http://trailer-bodybuilders.com/ Trailer/Body Builders News en-us http://trailer-bodybuilders.com/truck-oem/spartan-acquires-utilimaster-1120 Spartan Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPAR) announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Utilimaster Corporation from John Hancock Life Insurance Company, a unit of Manulife Financial Corporation, a leading Canadian-based financial services group, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $45 million truck-oem Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:24:00 EST http://trailer-bodybuilders.com/trailer-output/saf-holland-profitability-1120 SAF-HOLLAND S.A. turned the earnings corner in the third quarter, returning to positive adjusted earnings (EBIT). The company benefited from a highly successful restructuring of its operating business with a comprehensive cost-reduction program, as well as a stabilization of sales and first signs of a return to growth in the company’s end markets trailer-output Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:21:00 EST http://trailer-bodybuilders.com/news/analysis-maine-truck-weights-1120 The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) has released the findings of its analysis on the potential energy and emissions impacts of expanding the federal gross vehicle weight (GVW) exemption to additional portions of the Maine Interstate system news Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:19:00 EST http://trailer-bodybuilders.com/fabrication/sapa-extrusions-cressona-1120 Sapa Extrusions has announced plans to install an advanced, large-capacity extrusion press as an addition to the press line at its Cressona, Pennsylvania, facility. The equipment will bring the total number of presses operated by the Cressona plant to eight fabrication Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:12:00 EST http://trailer-bodybuilders.com/chassis/volvo-mack-2010-certification-1119 Volvo Trucks North America and Mack Trucks are the first truck manufacturers to receive certification from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that their heavy-duty diesel engines meet the new emissions regulations taking effect in January 2010. The EPA10 requirements are the most stringent in the world, reducing both particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) to near zero levels chassis Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:37:00 EST