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Fort Garry celebrates centennial year
WINNIPEG, Man. – Fort Garry Industries is celebrating 100 years in business today. Established in 1919 by Fred Sicinski as a tire repair shop, the company now offers aftermarket parts and service, trailer sales, and truck equipment, and remains based…
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Arnold Bros. celebrates 60 years in trucking industry
WINNIPEG, Man. – Today marked the 60th year Arnold Bros. Transport has been in business. Founded in 1958 by Frank and Gerry Arnold, the Winnipeg-based carrier started when the brothers expanded the family farm with the transportation of grain. “It’s…
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OOIDA to celebrate 45th anniversary
JOPLIN, Mo. – The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year at the Guilty by Association Truck Show Sept. 27-29. The show will be held in Joplin, Mo., and will feature an hours-of-service listening session…
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Tremcar West celebrates 10 years in Saskatchewan
WEYBURN, Sask. – Tremcar West will marks its 10 anniversary doing business in Saskatchewan with a celebration that will include environment minister Dustin Duncan as a guest speaker. The company’s first service facility opened in October of 2008 in Weyburn.…
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East Manufacturing celebrating 50 years
RANDOLPH, Ohio – East Manufacturing is offering special trailer packages to celebrate 50 years in business. Its flatbed, drop deck, dump and refuse trailers packages will adorn gold East nameplates, along with 50th anniversary mud flaps. The flatbed and drop…
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Cat Scale marks 40th anniversary of first automated, full-length platform scale
WALCOTT, Iowa – Cat Scale Company celebrated the 40th anniversary of what the company said was ‘striving to provide professional drivers with the most accurate weights possible.’ Truckstop entrepreneur Bill Moon founded Cat Scale and introduced the first totally automated,…
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Consolidated Fastfrate planning 50th anniversary celebrations
Celebrations planned across the country to honour long-term employees
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Peterbilt Manitoba marks its 35th year
WINNIPEG, Man. – Peterbilt Manitoba celebrated its 35th anniversary as a Peterbilt dealer in the province, operating two locations, one in Brandon and the other in Winnipeg, as well as a parts and service location on the east side of…
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Fifty years of growth for Matco Moving Solutions
EDMONTON, Alta. – Matco Moving Solutions celebrated its Golden Jubilee March 8, marking 50 years of business in Norman Wells, N.W.T. “Fifty years in business is a significant milestone for any company,” said Wayne Wishloff, vice-president and general manager of…
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Peterbilt’s Denton plant celebrates 35th anniversary
DENTON, Texas – In 1980, ‘Old No. 1’ rolled off Peterbilt’s assembly line in Denton, Texas, and the company, which has produced nearly 500,000 trucks since, is now celebrating 35 years of ‘quality, safety, efficiency and innovation.’ “The value Peterbilt’s…
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Mack Trucks celebrates 40 years in Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Mack Trucks celebrated the 40th anniversary of its Mack Lehigh Valley Operations manufacturing facility Nov. 19. “Over the past 40 years, we have proudly assembled thousands of Mack models for customers around the world,” said Stephen Roy,…
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Custom Truck Sales celebrates 50th anniversary
REGINA, Sask. — Custom Truck Sales recently celebrated its 50th anniversary as a Kenworth dealer, inviting nearly 1,000 customers to five events at its Manitoba and Saskatchewan dealerships. The five events were tied together by a tour lead by Kenworth…
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Service Freight Systems turns 20, ships staff to Mexico to celebrate
BURLINGTON, Ont. — A fast-growing Ontario-based logistics company turned 20 recently, and to celebrate it shipped all its staff to Mexico for a long weekend beach vacation. Service Freight Systems, which coordinates customized freight deliveries across North America, sent its…
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Bridgestone’s truck tire plant turns 25
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Bridgestone last week celebrated the 25th anniversary of its truck tire plant in Warren County, Tenn. The company began producing truck and bus tires there in May 1990 and now employs 1,000 people there, producing about 9,000…
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Doug Copeland celebrates 30 years with Truck News
TORONTO, Ont. — Regional account manager Doug Copeland has recently celebrated his 30th anniversary with Truck News and Truck West magazines. Copeland sells advertising for the publications as well as for Trucknews.com. He knows the industry and his clients and cares…
