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6 Industry Focus T R U C K P A R T S & S E R V I C E | A u g u s t 2 0 1 7 Central Valley Truck Center has been renamed Affi nity Truck Center. JX Enterprises has added TRP Chicago to its network. Truck Country, in partnership with Freightliner Trucks, has secured a contract with the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to supply the US Government with Class 5-8 trucks. Summit Truck Group and Wabash National Corporation have announced an agreement in which Summit Truck Group will provide sales, parts, and service for Wabash National dry and refrigerated van trailers and truck bod- ies, as well as Transcraft and Benson platform trailers in select areas of Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. Worldwide Equipment has opened a full-service "all-makes" service and parts facility in Morristown, Tenn. Burr Truck of Vestal, N.Y., is com- memorating its 50 th anniversary as a Volvo Trucks dealership. Valley Truck Centers has purchased Freightliner of Toledo and Great Lakes Western Star in Monroe, Mich. TransChicago Truck Group recently held an open house at its Gary, Ind., location. CIT Trucks Rockford has won the Mack Masters Championship. Dealer News Rush Truck Center recently held an open house at its new 83,000 sq.-ft. Denver facility. Bendix Creates Apprentice Program Near Mexico Facility Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, LLC, and its Mexican nonprofi t organization – the Bendix Foundation – have developed a plan to enhance the facilities, infrastruc- ture, and curriculum of a local technical vocational school, Colegio de Estudios Científi cos y Tecnológicos del Estado de Coahuila (CECyTEC), near its facility in Ciudad Acuña, Mexico. Bendix says the plan, developed in conjunction with CECyTEC, consists of two concurrent initiatives. In one of them, Bendix and the Bendix Foundation will build and equip within the school campus a new industrial production laboratory, open to all students. In the other effort, Bendix will provide a dual education apprenticeship opportunity for select CE- CyTEC students, who will receive practical training at Bendix's Acuña campus. HDA Truck Pride Adds Battery Program HDA Truck Pride has unveiled a comprehensive battery program in conjunction East Penn Manufacturing. The program is comprised of a full battery selection, led by the AGM and Fahrenheit AGM Group 31 batteries, which East Penn says offer maintenance- free design and more power-per-pound for commercial trucks, buses, and other heavy-duty equipment. "This program dovetails directly into our current offering, allowing our membership to take excellent care of their customers with powerful and reliable batteries engineered for durability while meeting high power ratings for heavy- duty engines," says Tom Tecklenburg, HDA Truck Pride chief commercial offi cer. Successful Dealer Names Top Dealers For 2017 Two past fi nalists and three newcomers have earned nominations for the 2017 Successful Dealer Award, sponsored by Automann and Premium 2000. Earning its fi rst nomination this year is Four Star Freightliner, Inland Ken- worth and Peach State Truck Centers. The other fi nalists are CIT Trucks, which was a fi nalist in 2014, and 2015 fi nalist Doggett Freightliner. More than 30 dealers earned at least one nomination during the open nomi- nation period for this year's award, including two previous winners and several fi nalists. The Successful Dealer Award will be presented Aug. 24, 2017, at the Great American Truck Show in Dallas.