EAST LIBERTY, Ohio — While Cummins’ focus of its media event here was to spotlight its next-generation engines, it also brought along an important piece of its long history.
July 26, 2016BusinessEquipment
Cummins Unveils Updated Engine Lineup
EAST LIBERTY, Ohio — Cummins Inc. unveiled its updated engine lineup here for 2017, the X15 efficiency and X15 performance series, as well as a new X12 model planned for a 2018 release.
July 25, 2016PerspectiveBusinessGovernmentSafetyTechnologyEquipment
Opinion: Transportation Investment in Idaho Pays Off
Idaho’s Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle program, or GARVEE, recently wrapped up, after a decade of investment in the state’s roads and bridges. Along the way, the GARVEE program transformed the state’s infrastructure in a way we haven’t seen since the interstate system was built through Idaho in the 1960s.
July 25, 2016BusinessEquipment
Class 8 Sales Plummet 27.7% in June; Eighth Decline in Last Nine Months
U.S. retail heavy-duty truck sales contracted for the eighth time in the past nine months year-over-year in June, and the 27.7% plunge was the sharpest decline of the rough stretch dating to October.
July 25, 2016BusinessEquipmentFuel
Shell Rotella Unveils New Engine Oil Lineup
WASHINGTON — Shell Rotella has unveiled its new lineup of lubricating oils, products designed to maintain the hotter-burning diesel engines coming in January 2017 and beyond.
July 25, 2016GovernmentBusinessEquipmentSafetyTechnologyAutonomous
Commercial Vehicle Inspectors to Conduct Brake Checks Sept. 11-17
Commercial vehicle inspectors will be out in force beginning Sept. 11 to conduct brake system inspections on large trucks and buses throughout North America.
July 15, 2016TechnologyBusinessSafetyGovernmentEquipment
Fleets Cite Safety Gains, Reduced Claims Costs With Onboard Cameras
PHILADELPHIA — Several fleet safety executives said their investments in technologies such as collision mitigation systems and onboard video have significantly reduced crashes and claims costs at their companies.
July 15, 2016BusinessEquipment
Cummins Inc. Boosts Quarterly Dividend to Stockholders
The board of directors of Cummins Inc. approved a 5.1% increase in the quarterly dividend July 12, hiking the rate from 97.5 cents per share to $1.025 for all stockholders as of Aug. 22.
July 15, 2016BusinessEquipment
Goodyear Introduces New Vocational Tire
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. on July 11 introduced the Armor Max Pro Grade MSD, a vocational tire designed for trucks working on construction sites and in coalfields.
July 12, 2016BusinessEquipment
Net Income, Revenue Slip at Alcoa, Company Reports
Commercial vehicle wheel suppler Alcoa Inc. reported second-quarter 2016 net income slid about 4% to $135 million, or 9 cents per share, compared with net income of $140 million, or 10 cents per share, a year earlier.
July 12, 2016