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In the endless quest to make trailers lighter, sturdier and more thermally efficient, some trailer manufacturers are expanding their use of composite materials, which could offer the potential for a higher strength-to-weight ratio.

Alliance Creative Group, a Chicago-based firm engaged in product development, packaging and printing, fulfillment and transportation services, said it will transfer its trucking clients and most of its drivers to Mark-It Express Logistics, a bigger and more established trucking company.

ATLANTA — Peterson Manufacturing Co. introduced an intelligent trailer system that the company said brings expanded connectivity and telematics capability to trailers.

Wabash National Corp. CEO Dick Giromini will step down June 1 and be succeeded by President and Chief Operating Officer Brent Yeagy, one of several announcements made by the Lafayette, Ind., trailer manufacturer Dec. 15.

ATLANTA — Trailers are on the verge of delivering more than just freight. A bevy of additional sensors linked to various components are coming to trailers to relay increasing amounts of data, suppliers said.

Hutchinson Kansas’s Sun Valley Trucking has so many Wilson trailers in its fleet that the national semi-trailer manufacturer recently asked the growing company to become an authorized repair center for its equipment.

Trailer maker Wabash National Corp. launched a private offering of $325 million in senior unsecured notes as part of the purchase for the previously announced pending acquisition of truck body builder Supreme Industries Inc.

Motorists on Interstate 95 might be doing a double-take this summer as they share the road with a tractor-trailer hauling a highly unusual piece of cargo — a 5,500-pound Mars rover replica.

Trailer orders in June notched the seventh consecutive month of year-over-year gains, as they topped 20,000, ACT Research Co. said.

Truck dealership TransChicago Truck Group announced its Gary, Ind., location now is a dealership for Transcraft and Benson open-deck trailers.