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Industry Focus Dealership News PACCAR Leasing (PacLease) has added new franchise locations in Dallas, Heyburn, Idaho, Loves Park, Ill., Jonesburg, Mo., Pendleton and Portland, Ore., Lancaster, Pa., Charleston, S.C. and Saint Mathieu-Laprairie, Quebec. JX Truck center recently christened a new full-service dealership in Kronenwetter, Wis., carrying Peterbilt, Volvo and PacLease brands. The company also announced the opening of a new full-service Peterbilt dealership in Lansing, Ill. Both are part of JX Enterprises��� network of 16 dealerships. Vanguard Truck Center has added a new full-service dealership in Adairsville, Ga. Coast and Buckeye Truck Centers. According to Rush, the acquisition includes International, IC Bus, Isuzu and Idealease franchises and locations in Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Findlay and Lima, Ohio. Rush Enterprises announces its subsidiaries have acquired certain assets of MVI Group, which operates commercial truck and bus dealerships in Ohio under the names of Miami Valley International, Center City International, CCI North Campbell Holdings, LLC, the parent company of Campbell Supply Company and Campbell Freightliner, announces they will expand their operation with a new Jamesburg, N.Jbased facility. Nacarato Volvo has Center has added a new full-service dealership in La Vergne, Tenn. TruckPro acquires Carolina Rim & Wheel Fleet Brake adds location in Ontario TruckPro, LLC has completed the purchase of Carolina Rim & Wheel. The acquisition was completed Dec. 14, 2012, and includes Carolina Rim & Wheel���s ���ve stores located in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Carolina Rim & Wheel was founded in Charlotte in 1926. TruckPro says this acquisition gives the company a strong foothold in the Carolina and Georgia markets. The addition of Carolina Rim & Wheel to the TruckPro family brings the number of store operations across the United States to 65, the company says. Tom Stewart, president of Carolina Rim & Wheel, will assume an executive role with TruckPro, the company says, and a majority of Carolina Rim & Wheel associates will maintain their roles in the TruckPro network. Fleet Brake has announced plans for a new parts distribution center in Mississauga, Ontario. When at full capacity, Fleet Brake says the 50,000-sq.-ft. facility will employ up to 50 people and is expected to be operational this month. The new facility will be an important link in the Fleet Brake parts distribution network, the company says, and will improve its capability to better serve our customers in the Greater Toronto Area. ���This investment in a key market for Fleet Brake is the next step in the multiyear expansion of our Canadian parts distribution network. We are focused on ensuring our customers��� success through a high-velocity network that delivers the industry���s best parts availability,��� says John Bzeta, president. 4 T R U C K PA R T S & S E R V I C E | TPS0213_Industry Focus.indd 4 February 2013 1/22/13 1:48 PM