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Now French authorities are attempting to halt the flow of asylum seekers on their way to Britain by offering them temporary visas if they promise to leave Calais. Just unbelievable. These illegals needs to be escorted out of France.

The Local / July 7, 2015 German-owned Patriot missiles stationed in Turkey were briefly taken over by hackers, according to media reports on Tuesday. The attack took place on anti-aircraft ‘Patriot’ missiles on the Syrian border. The American-made weapons had been stationed there by the Bundeswehr (German army) to protect Nato ally Turkey. According to the civil service magazine, the missile system carried out “unexplained” orders. It was not immediately clear when these orders were carried out and what they were. The magazine speculates about two weak spots in the missile system which could be exploited by hackers. One such weakness is the Sensor-Shooter-Interoperability (SSI) which exchanges real time information between the missile launcher and its control system. The second exposed point is a computer chip which controls the guidance of the weapon. Attackers might have gained access in two different ways, one that takes over the operating of the missile system and one that steals data from it. The patriot missile has been in service in the US army since 1984 and was first used in operation in the first Gulf war in 1991. In 2012 Turkey asked that its Nato partners support it by stationing Patriot missile systems there, after the civil war in Syria drew closer to its southern border. In June 2015 Germany announced that it would replace its Patriot missiles with MEADS, an air defence system designed in cooperation with the USA and Italy.

Prime Mover Magazine / July 7, 2015 Queensland-based transport company, DGL Logistics, has taken delivery of its 150th Mack truck. DGL’s milestone Mack is a Granite model equipped with an all-Mack driveline and sports a custom paint job, along with the gold bulldog on the bonnet. “We thought we should do something a bit special for this truck,” said DGL’s Managing Director John West (pictured alongside Vice President Mack Trucks Australia, Dean Bestwick). “We’ve had just about every model Mack has made since the early 2000s, and this truck is certainly a milestone.” According to DGL, the latest Granite will be operating in Sydney hauling dangerous goods. “I asked Mack about doing an individual paint job and putting some bling on this truck and they put me in touch with Wayne Dawson from Belair. Between us we came up with the design,” West said. “I told him I wanted a big bulldog on it pulling the DGL logo and left it to him. I love what he came up with and I’m sure the driver will love it too.” Of the 150 Macks DGL has bought over the years, close to 100 of them are still in service, the company said. “We turn them over every seven years or so, around the 750,000 km mark,” West added. “The Mack service agreement means they’re fully serviced so I don’t have to touch them at all during that time and then I get a good trade value when I sell them.” .

Interest received for all and parts of HHA business Australasian Transport News / July 7, 2015 The search for a positive outcome for Heavy Haulage Australia (HHA) has entered its next stage following Friday’s deadline for expressions of interest (EOIs) in the firm. HHA entered voluntary administration last week, with accountancy Ferrier Hodgson handling the company and haulage firm McAleese, which owns half of HHA, making threatening legal noises. "We’ve had a really good level of interest in the business," Ferrier Hodgson partner Brendan Richards says. "It’s only early in terms of the process of selling it. "We’ve had lots of expressions of interest – converting those into offers is the real task." Amongst the EOIs, Ferrier Hodgson is also fielding interest in parts of HHA’s business. Even if it comes to breaking the business up, Richards says he is "feeling reasonably confident that there is a solution out there". On the block are assets including around 55 prime movers, 120 heavy haulage trailers, 15 cranes and 45 pilot cars and light commercials. HHA’s services include mobile, track and rough terrain cranes, oil and gas rig and camp move services, self-propelled modular trailers and licenced electronic haulage escorts. It also has facilities in Brisbane, Toowoomba/Wellcamp, Beaudesert, Port Hedland, Perth and Darwin. Group turnover is estimated at about $50 million, which is said to be the amount sought by all creditors and about what HHA paid for trailers and 40 new Macks 18 months ago. The $3 million purchase of half of HHA last November has been a huge headache for McAleese, which has admitted woes related to the move will cost it $17 million. HHA’s public profile was raised with its appearance last year in satellite TV show MegaTruckers, which also brought managing director Jon Kelly to broader prominence. But with that has come scrutiny of its finances. Following the administration announcement, Kelly has stated that McAleese has been in the driving seat since the takeover.

