Industry News

On October 30, the Volvo Group and Isuzu Motors signed binding agreements to form a strategic alliance within commercial vehicles in order to capture the opportunities in the ongoing industry transformation, in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding signed in December 2019. The agreements include Isuzu Motor’s acquisition of UD Trucks from the Volvo Group…

Pictured: Raffle Truck sponsors Miller Industries and Hino Trucks participated in the live raffle drawing. (From left) Weldon Wright (Miller Industries), Kipp Felice (Miller Industries), Mike Seamon (PWOF), Dan Margelli (Hino Trucks) and Mike Feenane (Hino Trucks). The year 2020 has been a year to remember with live events taking a back seat to COVID-19.…

The Pennsylvania General Assembly has approved stiffer penalties to violators of the state’s  Move Over Law. Senate Bill 1281 would establish a point system for violations, double the fines for a first summary offense and require the Pennsylvania DOT to educate the public regarding the changes. The bill has been sent to the Governor’s office.…

Join Brown & Brown Insurance for the webinar “PPE: Last Line of Defense in Fighting COVID,” on Oct 26, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., EDT. “Seven months into the battle with COVID and employers are still being sent mixed messages from federal and local government on how to best protect their workers,” states a press release…

The drawing for the Professional Wrecker Operators of Florida (PWOF) Hino/Miller raffle truck will be held at approximately 3 p.m. on Saturday, October 24, 2020, at the Hilton Buena Vista Palace hotel in Orlando, Fla. The drawing will be live streamed via the Florida Tow Show Facebook page. The truck to be raffled is a…

A 22-year old tow operator was struck and killed Thursday, October 16, while assisting a stranded motorist on Highway 99 in Delano, Calif. According to the California Highway Patrol, the operator was standing beside his truck when a Mazda SUV veered from the slow lane and crashed into the tow truck and the operator, who…

National Move Over Day is scheduled for Saturday, October 17. The day was established to raise awareness for the safety of first responders including tow operators, police, fire, medical and other emergency workers. Towing associations observing the event include the Arizona Professional Towing & Recovery Association, California Tow Truck Association and the Wisconsin Towing Association.…

Peterbilt’s Denton, Texas, manufacturing plant is celebrating its 40th year of operation. The plant began operation as a 435,000 sq ft facility with 81 employees on 80 acres of land. Today it sits on 238 acres, employs over 2,500 people and has over 700,000 sq ft of space spread out over multiple buildings. Of those…

HONK Technologies, the on-demand platform for connecting motorists, towing professionals and insurers, has announced the integration of additional fraud prevention capabilities through its ongoing partnership with Checkr. HONK will now look for recent changes in service providers’ operator’s data to supplement annual background checks. Additionally, HONK restricts previously banned service providers from re-entering the HONK…

Due to ceremonies and fundraising events being canceled this year for the international towing museum and Wall of the Fallen, Miller industries is encouraging people to participate in a virtual 5K run or walk event to help raise awareness and funds for the museum’s Survivor Fund. “We are challenging people in the towing and recovery…