Tagged: Trailers

Dean Engelage Great Dane CEO

New Leadership At Great Dane

New leadership at Great Dane CEO change & new President and COO of Great Dane Bill Crown stepped down from his position Jan 1 Dean Engelage Great Dane’s president new CEO Rick Mullininx new...

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NHTSA Underride Rule Backlash

NHTSA underride rule backlash from safety advocates. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is upgrading safety standards on rear underride protection on tractor-trailers to help prevent crashes involving passenger vehicles, but safety advocates say…

MAC Bullet Trailer

MAC Trailer Acquires Bullet

MAC Trailer acquires Bullet Trailer. This facility now is formally MAC Bullet Manufacturing, currently located at 410 Factory Road in Sunnyside, Wash. Expanded its aluminum dump trailer product line with the purchase of Bullet Trailer.

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Fleets Refurbish Older Trailers

With the continuing supply chain snarl causing manufacturers to accept only limited orders for new trailers, fleets are cleaning up older parked equipment used for storage to meet their immediate needs. For six months…

Novae Corp. welder

Brightstar Acquiring Novae Corp.

Brightstar Capital Partners has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Novae Corp. in partnership with the company’s founder and senior management team, the private equity firm reported Dec. 15. Steve Bermes, chief executive of Novae…

Huge truck in the evening glow

Bill Targets Truck Excise Tax

Bipartisan legislation to repeal the 12-percent federal excise tax (FET) on the sale of heavy-duty trucks and trailers is getting “strong support” from American Trucking Associations (ATA) and Modernize the Truck Fleet (MTF), a coalition…

eNow Trailer, XL Fleet and eNow launch reefer project, XL Fleet has announced a development and supply agreement with eNow for fully electric transport refrigeration units (eTRUs) for Class 8 commercial trailers

XL Fleet & eNow, Launch Reefer Project

XL Fleet, a provider of vehicle electrification solutions, has announced a development and supply agreement with eNow, a provider of solar and battery-powered systems for fully electric transport refrigeration units (eTRUs) for Class 8 commercial…

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