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ConocoPhillips Lubricants launches liquid titanium heavy-duty engine oil.

Are hostile elements threatening your engines? Fight back with Guardol ECT with Liquid Titanium, a premium, industry-leading API CJ-4 heavy-duty engine oil - now enhanced with liquid-titanium-additive technology for proven antiwear protection and improved resistance to corrosion and oxidation. Exclusively from ConocoPhillips Lubricants. www.conocophillipslubricants.com/titanium

Top of the News
Study rips flaws in PA Turnpike deal
By Sean Kilcarr, senior editor
A new report picks apart the unsuccessful effort last year to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike to private investors -- illustrating the good and not-so-good elements of using large scale public-private partnerships to fund roadway infrastructure.




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Number-one Bottled Water Company has Reduced Idle Time by 41 Percent Thanks to Cadec’s Advanced Fleet Management Software.

Read how this industry leader is using Cadec’s advanced fleet management software and On-Board Computers in its entire fleet of 40 trucks for idle tracking, GPS management and paperless logging capabilities. With the use of Cadec's solutions “Driver behavior started to change almost immediately.” Read the case study at www.cadec.com/polandspring


Trailers
Xtra Lease adds 1,000 trailers
Trailer rental and leasing company Xtra Lease has begun taking delivery of 1,000 new DuraPlate dry van trailers from Wabash National.




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TruckProtect’s Neck-It! doesn’t just protect your tank from high volume fuel theft.

Using an effective anti-siphon device also reduces regular skimming theft of five to ten gallons. This may not sound like a lot, but lose ten gallons enough times, and it shows on the balance sheet. Neck-It! protecting fuel, protecting Profits. Call 615-866-7984 or visit truckprotect.com.


Running Green
ECS Purifilter Plus gets EPA verification
Catalytic Solutions Inc.'s Heavy-Duty Diesel Systems business unit announced its ECS Purifilter Plus emissions reduction product has received EPA verification.




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The Power of Platinum Conquers Rust-Jacking!

PlatinumShield™ coating extends the life of your brakes. Rust-jacking has been a significant industry problem. Now ArvinMeritor engineers offer you breakthrough technology on its Meritor remanufactured brake shoes with PlatinumShield coating - backed by our 3-Year/300,000-Mile warranty against rust-jacking. Visit MeritorPlatinumShield.com


People
ABF names Evans vp of industrial relations
Wiliam David Evans has been appointed vp of industrial relations, effective June 1st, by ABF Freight System Inc.




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National TruckPorts Offers Secure Trailer Parking & Affordable Shop Space.

If your company operates fleets in the Dallas, TX area, National TruckPorts offers a facility where you can securely park, service and maintain your fleet at a fraction of the cost of owning your own facility. NTP features flexible, cost-efficient shop space with office facilities and secured truck and trailer parking. Visit our website and take a virtual tour. www.nationaltruckports.com


Facilities
FleetPride adds 15th location in Lone Star State
FleetPride Inc. has purchased the assets of Pro Truck & Trailer Supply, including a 21,000-sq.-ft. retail and warehouse facility in Lubbock, TX.

Fleet Management Tools
ODFL goes fleet-wide with PeopleNet
LTL carrier Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL) said it is installing PeopleNet's fleet-management system on its 5,100 trucks.

Editors' Blogs
Straight Talk: "Granny" gives back
By Brian Straight, managing editor
It just wasn't enough for Dianne Smith that she was the random winner of a new Kenworth W900...

Trucks at Work: Daunting hurdles
By Sean Kilcarr, senior editor
For an automotive industry trying to right its wallowing ship, the U.S. retail sales figures for cars and light trucks compiled by J.D. Power and Associates over the last few months don’t offer much of a lighthouse in a storm.

Trucking Around the World
Wabco transmission system re-dubbed
Wabco Holdings' new modular automated manual transmission system, launched late last year, now has a name, OptiDrive...

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