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Aftermarket•by Staff•September 20, 2000

Montana Travel Plaza Hosts State's Largest Blood Drive

Muralt's Travel Plaza, Missoula, Mont., hopes to again break records for truckstop blood drives this week as it joins more than 170 truckstops nationwide in the seventh annual Drive to Save Lives blood drive

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Aftermarket•by Staff•September 20, 2000

Pennsylvania Trash Haulers Could Face High Permit Prices

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge asked state legislators to approve his plan to crack down on trash haulers and make them register for operating permits that could cost up to $5,000

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Aftermarket•by Staff•September 20, 2000

Modine Receives Caterpillar EGR Program

Modine Manufacturing Co. has been chosen as a supplier for engine exhaust-gas-recirculation coolers for Caterpillar Inc

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Aftermarket•by Staff•September 20, 2000

Diesel Technology Forum Launches Web Site

The Diesel Technology Forum has established an informational web site at www.dieselforum.org.

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Aftermarket•by Staff•September 19, 2000

Western Star Shareholders Give Go-Ahead to Freightliner Deal

Western Star Trucks Holdings Ltd. shareholders have approved a $670 million takeover offer from Freightliner

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Fleet Management•by Staff•September 19, 2000

Top Economists See Truck Production Falloff

Truck production, which has already begun to slide steeply from the record highs posted in 1999, will get steadily worse throughout this year and next before flattening out. But that's not all bad, agreed the six economists and transportation experts who spoke at the Economic Outlook Conference sponsored by the National Truck Equipment Association in Dearborn, Mich., this week.

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Aftermarket•by Staff•September 19, 2000

Yellow Introduces Live Voice Contact Over the Internet

Big LTL carrier Yellow Freight has introduced live voice capability on its e-commerce Web site www.yellowfreight.com. The technology allows customers to listen and talk directly with a Yellow Freight customer service rep over the Internet connection

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Fleet Management•by Staff•September 19, 2000

NTE Offers One-Hour OK for Trial Members

The National Transportation Exchange is offering 60-day trial memberships to shippers and promises to process applications within one hour at its Web site, www.nte.net. The normal enrollment process occurs offline and generally takes a day or longer

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Aftermarket•by Staff•September 19, 2000

McQuaid Resigns From NPTC

John A. McQuaid has resigned as head of the National Private Truck Council, effective immediately

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Aftermarket•by Staff•September 19, 2000

Dana Lays Off 3,000 Production Workers

Light and heavy-duty truck part maker Dana Corp. is cutting 3,000 production jobs thanks to slow market demand and low profits

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