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 | J u n e 2 0 1 7 M&K Truck Centers has opened its second Detroit area Volvo Truck deal- ership in Romulus, Mich. Southland International Trucks has moved its full trailer service center from Tarrant, Ala., to downtown Birmingham. TEC Equipment has become a licensed distributor of Sun Country Trailers. East Manufacturing has named Truck Equipment, Inc., (TEI) as its newest authorized East dealer. Rihm Kenworth has broken ground at two new facilities in South St. Paul and Coon Rapids, Minn. Penske Truck Leasing has opened a new facility in Lafayette, La. Nextran Truck Centers has opened its new state-of-the-art truck center located northeast of Atlanta. Fleet Maintenance, Inc., is now an authorized dealer for Kalmar Ottawa Terminal Tractors. International Truck has announced the grand opening of a new fl agship Used Truck Center in Melrose Park, Ill. Fyda Freightliner now offers af- termarket parts for Peterbilt and International. Inland Kenworth recently celebrated the grand opening of its new, 100,000 sq.-ft. full-service dealership in Prince George, B.C. Palm Isuzu Truck Centers of Fort Pierce, Fla., has been named the Top iLease Dealer of 2016 by Isuzu Finance. Cerni Motor Sales (Ohio), O'Halloran International (Iowa) and Uhl Truck Sales (Indiana and Kentucky) have an- nounced that they are joining forces as TriVista. Hunter Truck Sales & Service was the recipient of a 2017 Family Business Award at the Pittsburgh Business Times annual networking and awards program. Dealer News Craftsmen Utility Trailer has expanded and completely renovated its Sikeston, Mo., dealer location. Truck Centers of Arkansas has acquired Glover's Truck Parts and Equipment. STS Truck Services Honored By HDA Truck Pride STS Truck Services has earned the 2016 Truck Service Ex- pert of the Year award from HDA Truck Pride. First opened as a carrier in Blair, Neb., in 2005, STS Truck Services grew quickly to include heavy-duty repair and freight brokerage. It began taking on outside customer repairs from a four-bay facility in 2010 and added another three-bay service facility in 2015 and a mobile service ve- hicle earlier this year. A customer of Midwest Wheel, STS Truck Services joined the TSE program last year. The company is led by Chad Adams and Bob Harper. "We wouldn't be able to be here if it wasn't for all of the people under us who do all of the things behind the scenes to get us to where we are," Harper says. "We have to thank every- one who has helped us get here. We are excited for the future." Dayton Parts Updates Mobile App Dayton Parts, LLC, has released its redesigned version of Dayton Parts Everywhere, a mobile app for Apple and Android devices that is designed to be a sales and marketing tool provid- ing information directly to the customer at the touch of a fi nger. "Our customer base made suggestions over the last two years on how to increase the value of the app for them. We listened to their feedback with the end result being DP Everywhere 2017," says Walt Sherbourne, vice president of Marketing at Dayton Parts. Additionally, the company says many of the tools users were accustomed to in the past are still available. The application will allow users to download information they need when they have internet access, which can be used when they are in remote areas without access to the internet. The Dayton Parts website is still accessible from this app. Literature is classifi ed into product catalogs, product literature, new product bulletins, technical bulletins, newsletters and sales tools.