A&K Railroads Materials Inc. began in Oakland, California when a young man with unusual business savvy recognized an opportunity. It was 1959. Nineteen year-old Kern Schumacher learned that thousands of railroad ties were about to be removed from the lower deck of the Oakland Bay Bridge. He persuaded a Bay Area salvage expert to help him organize the A&K Tie Company. Kern soon found himself co-owner of the largest supply of used railroad ties in the country.Today, A&K Railroad Materials, is the nation's leading supplier of new and used track materials. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, A&K has regional sales offices, satellite sales offices and a network of storage and distribution centers strategically located throughout the United States. Together, these offices and locations maintain the most extensive and comprehensive inventory of new, relay, and reconditioned rail and track materials in the nation.

Volvo Trucks North America is a division of Volvo Truck Corporation, one of the leading heavy truck and engine manufacturers in the world. Today, Volvo Trucks manufactures a broad line of Class 8 trucks and tractors—both on-highway and vocational-under the Volvo brand. Each new or used purchase is supported by a strong dealer network and by industry-leading parts and service programs to smooth your ride on the road to success.Volvo built its first truck in 1928 to serve a growing transport industry. At the time, roads were roughly carved out of the countryside. The challenge was to build trucks that met the rigorous demands of the job in balance with the comfort and safety needs of the driver. Our commitment to achieving that balance hasn’t wavered.

Accuride Corporation is one of the largest and most diversified manufacturers and suppliers of commercial vehicle components in North America. Accuride’s products include commercial vehicle wheels, wheel-end components and assemblies, truck body and chassis parts, seating assemblies and other commercial vehicle components.

ACF Industries LLC is a premier manufacturer of new railcars and railcar components. ACF Industries has produced some of the best rail transportation equipment in American history. We are committed to building quality products at both our Milton, Pennsylvania and Huntington, West Virginia facilities. Our capabilities include manufacturing new railcars, fabricating railcar parts, car conversions, repair programs, welded sub-assemblies, pressure vessels, and railcar wheel and axle machining and mounting. ACF Industries is proud of its long standing commitment to the rail industry and with our experienced work force has provided manufacturing services to customers in a variety of industries.

ATS began developing the ULTra personal rapid transit system in 1995 in association with the University of Bristol. The PRT system emerged from systematic engineering analysis as the optimum solution to urban transport problems, for both the user and non-user of the transport system.This research was led by Martin Lowson, Founder and former CEO of ATS. The Company has been granted exclusive access to the commercial exploitation of the core IPR developed during that work and has since added significantly to its own IPR portfolio.

People can get a variety of food items by ordering la carte, and mobile food vendors can get a variety of vehicles and equipment from All A Cart Manufacturing. The company builds and modifies carts, kiosks, step vans, and trailers to be used for food preparation and sales. All A Cart offers products designed to handle hot food, beverages, and ice cream. Customers who can't find what they want on the company's menu of options can order custom jobs. Not satisfied with just building and modifying food-related vehicles, the company's All Car Excellence division restores classic cars and sells vintage replacement parts.

American LaFrance, LLC manufactures emergency vehicle equipment for fire, medical, and rescue services. Signals of public safety, its custom and commercial red offerings include fire trucks, tankers, ambulances, tractor drawn aerial ladders, fire pumps, and fire rescue boats. A former subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler's Freightliner, American LaFrance has operated under the management of private equity group Patriarch Partners since 2005. Citing inventory disruptions and a lackluster market for emergency vehicles, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January 2008 and emerged in May.

Ansaldo STS is a leading technology company listed on the Milan stock exchange and operating in the global Railway & Mass Transit Transportation Systems business with the provision of traffic management, planning, train control and signalling systems and services. It acts as lead contractor and turnkey provider on major projects worldwide.Ansaldo STS brings together the know-how, excellence and technological expertise of pioneering companies like Ansaldo Signal, Ansaldo Trasporti Sistemi Ferroviari, Union Switch & Signal and CSEE Transport.

The origin of Ashok Leyland can be traced to the urge for self-reliance, felt by independent India. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister persuaded Mr. Raghunandan Saran, an industrialist, to enter automotive manufacture. In 1948, Ashok Motors was set up in what was then Madras, for the assembly of Austin Cars. The Company's destiny and name changed soon with equity participation by British Leyland and Ashok Leyland commenced manufacture of commercial vehicles in 1955.Since then Ashok Leyland has been a major presence in India's commercial vehicle industry with a tradition of technological leadership, achieved through tie-ups with international technology leaders and through vigorous in-house R&D.Access to international technology enabled the Company to set a tradition to be first with technology. Be it full air brakes, power steering or rear engine busses, Ashok Leyland pioneered all these concepts. Responding to the operating conditions and practices in the country, the Company made its vehicles strong, over-engineering them with extra metallic muscles. "Designing durable products that make economic sense to the consumer, using appropriate technology", became the design philosophy of the Company, which in turn has moulded consumer attitudes and the brand personality.

The company is Autocar, but its main product is a truck. Autocar makes heavy-duty low cab forward (LCF) trucks under the Xpeditor nameplate that are used primarily for garbage pickup. Typically, customers get an LCF truck that consists of a cab and a chassis and then add equipment from third-party manufacturers. In addition to refuse hauling and recycling, Xpeditors are used for concrete mixing and airport refueling. The company also supplies parts and selected services, including a mini-camera system that allows Autocar technicians to diagnose problems remotely. Autocar is a unit of Grand Vehicle Works Holdings.

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