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2006 Press Releases
12/22/06	New Executives to Head DATTCO Louis DeVivo, president of the DATTCO, Inc. for 44 years, announced today that he will turn over his role as President to his son Donald DeVivo. Cliff Gibson, currently the Director of Business Development, will named Chief Operating Officer.
12/22/06	Joseph Luce Dies The last youngest son of the founder of Blue Bird passed away on Dec. 17. He was 80 years old.
12/18/06	Thomas Built Buses Marks 90th Anniversary In 1916, with $6,700 of borrowed money, Perley A.Thomas launched a little manufacturing business in High Point, N.C.Today that business, Thomas Built Buses, recognized its 90th anniversary.
12/14/06	Donaldson Presents at Southwest Research Institute 8th International Filtration Conference Researchers at the worldwide manufacturer of filtration systems and parts to present paper on "Emulsified Water Filtration from Diesel Fuels"and particularly that of ULSD.
12/13/06	Thomas Built Buses to Remodel Courtesy Road Plant Company announces $10.3 million remodel of venerable bus manufacturing plant to begin December 2006
12/13/06	Automotive Executive to Head Blue Bird Sales/Marketing Blue Bird Corp. has named Roger Howsmon to the position of Senior Vice President of School Bus Sales and Marketing. He will be responsible for directing the sales and marketing activities for all school bus products.
12/13/06	School Bus Manufacturer Delivers Last F-65 Signed, sealed and delivered. That's how Thomas Built Buses employees presented its last customer-ready FS-65 conventional school bus.
11/30/06	Gray Announces New 40,000 lbs. Capacity Wheel Lift System Portable lifting equipment manufacturer introduces 100-percent air operation and portable design for large vehicles.
11/29/06	Medium-Duty Retrofit Discs with ABS Signal Solution Performance Friction announced new product line equipped with the 66mm and 73mm pin slider hydraulic brake calipers to address problem of ABS signal loss in the field with OE discs.
11/28/06	Bob Riley Named Executive Director of NASDPTS Industry veteran Bob Rile, a former state director and district transportation director, has been appointed to head the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Service [PDF]
11/27/06	EPA Certifies First 2007 Caterpillar Engine with ACERTT Engine manufacturer in position to meet EPA emissions regulations for 2007 and beyond.
11/22/06	AngelTrax Releases New Mobile DVR The DVR240CF is a mobile digital video recorder that captures video footage from one to four cameras onto a compact flash card.
11/20/06	Chicago Pneumatic Delivers Reduced Costs, Increased Efficiency Company's new BlueTork product raises awarenss of potential issues with wide range of bus and chassis components and sub systems.
11/16/06	Thomas Built Buses Adds Dealer in Florida as Atlantic Truck Center Purchases Commercial Vehicles of South Florida School bus OEM adds Florida Atlantic Truck Center of Fort Lauderdale. The company recently purchased several Commercial Vehicles of South Florida dealerships.
11/13/06	Blue Bird Announces New Mexico Distributor School bus OEM signs Tillery Bus Sales near Albuquerque to offer full product line throughout state.
11/13/06	Clean Diesel Technologies Reports 2006 3Q Results Developer of technological solutions to reduce harmful engine emissions announces its results for the third quarter to Sept. 30, 2006.
11/10/06	Mobile Awareness Announces Safety Products Joint Venture Agreement announced with motor vehicle camera-based technology company, Visor-View, Inc., to confirm Mobile Awareness as a master distributor and to outline plans for the two companies to co-develop a variety of vehicle safety solutions.
11/7/06	Blue Bird Unveils Propane-Powered School Bus Blue Bird's propane powered Vision school bus was introduced at the National Association of Pupil Transportation Conference and Trade Show in Kansas City, Missouri today.
11/06/06	International Debuts New MaxxForceT Diesel Engines Included in the lineup are the MaxxForce DT and the brand new V-8 MaxxForce 7 for both IC school buses and IC commercial buses.
10/30/06	Enova to Provide IC Corp. Hybrid Drive for Commercial Buses Enova and has partnered with IC to provide hybrid drive systems for a new line of commercial buses. The technology was introduced to the school bus industry last summer. It is expected to improve fuel economy/miles per gallon up to 100%.