Update: Heavy Haulage Australia undergoing restructure Prime Mover Magazine / July 7, 2015 A week after officially being placed into administration, Heavy Haulage Australia (HHA) is now undergoing a rapid restructure in an attempt to preserve the parts of the business that could be of interest to potential buyers. Ferrier Hodgson’s partner and Voluntary Administrator of HHA, Brendan Richards, said that the sales campaign calling for expressions of interest in both the business and its assets has generated a promising response so far, but a restructuring of the business is still considered unavoidable. The downsizing reportedly affects 14 full-time and three part-time staff in Brisbane, two full-time staff in Toowoomba and six full-time staff in Perth and Port Hedland combined. “We have informed all of the staff about the downsizing and explained that, while unfortunate, it is the only way that we have any chance of achieving a good outcome for both employees and suppliers,” said Richards. “We are currently in negotiations with interested parties and I am hopeful of being able to announce a resolution in the very near future.” According to Richards, HHA’s voluntary administration is “yet another indication” of the difficulties facing the Australian transport industry following the downturn being seen in the resources sector.

Coalition urges Congress to act on truck weight reform Fleet Owner / July 7, 2015 The Coalition for Transportation Productivity (CTP), a group of nearly 200 of the nation’s manufacturers, shippers, carriers and allied associations, urged members of Congress to review data from the U.S. DOT’s Comprehensive Truck Size & Weight Limits Study and then take action to reform interstate vehicle weight limits for six-axle trucks. CTP sent a letter to members of Congress as well as a one-pager highlighting key data from the U.S. DOT’s technical findings, which demonstrate the safety of heavier, six-axle trucks, as well as reduced logistics costs, pavement life-cycle costs, fuel costs, vehicle miles traveled, congestion, and emissions associated with their use. In his letter to Congress, CTP Executive Director John Runyan writes: “The actual study data provides strong support for allowing trucks equipped with six axles to carry more freight on Interstate System highways. This is the real message for Congress, despite the fact that U.S. DOT political leadership, after three years of study and 1,100 pages of released data, wrote a cover letter citing insufficient information and recommending against any changes in truck size and weight regulations. While the Administration could not find a political path to support truck weight reform, we urge members of Congress to review the study findings for themselves and allow carefully crafted reforms in vehicle weight regulation to move forward.” In its letter and accompanying one-pager, CTP cites U.S. DOT technical findings that six-axle trucks weighing either 91,000 or 97,000 pounds maintain key braking and handling characteristics, allowing them to safely ship more freight and reduce vehicle miles traveled, logistics and pavement costs, and environmental impacts. The technical report also finds that the use of these vehicles would lead to a minimal diversion of freight from rail to truck, which would be more than offset by projected freight rail growth. CTP also notes that while the U.S. DOT justified its call for inaction by referencing a higher crash rate for six-axle trucks operating over a limited time period in the state of Washington, the technical report also shows that none of those accidents involving six-axle trucks were fatal. In contrast, the study found that five-axle trucks weighing 80,000 pounds (the current federal gross vehicle weight limit) were involved in 10 fatal crashes in Washington State during the same period. CTP said it supports carefully crafted truck weight reform giving each state the option to set higher interstate weight limits only for trucks equipped with six axles rather than the typical five. Because one-quarter of U.S. truck shipments meet the current interstate weight limit with space left in the trailer, this proposal would allow companies to meet demand with fewer vehicles and make the U.S. transportation network more efficient, especially as gross domestic product and population continue to grow, according to CTP.

Transport Topics / July 7, 2015 The Environmental Protection Agency and the Obama administration as a whole will continue to emphasize their campaign against climate change from carbon emissions, even if all aspects of useful technologies are not known at present. Speaking at a July 7 press conference here, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said reducing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse-gas emissions is so important an issue that government action cannot wait until everything is known about it. “We have to get started,” said McCarthy, the EPA chief since 2013, adding that her agency must focus on the issue even if personnel do not know all of the technology that will be used. Failure to act, she said, would be “shortsighted and disappointing.” “We can save billions of dollars and many lives if we act now. We will lose billions and human lives if we fail to act,” she said. McCarthy reminded reporters and editors that trucking is part of the regulatory schedule. On June 19, EPA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration unveiled Phase 2 of their regulations on heavy- and medium-duty truck emissions for greenhouse gases. A final version of the Phase 2 proposal is expected next spring. In addition to large trucks, McCarthy said EPA also is regulating cars and light vehicles, aircraft and power plants. The administration also is working on bilateral agreements with other nations and a large-scale summit among many nations in Paris at the end of this year. Related reading - http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.php?/topic/40614-your-epa-people-who-made-the-new-truck-fuel-efficiency-regs-possible/?hl=mccarthy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yAn31NdXfk

