The Trucker Newspaper - September 15, 2018

36 • September 15-30, 2018 Equipment
b Cascadia from page 35 b
Transporters recently added 128 new Cascadia
trucks to its fleet.
Last month, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper
visited DTNA’s truck manufacturing plant
in Cleveland, North Carolina, to discuss local
employment, DTNA’s footprint in the state and
Cargo Transporters’ new Cascadia trucks with
executives from both companies.
More than 6,500 people work at DTNA facilities
in North Carolina, and Cargo Transporters
employs more than 700 in the state, according to
a DTNA news release.
“For more than 40 years, we’ve had the
privilege of purchasing trucks from Freightliner.
Knowing that we are getting a superior product
and at the same time employing hardworking
North Carolinians is very important to us,” said
John R. Pope, chairman, Cargo Transporters.
“We have a true partnership with Freightliner
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aftermarket sales desk for seamless and efficient
part order processing.
The Customer Care Center employees currently
located at facilities in Troy and Rochester
Hills, Michigan, will relocate to WABCO’s
new Americas headquarters in Auburn Hills,
Michigan, when it opens in the third quarter
2018.
WABCO’s Customer Care Center is now
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had the honor of producing the 700,000th Kenworth
truck in company history.
“Kenworth’s long-term success in the trucking
industry can be traced back to a philosophy
established early in the company’s history,” Hoemann
said. “Build the right Kenworth truck for
each customer’s application, and build that truck
Trucks and know we can call upon one another
when needed.”
The Cargo Transporters team worked closely
with the North Carolina-based West Carolina
Freightliner dealership to spec’ the right solution
for its interstate and intrastate truckload and drive
van delivery business, Pope said.
Cargo Transporters currently operates more
than 550 Freightliner trucks produced by the
Cleveland Truck Manufacturing Plant.
“The collaborative process with West Carolina
Freightliner together with its proven performance
made adding new Cascadias to our
fleet an easy decision,” said Dennis Dillinger,
Cargo Transporters president. “Our drivers
like how the truck is loaded with interior and
technological updates that make their time on
the road and off more comfortable, and we
appreciate the performance and productivity
advantages we’ve already seen with the new
Cascadia.”
For more information, go to freightliner.
com. 8
open from Mondays through Fridays from 7:30
a.m.- to midnight EST and on Saturdays from 9
a.m.-6 p.m. EST. WABCO customers can reach
Customer Care team members via phone at (855)
228-3203 or by email at wnacustomercare@
wabco-auto.com for technical service questions
or wabconaorders@wabco-auto.com for service
parts ordering support.
“Over the past years, WABCO has greatly
expanded its commitment to the North American
market place and our industry,” Morrison said.
“Our new Customer Care Center is yet another
sign that we put our customers first.” 8
to last. That philosophy continues today at the
Kenworth-Renton plant.”
Kenworth-Renton has achieved the prestigious
ISO 14001:2015 certification for its effective
environmental management system, which
supports the production of trucks in an environmentally
responsible manner.
“Kenworth-Renton continues the company’s
amazing legacy of making excellent Kenworth
trucks in the Seattle area for the past 95 years,”
Hoemann said. 8
THETRUCKER.COM
WABCO partners with Hino for advanced
safety technologies in new Class 7 and 8 trucks
Courtesy: WABCO
WABCO has entered into a strategic partnership
with Hino Trucks to supply safety systems
in support of its forthcoming heavy-duty truck
debut in North America, including a Class 8
tractor with a 66,000 GCWR.
THE TRUCKER NEWS SERVICES
BRUSSELS, Belgium — WABCO Holdings,
a global supplier of technologies to improve the
safety, efficiency and connectivity of commercial
vehicles, has entered into a strategic partnership
with Hino Trucks, a commercial truck brand
headquartered in Novi, Michigan.
Under the agreement, WABCO will provide
its latest-generation braking control technology
and a range of advanced driver assistance systems
(ADAS) for Hino Trucks’ forthcoming heavy-duty
truck debut in North America.
WABCO will furnish Hino Trucks with a
range of technologies from its portfolio of safety
and vehicle control technologies to support Hino’s
all-new XL Series line of Class 7 and 8 heavyduty
trucks, which will begin series production in
early 2019, said a company news release.
The Class 8 portfolio will include a tractor
with a 66,000 GCWR, according to Glenn Ellis,
Hino senior vice president-customer experience.
These include WABCO’s modular braking
system platform mBSP to enable anti-lock
braking (ABS), ESCsmart Electronic Stability
Control and products from its suite of industryleading
ADAS technologies.
Hino will offer its new XL7 and XL8 trucks
with WABCO’s OnGuardACTIVE collision
mitigation system onboard. With powerfully
differentiating performance, particularly in low
visibility conditions, OnGuardACTIVE assists
truck drivers to recognize and respond to potentially
dangerous traffic or weather conditions that
could lead to a rear-end collision with moving or
stationary vehicles ahead, according to Jon Morrison
WABCO president, Americas. This radaronly
system provides acoustic, visual and haptic
(touch) alerts to prompt the driver’s response to
imminent collisions. If the driver does not take
corrective action, OnGuardACTIVE can autonomously
apply the brakes and can bring the vehicle
to a complete stop, Morrison said.
Hino will also offer this range of heavy-duty
trucks with WABCO’s OnLaneALERT Lane Departure
Warning System (LDWS). Helping drivers
to avoid unintentional lane drifting, the most
common accident involving heavy-duty vehicles,
OnLaneALERT utilizes a forward-looking,
windshield-mounted camera to monitor the vehicle’s
position within its highway lane. When
the system detects the vehicle crossing its driving
lane markings without a turn signal having been
previously activated, OnLaneALERT provides
an audible warning from the side of the vehicle
affected. This alert prompts the driver to take corrective
action.
“WABCO’s global technology leadership
in the commercial vehicle industry makes it the
perfect partner to support our entry to the North
American heavy-duty truck segment,” said
Yoshinori Noguchi, President and CEO, Hino
Trucks North America.
“WABCO’s pioneering ADAS and modular
braking system platforms provide significant
advantages for global original equipment manufacturers
seeking to penetrate new markets,”
Morrison said. “We are honored that Hino has
selected WABCO to support the North American
launch of its next-generation heavy-duty trucks,
underlining our technology leadership and relentless
focus on delivering value for our customers
wherever they choose to operate.” 8
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