets
planning to buy trailers
negatively impacts index

The Q4 2009 FSR Equipment Buying Index as reported by CK Commercial Vehicle Research fell 23% from the previous quarter to a reading of 68.7....

Economic recovery begins;
truck freight growth lags

The recovery has begun, according to the latest issue of The North American Commercial Truck and Trailer Outlook published by FTR Associates, but the transportation industry forecast company warns that any significant freight growth is not expected until 2010 with increased orders for equipment to follow later in the year...

Mack again receives orders
from US Army for tractors

Mack Trucks Inc has received three additional delivery orders for Mack Vision Elite model tractors from the US Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command. The orders are part of a three-year, $28.5 million contract for 152 heavy-duty tractors and trailers, as well as spare parts...

Kögel/Ekeri partnership
gets sizable vehicle order

The Norwegian Postal Service has placed an order for 907 new semitrailers, bodies, and trailers with the Kögel and Ekeri partnership for its two logistics divisions, Bring Logistics and Bring Frigoscandia....

Dorsey celebrates
second anniversary
of renewed production

Acquired by Pitts Enterprises Inc in 2007, Dorsey Trailers announces the two-year anniversary of the first trailer built under Pitts’ ownership....

Commercial vehicle markets on a slow road to recovery

After three consecutive years of double-digit production declines, including more than 40% declines in 2009, the medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicle markets are at the beginning of a three-year period of steady growth, according to ACT Research Co...

Commercial trailer orders increase 14% in August

Net orders for commercial trailers in August 2009 increased 14% from July and 69% from a depressed August 2008, which was during the early stages of retrenchment in the commercial vehicle sector, according to the latest State of the Industry: US Trailers report issued by ACT Research Co LLC...