ACT Research hired Funmi Ige-Wright as research director. Before joining ACT, she served for nearly 20 years at Cummins. read more

FEB 16, 2018 - 6:59 am

ACT Research’s preliminary estimate for January 2018 net trailer orders is 39,100 units. read more

FEB 16, 2018 - 6:24 am

Preliminary data from ACT Research indicated that 80,400 North America Classes 5-8 units were booked North America in January. read more

FEB 5, 2018 - 7:02 am

Total Class 8 used truck sales fell 9% year-over-year in December, but were down just 1% for full-year 2017 compared to 2016, according to ACT Research. read more

JAN 29, 2018 - 7:18 am

According to ACT Research, after a flat quarter in Q3/17, U.S. and Canadian natural gas Class 8 truck retail sales rose 9% year-to-date through November. read more

JAN 26, 2018 - 2:17 pm

ACT Research reported 45,700 net trailer orders posted to the backlog in December, while the For-Hire Trucking Index indicated that the freight index rose faster than the capacity index in each of the last 12 months. read more

JAN 24, 2018 - 1:21 pm

According to ACT Research, North American Class 8 orders ended 2017 by rising to a 37-month high of 37,500-plus units. read more

JAN 18, 2018 - 12:27 pm

ACT Research reported a preliminary estimate of 45,200 for net trailer orders in December 2017. read more

JAN 16, 2018 - 6:20 am

According to ACT Research, the freight index rose faster than the capacity index for the 11th consecutive month, allowing the supply-demand balance to climb to the second highest reading ever recorded. read more

DEC 18, 2017 - 7:11 am

Preliminary NA Classes 5-8 net orders were 53,000 units in November, up 44% year over year, and slightly down from October’s order surge. read more

DEC 5, 2017 - 6:42 am

According to an outlook from ACT Research and Rhein Associates, there has been an increase in heavy duty natural gas use from the refuse industry, which has been adding new natural gas-powered trucks in significant volume. read more

DEC 4, 2017 - 2:55 pm

According to ACT Research, Class 8 same dealer used truck sales volumes continued their upward climb in October, rising 12% month over month and 37% year over year to become the best month of 2017. read more

NOV 28, 2017 - 2:35 pm

The U.S. trailer backlog continued to be positive in October, with a stronger than expected improvement of 6% month over month and 8% year over year. read more

NOV 22, 2017 - 6:41 am

As reported earlier this month, orders for Class 8 vehicles surged in October, rising to a 35-month high of 36,033 units. read more

NOV 20, 2017 - 2:42 pm

According to preliminary data from ACT Research, there were 32,000 net trailer orders in October. Final October volume will be available later this month. read more

NOV 17, 2017 - 6:53 am