Firestone Industrial Products Company, LLC, has announced significant investment to expand the company’s operations in Central Europe.

Meritor Inc has completed its acquisition of AxleTech from global investment firm The Carlyle Group.

TVS Motor Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TVS Motor Co Ltd has signed definitive agreements to invest USD3.2m in Predictronics Corporation – a company that specialises in providing end-to-end predictive maintenance analytics solutions.

Dana Incorporated has completed the acquisition of Nordresa Motors Inc, an integration and application engineering expert for the development and commercialisation of electric powertrains for commercial vehicles.

Cummins Inc is expanding its 2020 X15 portfolio with a new X15 Efficiency Series engine and the X15 Productivity Series offering operational efficiency without compromising performance and driveability required by drivers.

Cummins’ Components business segment is to reveal the latest research on turbocharging undertaken in its extensive R&D centre at Cummins Turbo Technologies during the Supercharging Conference in Dresden this month.

Valvoline Inc has signed a definitive agreement to acquire certain business assets of Minit Lube.

Volvo Trucks North America is introducing next generation Turbo Compound technology claimed to provide up to an additional 3% improvement in fuel efficiency over the current 13-litre Turbo Compound engine, the D13TC.

New Flyer of America Inc has announced an order from the Connecticut Department of Transportation for 50, forty-foot heavy-duty Xcelsior clean-diesel buses.

First Freightliner eCascadia is expanding its field tests for medium and heavy-duty e-trucks.

London-headquartered CNH Industrial N.V. is to enter into a strategic and exclusive Heavy-Duty Truck partnership with Nikola Corporation, to accelerate industry transformation towards emission neutrality of Class 8 / Heavy-Duty Trucks in North America and Europe through adoption of fuel-cell technology.

Automotive Axles Ltd has opened a new USD36.5m axle assembly facility along with a new state-of-the-art research and development centre in Mysore.