Army Looks at Improving Vehicles' Performance With MR Fluid Technology From Lord Corporation
Jul 20, 2004
California Vehicle Engineering Company Uses Lord MR Fluids in Hummer Tests CARY, N.C., July 20 -- Lord Corporation, the world's leading supplier of commercially proven magnetorheological (MR) fluids, devices and systems, is supplying fluid in tests for the U.S. Army to develop unique, magnetically controllable suspensi ... Continue reading
Oshkosh Truck to Acquire European Fire Equipment Companies
Jul 19, 2004
OSHKOSH, Wis.--July 19, 2004--Oshkosh Truck Corporation , a leading manufacturer of specialty trucks and truck bodies, has agreed to acquire 75% of the outstanding quotas (ownership interests) of BAI Brescia Antincendi International S.r.l. (BAI) and BAI Tecnica S.r.l. (Tecnica) from the current shareholders for EUR 15 ... Continue reading
Kia releases photos and technical details of new K-series light truck
Jul 16, 2004
Kia Motors released the first official photographs and technical specifications of the company’s newest versions of its K-series commercial light truck: the K2700, K2500 TCi, and K3000S. The truck will be sold as the Bongo III in Korea. Production of the new K-series trucks will commence in August 2004. Ideally p ... Continue reading
Jul 15, 2004
WINDSOR, ON, July 15, 2004; Increase the V-8 power offerings, add an all-new design, decrease the price and you have Dodge's formula for a market leader.Dodge announced pricing today for its all-new 2005 Dodge Dakota, the largest, most powerful and most capable mid-size pickup in the market. With a Manufacturer's Sugge ... Continue reading
ATA and AAA Washington/Inland to Demo Highway Safety Measures for Summer Travel
Jul 15, 2004
'Share the Road' Program Visits Seattle to Promote Safe Highway Travel in Washington Though Up to 240,000 Vehicles Travel I-5 Through Seattle Daily, Most Automobile Drivers Are Never Taught What They Can Do to Avoid Initiating an Accident With a Tractor-Trailer Who: Professional truck drivers, the American Trucking Ass ... Continue reading
Caterpillar Becomes First Company With a Full Line of EPA Certified Off-Road Engines
Jul 13, 2004
Award-winning ACERT(R) Technology Provides Foundation for Milestone PEORIA, Ill., July 13 -- Caterpillar Inc. further solidified its position as the emissions reduction leader on July 8, 2004, when the Environmental Protection Agency certified a full line of off-road engines as compliant with Tier 3 standards slated to ... Continue reading
Caterpillar Engineers Named Inventors of the Year for Work on ACERT(R) Technology
Jul 13, 2004
/ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 9 A.M. ET TUESDAY, JULY 13/ /ADVANCE/ WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Caterpillar Inc. proudly congratulates our employees, Jim Weber and Scott Leman, today named National Inventors of the Year for 2004 by the Intellectual Property Owners Association. Weber and Leman were team members of the extended gro ... Continue reading
Timken Secures Bearing Order for Liebherr's Largest Mining Truck
Jul 12, 2004
CANTON, Ohio, July 12 -- The Timken Company announced today that it was selected as the supplier for the wheel bearings on the world's largest mining truck, the new Liebherr T282 B. Measuring 7.4 meters (24 feet) high, 8.8 meters (29 feet) wide and 14.5 meters (47 feet) long, the Liebherr truck has a payload of 363 met ... Continue reading
Smart Car's Renschler to Head Daimler Trucks
Jul 10, 2004
FRANKFURT, July 10, 2004; Reuters said that Der Spiegel reported on Saturday that DaimlerChrysler is set to appoint Andreas Renschler, now in charge of the "smart" compact car brand, as head of its trucks unit. Renschler would succeed Eckhard Cordes, whom the company has now decided to name head of its luxury Mercedes ... Continue reading
Oshkosh Truck Completes Purchase of Jerr-Dan Corporation
Jul 10, 2004
OSHKOSH, Wis.--July 9, 2004--Oshkosh Truck Corporation , a leading manufacturer of specialty trucks and truck bodies, announced today it has completed the acquisition of 100 percent of Jerr-Dan Corporation's stock from an affiliate of Littlejohn & Co. Jerr-Dan is a leading towing and recovery equipment manufacturer. Os ... Continue reading
Laidlaw International Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2004 Results
Jul 9, 2004
NAPERVILLE, Ill.--July 8, 2004--Laidlaw International, Inc. today announced financial results for its third quarter of fiscal 2004 ended May 31, 2004. As previously reported, the company emerged from bankruptcy protection in June 2003. Accordingly, the results of the third quarter of 2004 presented in this news release ... Continue reading
Greenhouse Gas Rules: A Literal Dead End for California SUV Owners
Jul 7, 2004
Proposed CARB Rules Would Cause Deaths and Injuries, Loss of Freedoms SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 7 -- In public comments today, SUV Owners of America warned of dire consequences from proposed regulations to implement Assembly Bill 1493, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, particularly Carbon Dioxide (CO2) from ... Continue reading
Mazda Introduces All New 'Titan' Truck Series
Jun 29, 2004
JapanCorp: <http://www.japancorp.net/?page_num=1> Mazda Introduces All New 'Titan' Truck Series Mazda <http://www.japancorp.net/topimg/Low_mazda0624.jpg> Tokyo, Japan, June. 24, 2004 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation announces the new Titan truck series, which will go on sale today at Mazda and selected Mazda ... Continue reading
CAW Members OK Labor Pact with Navistar
Jun 28, 2004
NEW YORK June 27, 2004; Reuters reported that International Truck and Engine Corp., the operating company of Navistar International Corp. said on Sunday that members of two Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) locals have ratified new labor contracts for Navistar's Chatham plant. Members of CAW Local 127, which represents produ ... Continue reading
Former Mitsubishi Manager to Daimler Trucks
Jun 27, 2004
FRANKFURT, June 26, 2004; Reuters reported that German-American carmaker DaimlerChrysler will appoint former Mitsubishi Motors manager Ulrich Walker as head of its trucks unit as part of a sweeping management revamp, a newspaper reported. Citing company sources, Germany's Welt am Sonntag Sunday newspaper said Walker wo ... Continue reading
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