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Allison Cuts 2025 Guidance on Weak On-Highway Truck Demand

Allison Transmission profit nudged higher in Q2 of 2025, but ongoing U.S. on-highway truck demand weakness led the automatic transmission specialist to cut its full-year guidance.

August 5, 2025
BusinessEquipment

UAW Faction Seeks to Oust President Shawn Fain

Workers at a Stellantis truck factory in suburban Detroit and an engine plant in Michigan voted over the weekend to start the union鈥檚 process to remove its leader ahead of an election next year.

August 5, 2025
BusinessEquipmentLogistics

Port of Oakland Drayage Carriers Shut Down After 40 Years

Two longtime stalwarts of the drayage community serving the Port of Oakland and beyond closed their doors in recent weeks after around four decades in business each.

August 5, 2025
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentSafetyLogistics

Shipbuilder Sued Over Baltimore Bridge Collapse

Grace Ocean Private and Synergy Marine, the owners of the Dali, filed the lawsuit last week against Hyundai Heavy Industries in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

August 5, 2025
GovernmentBusinessEquipment

Caterpillar Misses Profit Estimates as Tariffs Push Up Costs

Caterpillar 鈥 seen as a bellwether of the health of the global economy 鈥 saw total sales slip in both construction and resource industries.

August 5, 2025
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyLogistics

Trailer Flooring Market Sees Few Changes, R&D Spending Grows

Some products have been tweaked over the years, but the basics of trailer flooring have remained constant, said Mark Glasgow, chief of sales at trailer manufacturer Utility Trailer.

August 5, 2025
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Copper Gains After Trump Spares Refined Metal From Tariff

Copper rose as traders digested President Donald Trump鈥檚 decision to spare the most traded form of the metal from his 50% tariff, while a mine accident in Chile raised supply concerns.聽

August 4, 2025
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Bulk Container Manufacturer to Invest $31 Million in Missouri

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe welcomed a $31 million expansion by a unit of Sch眉tz Container Systems in an investment targeting Midwest customers by the maker of intermediate bulk containers.

August 4, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipment

BMW Strikes Back at Tesla With Longer-Range EVs

The聽 iX3 SUV will be the first of 40 new or updated models.聽鈥淲e鈥檙e 109 years old, and it鈥檚 by far the biggest single investment into one architecture we鈥檝e ever done,鈥 CEO Oliver Zipse said.

August 4, 2025
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Aurora Earns First Revenue in a Quarter of Milestones

The Pittsburgh-based automated driving developer during the quarter launched commercial driverless operations, added a terminal in Phoenix and began initial nighttime operations.

August 4, 2025