Truck Writers of North America has announced the top five finalists for the 2015 TWNA Technical Achievement Award. The winner will be announced during the Industry Awards Luncheon at the Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) Annual Meeting & Transportation Technology Exhibition on March 2 in Nashville, Tenn.
Each year, the association’s Technical Achievement Award committee, a panel of editors representing the industry’s major publications who rank components or systems nominated by TWNA members, chooses five award finalists. To be eligible, a product or service has to show technical innovation, have a wide applicability and availability in trucking, and offer significant benefits.
The top five finalists for the 2015 TWNA Technical Achievement Award include:
- Detroit Assurance safety system from Daimler Trucks North America
- Eaton Procision 7-speed medium-duty automated manual transmission
- Meritor WABCO SmartTrac automatic trailer lift axle control system
- Phillips Industries LITE-SENTRY trailer-chassis light monitoring system
- Silver Eagle Manufacturing T-Dolly adjustable trailer converter dolly
Other finalists for the 2015 TWNA Technical Achievement Award were Volvo Trucks Adaptive Loading 6x2 liftable axle, Trucker Path navigational assistance and load sourcing app, Thermo King ThermoLite Solar Panels and the Rotavan RG-3 swiveling trailer kingpin.
