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Kenworth Plant Featured on TV’s Made in America Series

Kenworth Truck Co. is featured as one of America's leading manufacturers when the new "Made in America" TV series visits the Kenworth manufacturing plant in Chillicothe, Ohio

by Staff
August 20, 2003
2 min to read


Kenworth Truck Co. is featured as one of America's leading manufacturers when the new "Made in America" TV series visits the Kenworth manufacturing plant in Chillicothe, Ohio
over the next two weeks on the Great American Cable (GAC) network.
(Check local cable listings or tune to Channel 167 on the DISH Network for availability of the cable network in your area.)
Kenworth-Chillicothe plant manager Alan Mayne takes "Made in America" host and country recording artist Aaron Tippin on a tour of the facility that makes what Kenworth calls the "World's Best Trucks." The Chillicothe plant has produced Kenworth trucks since opening in 1974.
According to Great American Cable's web site, Tippin talks trucks with Kenworth, a leading manufacturer of heavy and medium duty trucks.
Tippin says, "I'm so thrilled to have teamed up with GAC for this fun project. I'm having a blast going all over the country meeting great Americans working hard at their jobs and creating quality products."
Tippin travels to a number of plants in the series, including Kenworth, Corvette, Southwest Airlines, Chris Craft and Louisville Slugger, among others. The show also features country music videos.
The "Made in America" episode on Kenworth will air 10 times over the next few weeks. Eastern Daylight Time except where indicated:

Aug. 21: 11 p.m.
Aug. 22: 2 a.m. (11pm Pacific)
Aug. 23: 9 a.m.
Aug. 24: 4 p.m.
Aug. 28: 12 noon
Aug. 29: 6 p.m.
Aug. 30: 9 p.m.
Sept. 1: 6 p.m.
Sept. 2: 3p.m. & 11 p.m.

Kenworth Truck Co., a division of Paccar Inc., is a leading manufacturer of heavy and medium duty trucks. Kenworth's Internet home page is at www.kenworth.com.

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