Alcoa Wheel Products offers new tire management system
Alcoa Wheel Products introduced its new InTire Management System – a Web-based fleet maintenance management tool that provides real time data on tire pressure and tread depth throughout an entire fleet.
Alcoa offers lifetime wheel warranty
Alcoa Forged Specialty Wheels, a Cleveland-based business unit of Alcoa Inc., announced the expansion of its product warranty to a lifetime limited warranty across the entire automotive aftermarket replacement wheel portfolio.
Protecting your heavy-duty fleet’s wheel-being
Considering that wheels and tires endure constant exposure to elements and debris, their durability becomes even more paramount.
Kenworth T680 Signature Edition, W900 Limited Edition trucks celebrate 100 years
Kenworth was founded in 1923 and the company says it has since put more than 1.3 million trucks on U.S. and Canadian roads.
MEMA names new executive director of strategy, research
Jackson was most recently executive director of Strategy and Research for MEMA’s light duty original equipment division.
Donaldson Filter Minder Connect receives Jim Winsor Technical Achievement Award
The North American Truck Writers, a committee of transportation and logistics writers, announced at the Technology & Maintenance Council’s Annual Meeting & Transportation Technology Exhibition that Donaldson Filter Minder Connect is the winner of the 2022 Jim Winsor Technical Achievement Award for its connected IoT filtration monitoring solution. The annual award spotlights products or services
Photo gallery: TMC 2022
What a difference six months makes. The last TMC took place in September just as supply chain stranglehold was tightening its grip, and you could feel the frustration in the trucking industry on all sides. This year’s TMC show struck a distinctly more positive note. The press day on Sunday was packed with products and
Michelin debuts Michelin X One Line Energy D2 wide-base single tire
Michelin North America Inc. is launching the Michelin X One Line Energy D2 tire for fleets that drive tires in truckload line haul transportation, the company announced during a press conference at TMC 2022. Launching May 1 in North America, the tire is designed for fuel savings and low total cost of ownership. The X One Line
Truck wheel technology for weight savings, corrosion resistance, connectivity
Every fleet has unique preferences for wheel specifications, notes Mike Palladino, director of wheels product management at Accuride. Manufacturers should ask what’s important to their customers, he relates. For example, is it light-weighting equipment, financial impact, aesthetics or driver preference? They also need to be ready to meet all of the requirements for any vocation.
TMC 2020: All the news from the show (Updated)
Fleet Equipment is live covering the 2020 TMC Annual Meeting and Exhibition, the industry’s annual gathering where rules and regulations are set, issues are discussed, and news is made. You can find all that news below, and this post will be updated throughout the week as more news breaks. You can also find the rest
