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U.S. manufacturing expanded in August at the fastest pace since late 2018, powered by growth in new orders that are a bright spot in an otherwise struggling economy.

Robert E. Mercer, a former chairman and CEO of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., died Aug. 28 at the age of 96.

Ford is ending production of ventilators and returning the factory where they were built to full-time auto-parts output after completing delivering 50,000 ventilators to the government.

Continental announced the appointment of two new leaders Aug. 25 for the truck tires division in the Americas region.

Imagine that a half-loaded trailer sitting in a yard for five days could tell you that its right front outside tire had low air pressure. For a trailer equipped with telematics technology capable of powering itself untethered to a tractor, such a scenario is not only possible, but doable.

Stoughton Trailers announced two executive appointments, naming Sue Vanderbilt chief financial officer and Jeremy Sanders chief commercial officer.

Bollinger Motors, a startup already developing an electric pickup truck and large SUV, plans to go into the commercial vehicle business.

Used Class 8 vehicles in July were, on average, younger, cost less and had about the same mileage compared to a year earlier, ACT Research reported.

Daimler Trucks North America CEO Roger Nielsen sees the production and sale of new trucks reaching replacement levels by the end of 2020.

The trucking industry could soon see a jump in contract rates if the current environment holds steady, experts said.