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ASSE introduces lead content certification program
The American Society of Sanitary Engineering has introduced a new Lead Content Certification Program which is now being offered for new and current ASSE listings. ...
Tracking Your Fleet Can Increase Bottom Line
If you're not yet using a GPS fleet-management system, and you're looking for a way to increase your company's bottom line, it's time to consider what a GPS fleet-management system can do for you. ...
Route optimization impacts the bottom line
Plumbing and HVAC business owners managing truck fleets understand that there are some things they can control, affecting their bottom line, and other...
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editor's choice THE 2010 SAVANA CARGO VAN is available in multiple option packages and configurations. Engine choices include the Vortec 4.3L V6, Vortec...
GM releases 2010 Product Guide, ends production of medium-duty trucks
In addition to ending production of the Pontiac brand and selling Hummer, Saturn and Saab brands, General Motors Corp. announced, in tandem with the GM 2010 Product Guide release, that it will cease production of the Chevrolet Kodiak and GMC Topkick by July 31 of this year. ...
Work Truck Show highlights vehicles, tools, technologies
Chicago The Work Truck Show and National Truck Equipment Association Convention held here at McCormick Place in March, featured a variety of work trucks...
Truck show highlights vehicles, tools, technologies
CHICAGO — The Work Truck Show and National Truck Equipment Association Convention held here at McCormick Place in March, featured a variety of work trucks and vans, tools and technologies useful to plumbing and HVAC contractors. More than 400 exhibitors and 8,000 attendees participated in the show, an increase in attendance from last year’s show despite the down economy....
Trucks and Accessories
editor's choice THE EN-PAK AIR COMPRESSOR is a self-contained, truck-integrated unit that is also a hydraulic pump and a generator. Mechanical contractors...
GPS Insight offers options
Scottsdale, Ariz. GPS Insight, a supplier of GPS tracking hardware and software solutions for commercial and municipal fleet vehicles, announced the capability...
Finding Your Way
Many business owners and fleet managers may think that GPS is becoming a necessary evil since it can help them track employee activity. However, GPS fleet...
Contractors Forced to Combat Rising Fuel Costs
Contractors both large and small have begun implementing measures to mitigate the impact of high fuel costs on their businesses. ...
AGC: Steel, Fuel Prices Raising Construction Costs
“Red-hot” steel prices, combined with record diesel fuel costs, are making construction unaffordable, according to Ken Simonson, chief economist for The Associated General Contractors of America....
TRUCKS & ACCESSORIES
editor's choice THIS REARSIGHT BACKUP CAMERA SYSTEM IS designed for use in fleet vehicles. The kit features a 5" TFT-LCD monitor that mounts directly...
Features for Fleet Tracking Solutions Vary
Fleet tracking and management solutions are increasingly popular in the service industries, enabling awareness of where all your service trucks are when technicians are out in the field (typically within three meters) and a lot more data covering how they got there and when....
MSCA's Project Home Again profiled on NBC
Rockville, MD. NBC Nightly News aired a profile of the Mechanical Service Contractors of America's Project Home Again program on its July 27th broadcast....
Your truck fleet can drive your bottom line
By LARRY GEMMA SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR While attending my son Paul's college graduation, I reflected on my 25 years since my graduation and analyzed what...
GM Increases Warranty To 100,000 Miles
General Motors on Sept. 6 announced that it has improved its warranty with coverage up to 100,000 miles or five years across its entire 2007 car and light-duty...
GM touts fuel efficiency of '07 full-size pickups
SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR MILFORD, MICH. Pledging to improve fuel economy without giving up performance, General Motors introduced its 2007 full-size pickup...
Safe-driving program a must for your company
BY ROB MINTON SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR KEEPING DRIVERS SAFE is the goal of any company that operates a fleet or has employees on the road for business. And...
DaimlerChrysler Unveils New Commercial Van
FORT MYERS, FLA. DaimlerChrysler Vans announced Dec. 4 in a press conference here that it is starting to distribute a full-size commercial van in the...
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