December Shows Decent Class 8 Order Levels

Published: January 7, 2011

Nashville-based FTR Associates’ latest polling data places December 2010 Class 8 truck total net orders for all major North American OEMs at 25,247 units, a 3% drop from November activity.

With those results, net order activity for the final quarter of 2010 is annualized to 280,324 units, including North American sales and exports.

“Order activity for December came in on the high side of expectations and supports our view that production and sales will continue to accelerate during 2011,” said FTR president Eric Starks. “Freight demand will need to remain solid in early 2011 to maintain this strong order activity for Class 8 units. The current order activity is primarily for units to replace aging trucks.”

TBC promotes Don Byrd to president and CEO

Byrd joined TBC in April 2018 as executive vice president of TBC and president & COO of National Tire Wholesale (NTW).

By Christian Hinton

Published: April 25, 2024

TBC Corporation’s new president and chief executive officer will be Don Byrd. Byrd, who currently serves as TBC’s chief strategy and marketing officer, will replace Sam Kato, effective May 1. Kato will return to Sumitomo, one of TBC’s shareholders.

According to TBC, Byrd’s appointment by the board of directors to president and chief executive officer is a natural transition for TBC and follows a strategic plan developed in collaboration with Kato.