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NewsAugust 9, 2000

Peterbilt Celebrates 20 Years in Denton

Peterbilt Motors Co. celebrated its Denton manufacturing facility's 20th anniversary in Denton, Texas, Monday

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NewsAugust 2, 2000

NHTSA Announces Nissan Diesel, Peterbilt Recalls

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's list of June recalls includes a Nissan Diesel recall for loss of steering, while some Peterbilts are recalled for possible fuel leakage

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NewsAugust 1, 2000

Peterbilt Cuts Production

Several hundred hourly and salaried workers have been laid off at Peterbilt's Nashville-area plant as the company reduces its build rate from 50 to 35 trucks per day in response to lagging demand for heavy-duty trucks. Adjustments will be made in the company's Denton, Texas, facility as well

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NewsJuly 26, 2000

Peterbilt Lays Off 370 at Tennessee Plant

Lower truck values, high interest rates, slow sales and increasing fuel prices have forced Peterbilt to lay off 370 employees at its Nashville, Tenn., plant

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NewsJuly 21, 2000

Peterbilt Honored for Safety

Peterbilt's production facility in Madison, Tenn., recently received a Perfect Record Award from the National Safety Council

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NewsJuly 18, 2000

Slower Truck Market Hurts Rush Profits

New truck sales will be “sharply below” prior years, but the country’s biggest Peterbilt dealer, Rush Enterprises, expects to show financial improvements the rest of the year

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NewsJuly 11, 2000

GoLogistics Brokers LTL Online with Paccar Backing

Paccar.com, the e-commerce arm of Paccar Inc., makers of Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks, has announced an equity investment in GoLogistics, Inc., of Plymouth, Mass. GoLogistics is currently running live tests of an Internet-based market for LTL shipments

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NewsJuly 10, 2000

Peterbilt Training Program Featured on TNN

Peterbilt's Specialized Training Service Program was highlighted last month on The Nashville Network during a segment on the network's half-hour television show "Trucks!

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NewsJune 7, 2000

Hot Trucks Compete In Coldwater

Best of Show Bobtail "Big Willy," a 1990 Peterbilt 379 on a 315-inch wheelbase owned by Tom Smith (pictured, top) and Best of Show Combo "Almost Paradise," 77 Express, a 1999 Kenworth/1996 Utility (pictured, bottom), were judged hottest trucks at the second annual "Kool Trucks in Coldwater" Truck Show staged by the National Association of Show Trucks in Coldwater, Mich. this past weekend

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NewsMay 26, 2000

Peterbilt Purges Backlog, Remains Bullish For 2000

Peterbilt expects to have a negative order intake for the month of May, but the company remains bullish about truck sales for the remainder of the year.

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