Transport Topics / July 7, 2015 Navistar Inc. said it has ended operations at the Indianapolis foundry where it previously produced engine blocks and heads for its MaxxForce engines. The truck and engine maker first announced plans in December 2014 to close the facility as a way to cut expenses. Navistar said it expected the closure to eliminate about 180 jobs and reduce annual operating costs by about $13 million. Company spokesman Steve Schrier confirmed that operations had ceased by late June. Note: Navistar closed its Indianapolis engine plant in the summer of 2009 after losing the Ford Powerstroke business. In 2010, a plan to close the foundry was reversed after it was put under a Navistar engine parts venture called Pure Power technologies. Under an economic development agreement with the city of Indianapolis in 2011, Navistar agreed to spend $19 million to upgrade the plant with new casting equipment over three years, while increasing employment to 250. In return, the company would save $897,712 in property taxes over seven years.

Commercial Carrier Journal / July 7, 2015 A national organization representing shippers is once again calling on Congress to approve larger, heavier trucks on U.S. highways. In a letter sent Monday, July 6, the Coalition for Transportation Productivity (CTP) ­­calls attention to a Department of Transportation (DOT) study it says “… provides strong support for allowing trucks equipped with six axles to carry more freight on Interstate System highways.” It also takes a swipe at the DOT leadership, which said the study contained insufficient data and recommended against truck size and weight limit changes. The coalition supports increasing the federal vehicle weight limit to 97,000 pounds for vehicles equipped with an additional sixth axle. A group of some 200 businesses and organizations, the coalition says it sees vehicle weight reform as a way to improve the international competitiveness of U.S. manufacturers and shippers. In its letter to Congress, the coalition says: “The actual study data provides strong support for allowing trucks equipped with six axles to carry more freight on Interstate System highways. This is the real message for Congress, despite the fact that U.S. DOT political leadership, after three years of study and 1,100 pages of released data, wrote a cover letter citing insufficient information and recommending against any changes in truck size and weight regulations. While the Administration could not find a political path to support truck weight reform, we urge members of Congress to review the study findings for themselves and allow carefully crafted reforms in vehicle weight regulation to move forward.” According to the CTP, the DOT study shows that six-axle trucks the same size as those with five axels “… maintain key truck safety characteristics, including safe stopping distances and turning capability, providing every reason to believe they will perform safely if allowed the chance to operate more widely than they are today.” It also says the study proves that allowing larger trucks on the nation’s highways will not undermine U.S. railroads. The CTP’s letter says “… a small amount of freight diversion is more than offset by the projected higher overall growth of freight volume for all modes.” Other benefits of six-axle trucks, according to the CTP, include: •reduced vehicle miles traveled •lowered total national logistics costs •reduced pavement restoration costs with manageable bridge impacts •less fuel consumption •fewer emissions In criticizing the DOT, the coalition’s letter says: “The Administration has unfortunately adopted a kind of ‘Catch 22’ approach to the badly needed modernization of our nation’s truck weight laws by opposing the wider use of the six-axle vehicles that would result in the greater data that it says is needed. In justifying its call for inaction, the Administration also plucked findings from the ‘statistically insignificant’ data pointing to a higher crash rate for six-axle trucks compared to five-axle trucks operating over a limited time period in one state. What is not said in the letter, but is included in the technical report, is that there were no fatalities involving six-axle trucks in that state during that period, which was not the case for the five-axle trucks.” The coalition also said it supports “… an approach to truck weight reform that is not preemptive. We simply want to give individual states the option to allow six-axle vehicles at heavier weights on their Interstate System highways. Nothing in our approach reduces state and local authority over truck weights on so-called ‘local’ roads and bridges.”

As has been mentioned here, the second generation LE was shelved in 2008 by Volvo. Finally in 2014, the second generation LE was displayed in 2014 as the LR, and formally launched this year. My point is, it hasn't bothered Volvo to soldier on with obsolete cabs so as to pinch a penny. Current Mack brand employees on this forum won't speak about the new cab, out of need for job security. Mack dealers are continually told the new cab is in the wings. It's not a matter of existence, but rather when to phase in.

