Phillips Industries offers liftgate dual pole installation/conversion kit
Phillips Industries now offers a complete kit for a liftgate dual pole installation or a single to dual pole conversation. Fleets are seeing an increasing need to have a ground return system versus a chassis ground system for the supplemental power requirements of liftgates, said Phillips Industries. Liftgates that use single pole systems are grounded
Phillips Industries announces retirement of Steve Davis
Phillips Industries has announced the retirement of Steve Davis, national OEM/OES truck sales manager, effective July, 2014. According to the company, Davis retires after more than fifteen years with Phillips Industries and a long history of successful management in the heavy-duty industry. During his tenure with Phillips, Davis has played an integral role in developing
Designing programs to avoid CSA violations
A 2013 CSA Violation Study by Vigillo, which provides a widely used CSA reporting system that aggregates, organizes and delivers fleet safety information in a suite of CSA Scorecards, reveals that maintenance related issues make up over 80% of all violations among all seven BASICs, or Behavior Analysis Safety Improvement Categories. Furthermore, notes Steve Bryan,
Phillips Industries expands air hose product line
Phillips Industries has expanded their rubber air hose product line to include both pre-fabricated and bulk rubber air hoses in blue and red to denote emergency and service lines. Phillips’ recently introduced 3-in-1 and 4-in-1 combination assemblies will incorporate the new color coded air hoses in place of the previous black air hoses in the
Phillips Industries announces John Jacobs retirement
Effective July 1, 2014, John Jacobs retires after thirty-two years as vice president of engineering for Phillips Industries. According to the company, Jacobs was instrumental in designing and developing many of the products introduced by Phillips since he joined the company in 1982. He holds 10 patents for products that have solved problems facing truck
Phillips Industries enters distribution agreement with Innotec Group
Phillips Industries entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Innotec Group earlier this year. The agreement combines Innotec’s Boardfree products with Phillips’ STA-DRY trailer harnesses. Boardfree LED products will be sold under the Permalite XT brand name. Boardfree in-mold technology is a process that eliminates the need for a traditional printed circuit board resulting in a thin light
Connecting components: Spec’ing the proper lighting harness
Reaping the benefits of LED lamps goes beyond simply spec’ing the product. The wiring harness plays a major role in today’s LED solutions. “Here’s the thing that always bothered me: You have fleet managers who are going with the expense of LED lights that are more expensive than incandescent, but they’ll still use the same
Keeping the lights on through proper maintenance
Rolling down the road, truck and trailer lighting serves as a beacon of safety, lighting the way and providing tractor and load visibility to other road warriors, commercial and passenger alike. Today’s lighting solutions shine brighter and longer than ever. The incandescent lighting systems of yesteryear have given way to light emitting diode (LED) products
Lighting the way: Spec’ing electrical system components to balance performance
Rolling down the road, truck and trailer lighting serves as a beacon of safety, lighting the way and providing tractor and load visibility to other road warriors, commercial and passenger alike. Today’s lighting solutions shine brighter and longer than ever. The incandescent lighting systems of yesteryear have given way to light emitting diode (LED) products
Phillips Industries announces new partnership
During a press conference held at the Technology and Maintenance Council 2014 Annual Meeting and Transportation Technology Exhibition, Phillips Industries announced a partnership with Innotec. The new partnership will offer Innotec’s unique Boardfree LED lights packaged with Phillips’ Sta-Dry trailer harnesses. This partnership signifies Phillips’ entrance into the exterior trailer LED lighting market. In September
Good preventative maintenance can cure CSA headaches
Ever since the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration launched its initiative called Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) there has been increased attention to the condition of over-the-road equipment. Everyone wants to avoid problems during a roadside inspection because every infraction will be reported to the FMCSA and made public via the Internet. According to some fleet
Phillips makes Permalogic available for more applications
The Permalogic Selector System from Phillips Industries can now be included in the Phillips i-BOX housing and as a component of the company’s new STA-DRY S7 swivel electrical socket recently introduced for tractor-trailer combinations operating in tight maneuvering environments. Developed for refrigerated freight carriers with heavy cycle lift gates, the i-BOX housing has two thirds