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TransTech Bus announced the Espar E-Guardian 5 engine preheater will be available on its complete prod- uct line, making it the first Type A school bus maker to offer it as a factory-installed option ... Tomas Built Buses (TBB) named Sonny Merryman Inc. its Dealer of the Year for the fifth time at its annual meeting in Nashville, Tenn. Meanwhile, Dave Nelson, co-owner of Nelson’s Bus Service in Whitewater, Wis., accepted the 2013 TBB Dealer Trainer of the Year award at the OEM’s annual dealer meeting … IC Bus University training classes are scheduled for June 23-26, July 7-10, July 21-24 and August 4-7 at the OEM’s Tulsa, Okla., plant ... National Express Corporation recently donated a refurbished school bus to a South Carolina community center and recognized its Santa Clara, Calif., school-bus team for consistently giving back to their community by awarding them the Business Impact Award … Also,Durham School Services school bus driver Ruth Taylor from Aurora, Ill., organized a bake sale in April for Autism Awareness Month that raised $1,300 for Giant Steps, a non-profit organiza- tion that provides educational and therapeutic services to individuals with autism spectrum disorders ... In April StudentConnect secured its first school-district customer in California and its first such client in Texas to use its student transportation technology …First Student recently partnered with Belleville School Dis- trict 118, Harmony-Emge School District 175 and the Greater Belleville Chamber of Commerce in Illinois to “Drive Away Hunger,” and the groups collected 12,300 items, enough to fill 10 school buses with nonperishable food ...HSM is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, having transformed from a components supplier to an international provider of integrated solutions to the transportation, furniture and other markets, with a major rebranding and restructuring that included a name change and a new market-focused strategy ... St. Mary’s County Public Schools Transportation Division partnered with the County Sheriff ’s Office in contract- ing American Traffic Solutions to deploy the Cross- ingGuard School Bus Stop Arm Enforcement System May 1 …STI announced that its subsidiary, Student Transportation of America (STA), won a $10-billion contract with the San Bernardino Superintendent of Schools last month and also extended its contracts with nearby Los Angeles Unified and Long Beach Unified, acquiring the work after the Atlantic Express bankrupt- cy … Stertil-Koni announced “record results” for sales of heavy-duty vehicle lifts in 2012, with momentum that extended in the first quarter … Rotary Lift ex- panded its free assistPRO professional facility planning assistance service to give customers more options for creating custom shop layouts, and said the expansion comes as demand grows for the free service.
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