For the official launch of its foundation, the Institut National des Science Appliquées (INSA) brought invited its partners to a party on April 20th on the Doua campus in Lyon-Villeurbanne. Renault Trucks was of course present in its capacity as founder member. For the occasion, the company’s CEO, Stefano Chmielewski, said, via video-link: “Patronage allows [...]

PONTOTOC, Miss – For 25 years, J&B Services has been delivering on-time, trouble-free transportation services to a wide array of customers across 48 states. With 140 trailers and 60 trucks, mostly Kenworths, owner Todd Bates is always looking for an edge to help lower operating costs while improving reliability and comfort for his drivers.
Bates’ father, [...]

Novi, Michigan – Hino Trucks 338 model took home the 2011 Medium Duty Commercial Truck of the Year award. The 2011 award marks the second year in a row that the American Truck Dealers (ATD) division of the NADA has bestowed this honor on Hino after its 268 model received the same accolade in 2010.
The [...]

Stuttgart - Disguised test versions are still absolving their final practical trials, but they will already be going on sale in the second half of 2011: the new long-distance trucks are set to continue and build on the success of the bestselling Mercedes-Benz Actros. Transport operators and drivers can look forward to more profitability, more [...]

SUN VALLEY, Calif – Run ’em light, run ’em hard and run ’em long. But, most importantly, run ’em efficiently.
For Tom Fry, owner of Community Recycling and Resource Recovery, located in the San Fernando Valley, California, that’s the recipe for success for the 200 garbage trucks, roll-offs and semis that he manages for the 51-year-old [...]

LOTTIE, La – Steve Kent Trucking has served the oil and gas industry of Louisiana and South Texas since 1992. With five regional offices and a fleet of 175 trucks, mostly Kenworths, the company delivers timely, cost-effective transportation services to oilfields and oilrigs in this resource rich area of the United States.
“We support fast-paced drilling [...]

As a heavy goods vehicle manufacturer, Renault Trucks aims to supply its customers with trucks that offer reliability, high performance and respect the environment. Since it does not believe that environmental challenges can be met with a single solution, its lines of research are therefore focused as much on reducing its Diesel vehicles’ consumption as [...]

Fabrice Gorlier, CEO of Renault Trucks in Russia, recently presented the keys of 234 Renault Midlum vehicles to the Russian X5 Retail Group. Dedicated to making deliveries in urban or suburban environments, the Midlum is particularly well-suited to the X5 Retail Group’s activity, since it is one of the country’s largest retailers, managing over 1,600 [...]

Anaheim, CA.—Isuzu Commercial Truck of America, Inc., distributor of America’s best-selling low-cab-forward trucks, announced that production of gasolinepowered Isuzu N-Series trucks will begin on April 18, 2011, at the Spartan Motors, Inc., facility in Charlotte, Michigan. The company made the announcement at the National Truck Equipment Association’s 2011 Work Truck Show in Indianapolis.
Gasoline-powered NPR (12,000-lb. [...]

Anaheim, CA.—Isuzu Commercial Truck of America, Inc., distributor of America’s best-selling low-cab-forward trucks, and Utilimaster, Inc., a category leading manufacturer of specialty chassis and vehicles, unveiled the Reach™, their gamechanging commercial van, at the National Truck Equipment Association’s 2011 Work Truck Show in Indianapolis.
The commercial van—with a body designed by Utilimaster Corporation atop a [...]