DTNA leads in sales
of Class 6-8 vehicles

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) announced that it is the Class 6-8 segment leader for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and United States markets....

Purfresh provides
Intellipur service
packages to carriers

Purfresh has announced a series of subscription packages for its Intellipur web-based informatics that give ocean carriers the option to choose the level of visibility and control that best matches their risk management profile and business objectives....

Fresh Perform simplifies
foodservice inventory

Airclic has launched its Fresh Perform product, which automates in-store inventory processes for foodservice operators, resulting in savings, efficiencies, and traceability....

Aleco’s aluminum ImpacDor
suitable for various applications

Aleco, manufacturer of foodservice and industrial traffic doors, announces the addition of the new ImpacDor AL-125-1 for use wherever a lightweight, economical traffic door is required....

Colorado’s food banks
to receive beef donation

Greeley CO-based JBS USA and cattle farmers and ranchers from around the nation are making the largest-ever donation and delivery of 16,000 pounds of beef to Colorado’s Feeding America Food Banks....

Trade mission to connect
US-India cold chain execs
and government officials

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) is organizing a two-week trade mission to the United States that will provide senior private sector executives and public sector officials from the Indian cold chain industry an opportunity to connect with US cold chain suppliers and equipment manufacturers, as well as high-level executives from some of the world’s largest public refrigerated warehousing companies....

Eaton marks 100 years
of industry innovation

Eaton Corporation this year celebrates its 100th anniversarys. Founded as a small axle business in 1911, Eaton has evolved to become a global power management company and a leader in energy-efficient technologies that help its customers use power more safely and effectively. ...

IANA Operations & Maintenance Seminar

The Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) announced the dates of the 2011 IANA Intermodal Operations & Maintenance Seminar. This intermodal operations and maintenance event will be held May 4-5, 2011, in Oak Brook IL at the Oak Brook Hills Marriott Hotel....

Bendix opens Acuña, Mexico, facility

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC celebrated the grand opening of its new actuator manufacturing facility based in Acuña, Mexico. This facility marks the opening of the third manufacturing plant, expanding its Acuña operations....

December trailer net orders continue climb

Net orders of commercial trailers rose to 22,915 in December 2010, a 7% increase over a strong November. ACT Research Co also reported that December factory shipments were up 12% from November and up 69% versus December 2009. ...

Year-end freight volumes highest since ‘05

TransCore’s North American Freight Index that monitors spot market truckload freight movement throughout the United States and Canada ended the year with a 55% increase compared with December 2009. ...

Trucking Condition Index
hits new high in December

FTR’s Trucking Condition Index rose to 7.1 in December 2010, the highest level yet recorded during the current recovery....

IDFA urges swift passage
of free trade agreements

The International Dairy Foods Association has urged the US Congress to move quickly to approve pending free trade agreements (FTAs) with the Republic of Korea, Colombia, and Panama....

United Fresh Foundation
offers compensation tool

The United Fresh Foundation, through its Center for Leadership Excellence, has introduced a national produce industry compensation tool to assist industry members in providing critical compensation benchmarks....

Sysco Corporation
tallies higher sales
in fiscal second quarter

Sysco Corporation (NYSE:SYY) has reported financial results for its 13-week fiscal second quarter ended January 1, 2011....

Government agencies,
DTNA team up to deploy
heavy-duty hybrid trucks

The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA), the US Department of Energy (US DOE), and Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) have begun deployment of 143 heavy-duty Freightliner hybrid electric and Freightliner Custom Chassis hybrid hydraulic trucks under the Maryland Hybrid Truck Initiative (MHTI)....

FedEx Deep Frozen
Shipping Solution
a simpler alternative

FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) has launched FedEx Deep Frozen Shipping Solution, which offers an end-to-end service for shipping temperature-sensitive healthcare products around the world....

Investment puts energy
costs in deep freeze

Food Services of America (FSA), a national foodservice distribution company, was spending thousands of dollars per year to light, cool, and operate its 420,000-square-foot distribution warehouse in Woodburn OR....

ACT Research Co schedules two seminars

ACT Research Co LLC has announced that it will hold its 44th and 45th seminars in Columbus IN on March 28-30, 2011 and September 12-13, 2011. ...

CSA Safety Performance Service available

Qualcomm Inc announced the commercial availability of the CSA Safety Performance Service. The Basic service is available now, and the Deluxe service will be available in the next several weeks. ...

Graves’ letter to Obama advocates common-sense rules of the road

Bill Graves, president and chief executive officer of the American Trucking Associations, sent a letter to President Obama concerning his new Executive Order and its applicability to this administration’s recently proposed hours-of-service rule changes....