Infiniti has released a new sales marketing video for the 2015 QX60, inspired by the 1983 classic “National Lampoon’s Vacation”, which coincides with the July 29 release of Warner Bros. Studio’s remake. The video stars Ethan Embry, who played Rusty in "Vegas Vacation" - as he travels to Wally World with his family. Once on the road, Ethan looks in his side mirror and sees an attractive blonde in a sports car fast approaching. Along the way, he gets passed by a blonde in a two-tone Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder. As blonde pulls up alongside and exchanges innuendo with Ethan, Christie Brinkley is revealed as his wife. Unimpressed, Christie says “Honey, a blonde in a convertible? Seriously?” Christie Brinkley of course played the "blonde bombshell" in the original movie.

Does you dream truck utilize the 27-year-old Mack legacy cab, or the new Mack brand variant of the Volvo global market cab? "Volvo has things a certain way for reasons"....................well put.

The thought of Hillary Clinton becoming president is scary. Every instinct I possess tells me to maintain my distrust in her.

Mother chokes 2-year-old daughter to death, throws into ravine Associated Press / July 7, 2015 The mother of a 2-year-old girl found dead in a ravine has been arrested on charges she asphyxiated the girl after becoming upset that she had to help the toddler clean herself after using the toilet, police say. Adriene Williams, 26, of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, was arrested on charges of criminal homicide, endangering the welfare of a child, tampering with evidence and abuse of a corpse. Her toddler, Adrionna, was discovered dead by a dog walker in a neighboring suburb, Swissvale, about 40 minutes after her family reported her missing June 14. Medical examiner determined the girl was asphyxiated. The girl's bare feet gave no indication she had walked to where she was found, about 2 miles from her grandmother' duplex, police said. Shortly before Williams left for work, her daughter used the bathroom and needed help cleaning herself, according to one cousin. "This seemed to annoy Adriene and she got up from the couch stating, 'I want to change my name,' in a loud angry voice," the cousin told police. After Williams helped her daughter, the girl climbed on a couch to play with her mother but the cousin told police, "it seemed that Adriene didn't want to play with her." Surveillance video from various sources showed Williams' car headed toward the area where the girl's body was later found. Cellphone tower information painted a similar picture, police said.

How many individuals have the ability to design their own engine and carve their own molds from wood?

Mother beats her 17-month-old daughter to death April 20, 2015 Taylor Lynn Fast’s daughter was discovered beaten to death. Fast, 21, from Festus, Missouri, told police that her daughter, Layla, was severely bruised and unresponsive because she was bitten by a spider. She also said that she did not realize that her little girl was dead. Paramedics who attempted to treat Layla at the scene said she had been dead for several hours. Layla suffered severe injuries to her face and neck. She had bruises all over her small body. Police at the scene compared her wounds to that of a high speed car crash victim. Another child, a three-year-old boy, was also discovered at Fast’s home. The boy had severe bruising and a broken leg. It is unknown at this time if the boy is Layla’s brother. Police say the beating taken by seventeen month old Layla is the worst case of child abuse officers there had ever seen. “It’s anger. It’s sadness. It’s empathy,” Festus Police Chief Tim Lewis said. “Anybody that’s a parent. What got me is when I first saw this child; she looked like one of my great nieces. Just a small innocent child maybe 25 pounds. Just a little one year old girl should not have experienced what this child experienced. Her last few seconds of life were a pure hell. I’ve been a policeman for 32 years and this is the worst case of child abuse I have ever seen. Nothing even comes close to this. This child looked like a situation; say if a child was involved in a car accident. It was horrible.”

Aunt beats 3-year-old boy to death because he wouldn't go to sleep Daily News / February 27, 2015 A bouncing 3-year-old boy was beaten to death by a belt-wielding aunt infuriated when the adorable child refused to go to sleep, police sources said Thursday. Christen (Ninee) Dale, 21, confessed to whipping her sister’s son, little Ethan Ali, inside Dale’s Brooklyn apartment. “He came into her room and started jumping up and down on her bed,” the source recounted. “She told him, ‘Go to your room.’ Then she hit him with the belt.” The mortally injured child went back to his room, where he died, while his aunt fell asleep in her bed. The child had bruises on his chest and back, and the medical examiner ruled Thursday that his death was a homicide caused by “multiple blunt impact injuries.” The heartless aunt, who was apparently alone in the apartment with her nephew, was charged with manslaughter, assault, endangering the welfare of a child and criminal possession of a weapon. The dead child’s grandfather told the Daily News that Dale and Skeet beat the preschooler “all the time” with a belt. “They beat him and they beat him,” said grandfather Leroy Ali. “He was always bruised. She beat him with the belt. I told her stop.”

