Truck Parts and Service | Heavy Duty Trucking, Aftermarket, Service Info
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6 Industry Focus T R U C K P A R T S & S E R V I C E | M a y 2 0 1 6 Rush Enterprises will close 13 Rush Truck Centers in the fi rst half of 2016 as part of a consolidation plan of its Navistar Division dealership network. The plan includes closing Rush Truck Centers in Kankakee, Decatur, Ottawa, Mount Vernon and Grayslake, Ill.; Ontario, Ore.; Find- lay, Ohio; and Statesville, N.C. Rush Truck Centers formerly located in Brazil, Ind. and Helper, Utah, were closed in the fi rst quarter of 2016. The company also will consolidate two Georgia locations into one, and has consolidated two southern Texas locations into one facility. Southern States Util- ity Trailer Sales, Inc. of Richland, Miss., has been named Carrier Transicold's 2015 North America Dealer of the Year, and Transclima de Centroamérica, S.A. of San Jose, Costa Rica, has been named 2015 Latin America Dealer of the Year, Carrier Transicold Ameri- cas has announced. Tallman Truck Centre Ottawa West has moved from 101 Alti Place to its new home at 145 Walgreen Road in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. JX Enterprises has opened a new facility in Mineral Point, Wis., its 18 th location. Maudlin International Trucks plans to expand its Orlando location with a new facility. Truck Center Companies (TCC) will break ground on 26.3 acres on Corn- husker Road in Omaha, Neb. to accommodate its growing business. The proj- ect includes a 170,000 sq. ft. heavy- and medium-duty truck dealership, including 42 service bays. Penske Automotive Group, has acquired Harper Truck Centres, a Freightliner, Western Star, Thomas Built Bus and Fuso commercial truck dealership group located in Ontario, Canada. Truck Enterprises has relocated its full-service dealership in Hagerstown, Md., to a new state-of-the-art facility. Dealer News May 24-25 HDAW 2017 Joint Operating Committee Meeting, Chicago June 4-8 Heavy Duty Aftemarket Canada Annual Conference, Whistler, B.C. Aug. 25-27 Great American Trucking Show, Dallas Truck Parts & Service Calendar Event information can be submitted at: www.truckpartsandservice.com/story-ideas/ Truck Parts & Service Founder Dies Jim Moss, founder and longtime pub- lisher of Truck Parts & Service, died on April 20. He was 82. Moss entered the heavy-duty truck- ing industry in the 1950s as a sales representative for Chilton Company, publisher of Commercial Carrier Jour- nal. Immediately drawn to the industry, he published his fi rst issue of Fleet Distribution in 1966. Moss and Bud Reese formed Kona Communications and purchased Fleet Distribution from Bobit Media on Dec. 31, 1969, and published their fi rst issue of Fleet Distribution – Heavy-Duty Vehicle Parts/Equipment in January 1970. The magazine was renamed Heavy Duty Fleet Distribution six months later, and then renamed again to Truck Parts & Service in 1987 to better represent the distribution and service focus of the aftermarket. Moss also founded Successful Dealer in 1978, which to this day remains the only publication focused specifi cally on the medium- and heavy-duty dealer industry. In addition to his publications, Moss also was driving force behind Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week, and a co- founder of the Council of Fleet Special- ists, which would later join forces with National Wheel & Rim to become the Commercial Vehicle Solutions Network (CVSN). Moss was honored with the CVSN President's Award last fall.