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Penske Truck Leasing and City Harvest in New York City, have launched an environmentally- friendly refrigerated truck fleet. . .Donaldson Company is the recipient of the 2007 Daimler Trucks North America’s Master of Quality supplier award. . .PHH Arval and Eaton Corporation were both named on the 2008 InformationWeek Top 100 list which recognizes companies that harness technology to improve efficiency, boost productivity, drive revenue and establish a competitive advantage. . .GE Capital Solutions Fleet Services’ Mobile Resource Management via telematics solution has been recognized by the Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA) as a finalist for its Tekne Award in the category of Technology Services. . .Enterprise Rent-A-Car’s President and Chief Operating Officer Pamela Nicholson has been named to Forbes magazine’s 2008 list of The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women. . .Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions is releasing its fourth comprehensive fuel economy guide, “Tires and Truck Fuel Economy – a New Perspective”. . .AmeriQuest Transportation Services has come in at No. 632 on Inc. magazine’s list of the 5,000 fastest growing private companies in the country. . .For the fourth year in a row, Cummins Inc. has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World index, which represents the top 10 percent of the world’s largest 2,500 companies in corporate sustainability. . .Hendrickson has published Solutions at Work, an update of the Truck Suspension Systems Parts Catalog which features sections including popular kits, popular parts, suspension conversions, product profiles section guides and parts lists.

People on the Move

Richard Curran has been hired as vice president of the Auto & Light Truck Division for 1st Source Bank. . .Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America has appointed Greg Gusko as marketing manager. . .Ignacio Aguerrevere has been hired as senior manager, global marketing for Eaton Corporation’s truck groupKarlheinz Evertz has been named manager of Continental’s worldwide original equipment passenger and light truck tire business and Nikolai Setzer is now managing Continental’s AG’s replacement passenger and light truck tire business in Europe and Africa. . .Mack Trucks has named Thomas M. Kelly III as the senior vice president of product portfolio management; Kevin Flaherty has been named senior vice president of Mack – U.S. and Canada; Michael McNally has been named as the vice president of sales; Michael Reardon has been named vice president of marketing and Brian Buckley has been named northeast regional vice president.

J.J. Keller

Taking $tock

A look at truck transportation-industry Fortune 500 public companies:

Company Symbol
(Click for Chart)
09/24 Close Two Week Performance
ArvinMeritor ARM $13.94 $0.85 5.75%
Avis Budget Group Inc. CAR $5.90 $0.06 1.03%
Caterpillar Inc. CAT $61.74 $1.80 2.83%
Cummins Inc. CMI $53.09 $4.55

7.89%

Dana DAN $5.80 $0.18 3.01%
Eaton ETN $59.97 $2.95 4.69%
General Electric GE $24.59 $0.36 1.44%
Goodyear Tire & Rubber GT $15.98 $0.52 3.15%
PACCAR Inc. PCAR $40.20 $0.28 0.69%
Ryder R $60.00 $1.80 2.91%

SOURCE:  Yahoo! Finance and bigcharts.com

R.L. Polk

Money Matters

  • Eaton Corporation has extended its contract with the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) for five years and expects sales to top over $100 million over the course of the extension. FULL STORY

  • The Value Pricing Pilot Program under the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is planning to offer $12 million in grants during fiscal year 2009 for innovative pricing strategies that relieve congestion. FULL STORY

  • U.S. sales for Class 8 trucks rose for the third straight month to 9.2 percent in the month of August. FULL STORY

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