Father and stepmother murder 3-year old boy Sun Sentinel / March 26, 2015 The 3-year-old boy was covered in bruises from head to toe; his pancreas was broken into three pieces. His body was stuffed into garbage bags tucked inside a box in a laundry room. Wednesday, police announced that his stepmother and father had been arrested in connection with his death. The body of Ahziya Drew Osceola was found in the family's residence in the 5400 block of Johnson Street. His stepmother, Analiz Rodezno Osceola, 24, was charged Wednesday with aggravated manslaughter; child neglect and providing false information to law enforcement. Her husband of 10 months, Nelson Drew Osceola, 24, who is the child's father, was charged with child neglect. Nelson Osceola was freed on a $50,000 bond from Broward County's main jail Thursday morning. His wife remained behind bars with a $230,000 bond after appearing in court. "In his first three years of life, he endured what we believe to be a significant amount of pain," Hollywood Police Chief Frank Fernandez said. "No child should ever, ever endure this life, the life of little Ahziya." The cause of the child's death, ruled a homicide, was from blunt impact abdominal trauma, according to the Broward Medical Examiner's Office. His face and body were bruised; his pancreas was broken into three pieces. Enzymes from that organ were let loose and were breaking down internal organs, the medical examiner's office said. The autopsy also found a spiral fracture of the child's left shin bone that was probably an old break. The medical examiner's office estimated Ahziya died late Wednesday night or Thursday morning. During Ahziya's short life, there were four reports to the Florida Department of Children and Families hotline. Three described injuries and allegations of harm that prompted home visits, doctor exams, interviews with teachers and relatives, counseling and training for the parents. But physical abuse allegations were not substantiated. Ahziya had a purple bruise on his left cheek that was blamed on a fall onto a wooden bed frame, an August 2013 report said. In April 2014, fingerprints and a bruise on the lower side of each jawbone, scratches on both sides of Ahziya's neck and bruises on his left back ribcage were observed, a report states. His father attributed some of the marks to a fall in the bathroom and rough play with kids at an Easter party, and said his son fell all the time. A bruise and abrasion were noticed beneath Ahziya's eye in December 2014. The child's bottom was also sore. His mother took him to an emergency room doctor who found small abrasions in his rectum that could have been from constipation, a report said. He was otherwise described as "very happy, rambunctious and talkative" and denied being harmed by anyone. A fourth report said child investigators determined there was inadequate supervision and medical neglect when in January 2014 Ahziya left his mother in a fifth-floor hotel room, got into an elevator and was found in the hotel lobby. Karen Cypress was arrested and pleaded not guilty to criminal charges including child neglect. The case is open, according to Broward court records. The boy was placed with his father and Cypress was allowed to visit her son. State reports listed investigators — from the Broward Sheriff's Child Protection Investigation Section, who work on behalf of DCF; the medically oriented Child Protection Team and Seminole Family Services — that had looked into allegations of abuse of Ahziya. "There is no fail-safe system, other than a responsible parent," Fernandez said.

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It all relates back to NAFTA. If we actually had a functioning democracy, the American people would have been able to vote yea or nay on such a significant decision as NAFTA. The establishment's sales pitch for NAFTA to the gullible masses was a complete fabrication, a brilliantly played out distraction from the truth. NAFTA in fact was the idea of big business, a way for them to produce in low-labor-cost Mexico, and then import to the US without tariffs.

If one's car is parked on one's private property, the status of one's registration is none of the city's concern. If and when the car departs one's private property and enters the public roadway, only at that time may the vehicle registration be scrutinized. In whichever direction I park my car on my private property's driveway, is nobody's business but my own. Apparently, government officials in certain localities have too much idle time on their hands, and/or have pent-up dreams of attaining a draconian society within their jurisdiction.

