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  • Kenzen Announces Rental Program For Wearable Heat Health Monitors

    In anticipation of what the U.S. National Weather Service and U.K. Met Office predict to be the hottest summer on record, Kenzen, makers of smart PPE that monitors the heat health of workers in hot and humid conditions, announced a new rental program for its wearable devices. The rental program is being launched to help companies of all sizes across many industries protect workers and maintain productivity during the 2021 summer working season. 

    Kenzen Announces Rental Program For Wearable Heat Health Monitors

     


    Kenzen sells its solution as a system that includes wearable worker monitors, a worker alert app, a manager app for on-site supervisors to predict and prevent heat stress for individuals on the job, and a data analytics dashboard for corporate Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) leaders to track patterns and make improvements to their heat safety programs. 

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    Aug 18, 2021 - 4 years ago

  • FLO Components Receives “Lincoln Distinguished Distributor Award” For 2020

    Mississauga-based greasing solutions expert, FLO Components Ltd. is proud to announce that it has received the SKF Lubrication Management, “Lincoln Distinguished Distributor Award” for 2020.

    FLO Components Receives “Lincoln Distinguished Distributor Award” For 2020
    From left to right: FLO VP Mike Deckert, FLO President, Chris Deckert and SKF Lubrication Management, Ontario District Manager, Bert Nyenhuis.

    The award is presented annually for outstanding sales performance to one or two distributors in North America.  FLO has been the leading distributor for Lincoln in Ontario since 1977 and has been previously recognized with this award in 1999, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2010 and 2017.

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    Aug 18, 2021 - 4 years ago

  • Utility Makes ConMet Preset Plus Standard On All Trailers

    Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co., the industry’s largest manufacturer of refrigerated trailers and a leading manufacturer of dry freight vans, flatbeds, and Tautliner curtainsided trailers is pleased to announce ConMet Preset Plus wheel end hubs as the standard base specification on all Utility trailer models.

    Utility Makes ConMet Preset Plus Standard On All Trailers


    For nearly two decades, the ConMet Preset Plus has been the most advanced wheel end system in the market. The ConMet Preset Plus features an optimized bearing spacer, long-life bearings that are engineered to withstand demanding operating conditions, an integrated spindle nut that makes installation easier and improves wheel end clamp load to maintain proper endplay, precision machined casting, extended life seals, ABS tone ring, magnetic fill plug and easy access fill hole. The ConMet Preset Plus hubs come with an 8-year warranty and are available in aluminum and iron, drum and air-disc brake options for both TP and TN axle configurations.

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    Aug 17, 2021 - 4 years ago

  • SPACs Fueling Over US$38 Billion In IPO’s For Commercial Transportation

    Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) have been growing exponentially, annually over the last two years.  According to ABI Research, a global tech market advisory firm, more than US$38 billion in pro forma equity valuations were attributed to the commercial vehicle space. All those IPO’s focused on strategic technologies for last mile, automation, and/or electrification/alternative fuels.  

    SPACs Fueling Over US$38 Billion In IPO’s For Commercial Transportation

     


    “Multiple manufacturers from Nikola to Proterra, Lordstown, Lion Electric, Hyzon Motors, Einride, and Plus require significant capital to enable full production, with investors ramping up SPAC’s and joining in bidding wars in some cases,” states Susan Beardslee, Freight Transportation, and Logistics Principal Analyst at ABI Research.

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    Aug 17, 2021 - 4 years ago

  • Hendrickson STEERTEK NXT Available on Select Kenworth and Peterbilt Truck Models

    Hendrickson Truck Commercial Vehicle Systems announced today that its STEERTEK NXT fabricated front steer axle has been selected as the standard front axle on the new Kenworth and Peterbilt medium-duty truck models.

    Hendrickson STEERTEK NXT Available on Select Kenworth and Peterbilt Truck Models

     

    STEERTEK NXT is now available to order on Kenworth T180, T280, T380, & T480 trucks and Peterbilt Models 535, 536, 537, & 548 trucks as standard equipment with the additional capacity options.  Hendrickson’s proprietary design and manufacturing process saves weight compared to traditional I-beam axles while combining rigid strength, outstanding maneuverability due to 55 degrees of wheel cut, and reduced maintenance. As with the rest of the STEERTEK NXT portfolio, these new axles come with a best-in-class service interval and feature an exclusive 10-year, 1-million-mile warranty.

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    Aug 17, 2021 - 4 years ago

  • Sensational Six: Trucking Leads Fight Against Prostate Cancer Again

    The Canadian Trucking industry has won the prostate cancer-fighting fundraising contest known as Plaid for Dad as many times as Michael Jordan has NBA titles.

    Sensational Six: Trucking Leads Fight Against Prostate Cancer Again

    For the sixth year in a row, the trucking industry – and Canadian Trucking Alliance member carriers, in particular – won the annual fundraising effort, organized by the Canadian Cancer Society to battle prostate cancer.  (Jordan, who won six NBA titles with the Chicago Bulls, needed eight years to do it, however).

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    Aug 17, 2021 - 4 years ago

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