Arrow Truck Sales, Inc. was presented a "50-Year Company Award" by The American Truck Historical Society. The award was accepted by Carl Heikel, president and CEO of Arrow, from Bill Johnson, executive director of ATHS.

Arrow Truck Sales was co-founded by Jerry Nerman and the late Melvin Spitcaufsky 59 years ago from a small used truck lot in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Arrow was acquired by The Volvo Group in 1998.

"Jerry Nerman, Arrow Truck Sales and Volvo Trucks have been supporters of the American Truck Historical Society for many years," said Johnson. "Jerry was very supportive of efforts to convince the ATHS Board of Directors to relocate its headquarters to the Kansas City area in 2000. Volvo Trucks donated a large collection of White Truck Company photo archive materials to the Society in 1992. This material is a large part of the Zoe James Memorial Library."

"I have held various positions with Volvo for nearly 30 years, most recently with Arrow," said Heikel. "I am extremely proud to be a part of the long-standing history of both companies. There aren't too many companies in the trucking industry today that can claim such longevity and I am pleased to be associated with both of them."