Daimler Trucks North America has announced an $18 million investment to upgrade its current research and development facility in Madras, that is Madras, Oregon in the USA, not the more well known one in India! […]
Fuel operator Puma Energy has completed the acquisition of BP Australia’s bitumen business, making it one of the largest suppliers of bitumen in the country. The purchase agreement, signed in March, means Puma Energy will […]
Isuzu Truck has announced it has created a new role entitled marketing manager, CRM and Digital and appointed Michael McLean to the role. Dealing with customer engagement and relations management, the position will also strategically position […]
In another indication that things are starting to turn tough, family owned trailer manufacturer Tieman Industries has been placed in voluntary administration after 62 years in the business. However company founder Neil Tieman and his […]
One of the quiet achievers of road transport Jim Pearson achieved a significant milestone recently with the delivery of the 200th Freightliner for his Port Macquarie based Jim Pearson Transport. “Freightliner continues to be my provider […]
The same disruptive technology that Uber has brought to the taxi industry is coming to the truck industry according to a report by global analysis giant Frost & Sullivan. According to the report the transportation […]
Australian truck sales have softened in July with total volume off by 793 units or 23 per cent compared with June. The soft numbers have alarmed some industry experts who believed that the market may […]
T&TT LCV specialist Glenn Torrens gives us his impressions of the new Vito following the recent Aussie launch SAFETY WITH ABILITY is the message from Mercedes about its new Vito van range. All-new, the VS20 […]
Things are clearly percolating at leading bus builder Volgren with the company recently breaking a delivery record while also celebrating a major milestone with the 4000th bus rolling out of its Victorian facility at Dandenong. […]
Caterpillar has announced it will split with joint venture partner Navistar in the US and will start building its own on highway trucks from its plant in Victoria, Texas. But the divorce in the US […]
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