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The Kenworth Truck Company assembly plant in Renton, Wash., recently received a 2012 Gold Award presented by the King County (Wash.) Industrial Waste Program. The award is for compliance with the plant's industrial wastewater discharge permit. The award recognized the plant for one year of no wastewater violations of any kind covering discharge, permit, ordinance, [...]

Freightliner Trucks in support of NASCAR Race to Green® pledged to plant 1,200 trees with the support of the Arbor Day Foundation. During the month of April, for every Freightliner-transported driver who won a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series™ race, Freightliner Trucks pledged to plant trees that will be replanted in various regions in the United [...]

Exceeding goals and excelling in customer satisfaction, Camions Excellence Peterbilt – Laval led the way in aftermarket performance in 2012, earning Peterbilt’s North American Parts and Service Dealer of the Year Award. The award was presented during Peterbilt’s annual Dealer Meeting held at the PACCAR Engine manufacturing facility (Columbus, Miss.) to Nicole and Dany Lussier, [...]

Truck Drivers: Roadies or Rock Gods? Screaming fans, weigh stations and truck stops seem pretty unrelated, but does a connection exist? When Bon Jovi got off the ground they weren’t living much differently than most truck drivers, neither were U2, Metallica or really any rock band throughout history. Musicians may have the glitz and the [...]

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Specs All-Wheel Drive Kenworths for Utility Work With approximately 25,000 square miles of land, the Navajo Nation controls three times the amount of land as the next largest tribal group.  And with the land spread out in parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, it's up to the Nation's own utility department, the Navajo Tribal [...]

Developed to provide more consistent performance without altering existing housings   Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies Simrit has developed a new friction optimized seal that fits in existing standard sealing grooves. Designed to provide more consistent performance, the combined elastomer / polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) system offers low break away force, improved durability and temperature resistance for dry running piston [...]

New Kenworth T800s Honor Military Branches with Inspiring Paint Schemes Patriotism runs through the veins of Rich Carron. Carron served his country in Vietnam, while his dad served in World War II.  His father in-law was in the Marine Corp for 27 years, which included two tours in Vietnam; and two nephews are in the [...]

Recognized for significant sales growth, operational excellence and exceptional dedication to exceeding customer expectations, Allstate Peterbilt of Fargo (N.D.) was named the 2012 North American Dealer of the Year by Peterbilt Motors Company. Dealer principals Don Larson and Jeff Vanthournout accepted the award during the annual Peterbilt Dealer Meeting, held at the PACCAR MX Engine [...]

Effective April 1, 2013, Yoshinori Noguchi has been appointed President of Hino Motors Sales U.S.A., Inc., which operates under the DBA of Hino Trucks. Noguchi is very familiar with Hino Trucks as he has been serving as a Board Member since June 2010, while also holding the title of Managing Officer at Hino Motors Limited [...]

  Mack Trucks’ popular Bulldog Magazine is now available for readers on Android devices such as smart phones and tablets thanks to a new Android app Mack launched for download through Google Play. The free app allows Android users to access current and past issues of the quarterly magazine. Bulldog Magazine, published since February 1920, [...]

CIT Group, Inc., Earns Kenworth’s Top Honor for TRP Parts Support Truckworx Kenworth was named Kenworth's 2012 Parts and Service Dealer of the Year for the United States and Canada during the annual Kenworth Dealer Meeting held recently in Columbus, Miss. The Parts and Service Dealer of the Year award recognizes the Kenworth dealer that [...]