12 Jul Bendix Marks Brake Milestone in North America Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems announced the Bendix ADB22X air disc brake has passed the 3 million unit mark in North America, citing its advantages in performance, uptime and return-on-investment compared with drum brakes. Read more...
12 Jul Fontaine Brings Friction Stir Welding to Revolution Trailer Fontaine Commercial Trailer Inc. announced it assembles its Revolution brand all-aluminum platform trailer using StirLITE friction stir welding. Read more...
12 Jul Ryder Increases Dividend, Adds Maintenance Facility Ryder System Inc. increased its regular quarterly cash dividend by 2 cents to 56 cents per share. Read more...
12 Jul Perspective: ELD Data Can Help Fleets Improve Safety The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance will hold its annual Operation Safe Driver Week July 14-20, and this year’s theme is speeding. Read more...
12 Jul New, More Agile Robots Speed Takeover of Jobs From Humans Robots that can see, learn and grip different items are advancing quickly into the retail, food-and-beverage, and consumer-packaged-good industries. While deliveries of robots to the U.S. auto industry fell 12% last year, shipments to food and consumer-product companies soared 48%. Read more...
12 Jul Clean Energy Fuels Opens RNG Station in New York City Clean Energy Fuels Corp. opened its newest natural gas fueling station in Hunts Point — the first station in New York City to exclusively offer renewable natural gas for medium- and heavy-duty vehicle fleets. Read more...
12 Jul Eco-Energy Launches Logistics Service for Ethanol Market Eco-Energy, a biofuel supply chain company, launched its Ethanol Logistics Service on July 11 to reach a broader mix of ethanol buyers and shippers, and create the largest asset-backed logistics management service exclusively focused on ethanol. Read more...
12 Jul Walmart Hunts for New Online Revenue Chief as Losses Mount Walmart Inc. has a hole to fill at its online unit, and whoever assumes the role faces a big challenge ahead. The company is searching for a new chief revenue officer for its U.S. e-commerce business, who would work under online leader Marc Lore to help map out its battle plan against Amazon.com, Target Corp. and other rivals. Read more...
12 Jul USDOT Announces $477 Million in Grants to Airports Grants totaling $477 million will be used to assist with repairs and expansions at 264 airports, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced July 10. Read more...
12 Jul Producer Prices Increased More Than Forecast in June A measure of underlying U.S. producer prices increased in June by more than forecast, driven by trade services and indicating inflation may be starting to stabilize. Read more...