Accidents involving large trucks declined on national and state highways in 2006.

Johnson Controls Inc. signed on to a $5 billion plan led by the foundation of former President Bill Clinton to make buildings around the world more energy-efficient.

Bus fare increases for the County of Lebanon Transit go into effect tomorrow.

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The Vitec Group has acquired Carlisle-based RF Central and Hackettstown, N.J.-based Nucomm Inc. for a combined $75.8 million, according to a report by information service Thomson Financial.

The shareholders of Armstrong Holdings Inc. will meet in Pittsburgh July 18 to vote on a plan to dissolve the company and divvy up roughly $27 million in assets.

Manufacturing activity in eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware remained steady in March, according to a monthly survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

The strike at Harley-Davidson Inc.’s York County plant has dealt a serious blow to several local suppliers that depend on the motorcycle maker’s business.

Harley-Davidson Inc. workers in York County ended their three-week strike today, with 83 percent of them voting to approve a new, three-year contract with the company.

Hershey Co. will close its Smiths Falls plant in Ontario, Canada.

Virginia-based Innovative Concepts Inc., a subsidiary of Herley Industries Inc., was awarded $2.1 million worth of contracts by the U.S. Army Aviation, according to a Herley statement.

Harsco Corp. acquired 100 percent ownership of Taylor-Wharton, a cryogenic gas tank producer based in Mechanicsburg.

Caution, commuters

Oshkosh Truck Corp. of Oshkosh, Wis., will buy JLG Industries Inc., the McConnellsburg access-equipment manufacturer, for $3.2 billion, according to statements from the two companies.

Herley Industries Inc. has been awarded a $5.6 million contract from an unidentified U.S. defense contractor, according to a press release from the Manheim Township-based company.