20 Mar Donaldson Expands Filter Minder Offerings Donaldson Co. Inc announced it is offering its Filter Minder wireless monitoring system for air filters on heavy-duty engines after 18 months of successful field testing. The connected technology is intended to optimize fleet maintenance practices in off-road equipment and on-road truck fleets. Read more...
20 Mar Eaton Cummins to Expand Automated Transmission Lineup Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies announced it is expanding its Endurant automated transmission lineup with the Endurant XD series, which is undergoing testing under severe conditions and is scheduled to be available in 2021. Read more...
20 Mar Tesla Suspends More Production; Elon Musk Says He’s Working on Ventilators Tesla Inc. announced March 19 that it would suspend most production and close its factories in Buffalo, N.Y., and California due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more...
20 Mar Anthony Levandowski Pleads Guilty to Stealing Trade Secrets From Google Autonomous technology developer Anthony Levandowski has pleaded guilty to federal theft of trade secrets charges, according to documents filed in federal court March 19. Read more...
20 Mar Senior House Transportation Policymaker Dan Lipinski Loses Primary Illinois Rep. Dan Lipinski, a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, was defeated in a Democratic primary March 17. His term will end in January. Read more...
20 Mar Bridgestone to Temporarily Shut Down Production Tire manufacturer Bridgestone Americas Inc. announced a temporary phased shutdown of its manufacturing facilities in North America and Latin America starting March 21. Read more...
20 Mar A COVID-19 Supply Chain Shock Born in China Is Going Global The world’s supply chains are facing a root-to-branch shutdown unlike any seen in modern peacetime as efforts to contain the coronavirus outbreak hit everything from copper mines in Peru to ball bearing makers in Germany’s industrial heartland. Read more...
19 Mar Oil Has Best Day Ever After Trump Hints at Role in Price War Oil surged the most ever in New York as the U.S. president said he could get involved in the standoff between Saudi Arabia and Russia that has rocked crude markets. Read more...
19 Mar Economists Warn of Coronavirus Impact on Business Economists are warning that the sudden halt of business activity in the United States caused by the COVID-19 virus will take a serious toll on the economy in the months ahead, and may send the country into a recession. Read more...
19 Mar US Warns Americans Against All Overseas Travel The Trump administration has upgraded its already dire warning to Americans against all international travel as the coronavirus outbreak spreads. Read more...