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2 0 1 6 V 1 | BULLDOG | 5 N extran Truck Centers of Orlando, Florida, is Mack Trucks' 2015 North American Dealer of the Year. The dealership exceeded its 2015 sales target by 58 percent and achieved the highest truck and parts sales volumes among Mack dealers in the Nextran Truck Centers group, which operates 14 full-service commercial truck centers across Florida, Georgia and Alabama. "Nextran Truck Centers has done an outstanding job providing Mack customers with the right truck for the job and the aftermarket service they need for maximum uptime," says Dennis Slagle, presi- dent of Mack Trucks. "We're proud to partner with them in serving customers across all segments of our market." Nextran is planning to expand and remodel the Orlando center, and its newest location is slated to open in Duluth, Georgia, later this year. The dealer group focuses on delivering the lowest-possible life- cycle costs for Mack customers. Mack Trucks also recognized several other dealer- ships for outstanding performance in 2015. Regional sales division winners are: Bergey's Truck Center of Souderton, Pennsylvania (Northeast); Nextran Truck Centers of Orlando (Southeast); M & K Quality Truck Sales of Summit, Illinois (Central region); Vanguard Truck Center of Houston (Southwest); Vanguard Truck Center of Phoenix (West); and MacKay's Truck Center of Truro, Nova Scotia (Canada region). McMahon Truck Leasing in Charlotte, North Carolina, won the Mack Leasing North America Member of the Year award, and East Texas Mack Sales in Longview, Texas, earned the North America Remarketing Dealer of the Year award. The Customer Satisfaction Award went to Nextran Truck Centers of Jacksonville, Florida. Mack honors dealers for exceptional performance in 2015 Nextran Truck Centers of Orlando earned the title of Mack Trucks 2015 North American Dealer of the Year. Pictured are, from left, Dennis McDaniel, Mack Trucks regional vice president, Southeast; Jon Pritchett, president and CEO, Nextran Corporation; and Stephen Roy, president of Mack Trucks. M ack Trucks has given the OK for use of renewable diesel fuel in all its engines, signaling a win-win scenario for customers and the environment as the fuel decreases maintenance costs and reduces greenhouse-gas and particulate emissions. Mack made the announcement, after extensive truck and engine testing. Like biodiesel, renewable diesel fuel is derived from biomass including oils or animal fats, but it is processed differently. Renewable diesel maintains physical properties and performance similar to petroleum diesel and meets the same ASTM D975 standard, while biodiesel has a separate ASTM standard. "As the availability and customer requests for renewable diesel fuel increase, we worked to ensure its compatibility with our engines," says Stu Russoli, marketing man- ager for Mack highway and power- train products. "This approval gives Mack customers who seek to reduce their environmental foot- print an additional choice when it comes to alternative fuels." Renewable diesel fuel — also called second-generation biodiesel — reduces green- house gases 15 to 80 percent, depending on the biomass source, according to a life-cycle analysis by the California Air Resources Board. Renewable diesel can reduce carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons, and its ultra-low sulfur content enables the use of advanced emission-control devices, the U.S. Department of Energy states. Vehicle owners can save money as well by using renewable diesel fuel since it results in fewer maintenance costs compared to other alternative fuels. The Energy Department attributes renewable diesel's high combustion quality with similar or better vehicle performance compared to conventional diesel. The fuel is compatible with petroleum diesel distribution infrastructure, according to the depart- ment, and does not require new pipelines, storage tanks, retail station pumps or extensive new production facilities. Renewable diesel joins Mack's other alternative-fuel offerings, which include Mack Pinnacle™ DayCab models available with the Cummins-Westport ISX12 G natu- ral-gas-powered engine, and the Mack LR and Mack TerraPro ® cabover models available with a natural-gas Cummins-Westport ISL G engine. Mack Trucks green-lights renewable diesel fuel Mack Trucks has OK'd use of renewable diesel fuel in all Mack ® engines. Similar to biodiesel, renewable diesel is made from biomass, but has physical properties similar to petroleum diesel and meets the same ASTM standard as petroleum diesel. "As the availability and customer requests for renewable diesel fuel increase, we worked to ensure its compatibility with our engines." Stu Russoli, marketing manager for Mack highway and powertrain products