UPI / July 6, 2015 Nearly 700 trucks will be made by Oshkosh Defense for the U.S. Army beginning next year under a $184 million contract, the company announced. The award from the Army's TACOM Life Cycle Management Command is for 698 Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles, which is comprised of 17 models of trucks in 23 configurations -- from 2.5-ton to 10-ton payloads. "The Oshkosh FMTV delivers unprecedented durability and reliability while meeting the demands – of the mission and our soldiers on today's battlefields," said John Bryant, senior vice president of defense programs at Oshkosh Defense. "The FMTV program is a prime example of how Oshkosh has worked with the U.S. Army to deliver a very successful vehicle program that achieves all of the quality, performance, schedule and cost objectives – and ultimately puts a great truck in the hands of our soldiers, who deserve nothing less." Oshkosh said it began producing FMTVs for the U.S. Army in 2010 and has so far delivered more than 22,000 trucks and 11,000 trailers to the service. A breakdown of the number of models and variants covered under the contract was not released by the company. Supplemental reading - https://oshkoshdefense.com/vehicles/fmtv/

Australasian Transport News / July 7, 2015 The federal government is flagging more cash for local infrastructure including roads and bridges. Infrastructure and regional development minister Warren Truss points to extra funding coming from this year’s Budget for such uses. "This financial year, local governments across Australia will receive an extra $300 million in Roads to Recovery funding from the Government’s reintroduction of the indexation of the fuel excise – on top of the already doubled $700 million," Truss says. "In 2016-17 they will get another bonus of $805 million in addition to the $350 million annual allocation. "Additional federal funding will not only fix local roads but go to improving social and economic outcomes across the nation. "We have increased the level of funding for the Roads to Recovery program by more than $1 billion, made the program permanent, and then ensured the extra money will be distributed to councils with no requirement for them to match the extra money. "I recently also announced that Round Two of the $300 million Bridges Renewal Program will be available exclusively to local government. "Under this program up to $100 million will be provided for the repair and replacement of local bridges to deliver better transport links for their communities and industries." That cash will cover up to 50 per cent of the costs to renew and replace bridges. An additional $200 million had been committed over the next two years under the $500 million Black Spot Program.

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Volvo Trucks bows out of 2016 MATS Fleet Owner / July 6, 2015 Volvo Trucks recently announced it will not exhibit at next year’s Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS). It follows Daimler Trucks North America as the second OEM to withdraw from the 2016 show. “We evaluate all our sales and marketing activities when we develop our business plan for the following year,” said Avery Vise, Volvo Trucks public relations manager. “As part of that effort, we have decided not to participate in the 2016 Mid-America Trucking Show and have informed show management of this decision.” Vise added that Volvo believes the show “would benefit from a biennial calendar in the same way that IAA in Germany is held every second year.” “MATS is an important industry event, and because we believe the industry would benefit from a biennial schedule, we intend to participate in 2017,” he said. Toby Young, president of Exhibit management Associates, which owns and operates MATS, acknowledged in a statement that Volvo will not be exhibiting at MATS 2016, but that it would like to return in 2017. “Volvo Trucks has been a strong supporter of MATS and their presence at the 2016 show will be missed,” Young said. “We knew there was a chance that other Truck OEMs may follow DTNA's lead and that the most likely candidates were those that have a significant presence at IAA Commercial Vehicles. Less than 10% of MATS exhibitors participate in IAA Commercial Vehicles and we feel that many of the exhibitors we have in common will continue to support both shows and provide support for both markets in 2016.” When asked if he felt other OEMs would follow suit and retreat from the 2016 show, Young said it’s still too early to tell. “For us, we’ve had conversations with other OEM’s and it’s a little bit early to hear from exhibiting companies to hear whether they are in or out,” he told Fleet Owner, adding that the sales process for the upcoming show doesn’t start until July 15. “We will continue as planned with sales for the 2016 MATS beginning on July 15th for returning companies and we remain hopeful that the other OEMs and suppliers will have a presence at the 2016 MATS and will see this as an opportunity to improve their locations, possibly increase their presence at MATS, and take advantage of the absence of some of the other manufacturers,” Young said. MATS is an annual heavy-duty trucking industry event held each year at the Kentucky Expo Center in Louisville. The show attracts more than 70,000 attendees and more than 1,000 exhibitors. The International Motor Show for commercial vehicles, or IAA, takes place every other year in September in Hannover, Germany.