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Kenworth assembly plant celebrates 25 years
Having produced over 144,000 Kenworth trucks over the 25 years, production is still going strong at Kenworth's assembly plant in Renton, WA. Learn more today.
September 18, 2018
Business
First Volvo truck built in Va. facility comes back
A 1982 Volvo F7, the first model to be produced in the US, has a new home at the Volvo Trucks Customer Center thanks to the Wilson family of Wilson Trucking.
August 21, 2018
Business
Strick Trailers adds production line
Strick Trailers has expanded its Monroe, Indiana, manufacturing facility by adding a 44,000-square-foot production line dedicated to âthe unique characteristics of its custom trailer business,â the company says.
November 1, 2017
Business
Cummins N.Y. plant celebrates 40 years
Cummins celebrates the 40th anniversary of its Jamestown Engine Plant (JEP) in Jamestown, N.Y. Typically, more than 400 engines are built per day at JEP, and the plant produced its 1.5 millionth heavy-duty engine in the summer of 2013. Each of the plantâs engines meets the emissions regulations in every part of the world to which [âŚ]
August 8, 2014
Business
Volvo investing $69 million in Va. plant
The Volvo VNM, VNL, VNX, VHD and VAH trucks are assembled at the plant.
June 27, 2014
Business
Navistar confirms âworkforce reductionsâ
Navistar is cutting jobs, but declines further comment until an event next week, said spokesperson Elissa Maurer. The Chicago Tribune reported on Aug. 9 that the company was planning âa few hundred layoffs.â Another 140 contract jobs are reported to be terminated as well. The Chicago-area Daily Herald published a similar story.  âWe have been in the process [âŚ]
August 30, 2013
Overdrive Extra
These nine factory sectors are hot
The Institute for Supply Managementâs April survey shows that economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded last month for the fifth consecutive month.
May 2, 2013
Channel 19
PHOTOS: Meritor trailer axle plant
A photo gallery and more, providing a window into the Frankfort, Ky., manufacturing facility where Meritorâs 10 millionth trailer axle was recently produced.
February 9, 2013
Business
Manufacturing index contracts in July
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in July for the second time since July 2009.
August 1, 2012
Channel 19
Trucking fruit in Obamaâs energy, manufacturing messages
If you missed last nightâs State of the Union address, the President followed in predecessorsâ footsteps by detailing a veritable laundry list of election-year policy initiatives with no small measure of specific requests for the deadlocked Congress â many of which, itâs sure, will not see the light of day this year. All the same, [âŚ]
January 25, 2012
Overdrive Extra
Factory freight finishing strong
Owner-operators with hauls tied closely to factory output should see good demand through year-end, based on todayâs report from the Institute for Supply Management.
December 1, 2011
Overdrive Extra
Santaâs elves cranking out electronics
Manufacturing continued growing in October, but at a slower pace than September, according to the Institute for Supply Management.
November 1, 2011
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