Heavy Duty Trucking, October 2019

Increased truck uptime and service intervals Superior sealing performance and reduced friction Improved fuel economy and lower emissions Outstanding wear resistance for optimum seal life 2018 PACE award winner The Scotseal X Treme delivers CR Scotseal X Treme wheel seals are backed by a 5 year 500000 mile warrantyThe CR Scotseal X Treme seal was engineered to last through the harshest road conditions to help vehicles avoid unplanned maintenance stops The advanced seal design features a patented WAVE sealing lip triple contamination exclusion and an advanced HNBRX compound Find out why were calling the CR Scotseal X Treme the best Scotseal ever made see your SKF Representative for details or go to www crscotsealx treme com SKF is a registered trademark of the SKF Group SKF Group 2018 NOTED Car hauler Jack Cooper Ventures filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy citing difficulty competing with its mostly non unionized competition Solus Alternative Asset Management has agreed to buy Jack Coopers assets and allow the company to operate normally through the bankruptcy process Dana Inc acquired Nordresa Motors a company known for developing and commercializing electric powertrains for commercial vehicles Dana said the investment will improve its ability to deliver complete electric powertrain systems Heartland Express acquired Wisconsin based dry van truckload carrier Millis Transfer for approximately 150 million including 11 terminal locations and five Millis Training Institute driver school locations Millis primarily operates in the Midwest Texas and East Coast Descartes Systems Group acquired BestTransport a cloud based transportation management system provider focused on flatbed intensive manufacturers and distributors Descartes acquired BestTransport for 112 million The company offers a TMS suite of solutions for the flatbed transportation market Cargo securement company Ancra Cargo is celebrating its 50th year of operation having started in 1969 in El Segundo California Formerly known as Ancra International the company was founded by five engineers who began manufacturing air cargo tie downs Women In Trucking Association President and CEO Ellen Voie was named the 2019 Cinderella to CEO of the Year along with winning her award category Climbing the Beanstalk for cultivating an innovative improvement to the workplace to create inroads for women to achieve career goals and enhanced work life balance opportunities for all genders Peterbilt opened the companys fifth Peterbilt Technician Institute campus in Rancho Cucamonga California Since launching in 2013 the PTI program has graduated more than 600 factory certified technicians and boasts a 95 placement rate at Peterbilt service locations OCTOBER 2019 HDT 27 WWW TRUCKINGINFO COM 100 million The amount of capital invested in Hinos state of the art manufacturing facility in Mineral Wells West Virginia 12019 The number of vehicles removed from roadways due to critical vehicle inspection item violations during the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance 2019 International Roadcheck 166 billion The estimated amount it costs for Americans to sit in traffic traffic each year according to the Texas A M Transportation Institutes Urban Mobility Report BY THE NUMBERS