10/26/06	Growth Spurs Everyday Wireless Re-location [PDF] With an installed base of more than 8,000 units of its school bus tracking systems, Everyday Wireless is relocating to larger office space to accommodate employee growth.
10/23/06	Secure Broadband Internet Access in an Instant Network security appliance allows users to instantly create a secure 3G wireless broadband network for remote locations without the need for a fixed Internet connection.
10/16/06	AIR Introduces New Hosted AVL/GPS Application American International Radio brings to market a client server application version of its SafeMobile GPS Software, which was previously web based.
10/13/06	Enova Trading Update Enova Systems, a developer of proprietary electric, hybrid and fuel cell digital power management systems, announces today an update to its trading prospects.
10/13/06	Ohio School Bus Poster Contest Winners Announced [pdf] The State of Ohio received more than 200 entries for its annual School Bus Safety Week Poster Contest. Prizes were given in Division 1 (grades K-2), Division II (grades 3-5), Division III (grades 6-8) and Division IV (special needs).The Ohio DOE has a complete set of Safety Week materials available for download from its website at www.ode.state.oh.us (search keyword: Safety Week).
10/12/06	Donaldson Offers a New Modular Fuel Filtration System MINNEAPOLIS (Oct. 12, 2006) – Donaldson Company Inc.announced the launch of an improved medium-flow fuel filter with modular features. This filter is designed to be a cost-effective, bolt-on replacement to existing medium-flow filters.
10/11/06	School Bus Safety Week The American School Bus Council has issued a draft press release in connection with School Bus Safety Week. The draft is available to copy, modify and distribute to local media. Click on the link above to find a copy of the draft press release.
10/11/06	Mobile Awareness Announces Master Distributorship Agreement with ATWEC Technologies Mobile AwarenessT, a provider of leading-edge transportation safety products, announced it has signed a master distributor agreement with ATWEC Technologies, Inc.
10/10/06	Caterpillar Wins Unprecedented Sixth J.D. Power Award Manufacturer of the C7 diesel school bus engine, recognized for sixth time in customer satisfaction ratings by J.D. Power & Associates for its heavy-duty truck engines with ACERT.
10/06/06	OSBA Schedules Founder Tribute [pdf] The Ontario School Bus Association will recognize and thank an extraordinary group of individuals in the bus industry. "A Tribute to Industry Founders" dinner event will honour industry forefathers who started, shaped and elevated the professionalism of the school bus transportation industry in Ontario to what it is today.
9/28/06	Collins Industries Enters into Merger Agreement Collins Industries, Inc. announced today that it had entered into a definitive merger agreement with Steel Partners II, L.P., a private investment partnership based in New York.
9/20/06	Donaldson Simplifies Selection of Air Cleaners Donaldson Company launched an online air cleaner selection chart to aid customers visually in choosing the correct air cleaner for their vehicle, including buses.
9/15/06	@Road Announces Agreement with UK Wireless Company Automated management provider for mobile sources announces partnership with Vodafone UK to resell wireless data services bundled with the @Road® GeoManagerSM field force management service in the UK.
9/11/06	Driving Cat ® Powered Trucks for Maximum Fuel Economy Test driver for Caterpillar On-Highway Engines says driver behavior is the biggest determining factor of fuel economy.
9/6/06	Rifled Air Conditioning to Move to New Facility High Point, N.C., company to increas manufacturing, installation and storage capabilities with new 55,000-square-foot facility.
9/6/06	Blue Bird Plant Named Finalist For the second consecutive year, IndustryWeek has named Blue Bird's North Georgia Body Company plant among its 25 finalists in the magazine's Best Plants competition.
9/6/06	Environmental Solutions Worldwide Inc. Receives $1.22 Million Order for TempMax(TM) Catalyst Enabling Exhaust Tubes on Behalf of International Truck and Engine Corp.
8/30/06	SchoolDude.com Recognized by INC. Magazine SchoolDude.com, a provider of web-native operations management solutions for educational professions, has been named to Inc. Magazin'es "Inc. 500" list of the fastest-growing private companies in the country.
8/7/06	Ohio Celebrates Passage of School Bus Safety Week The entire Ohio Congressional Delegation, along with the school transportation industry in the state, celebrate the passage of House Resolution 498, which honors the goals and ideals of School Bus Safety Week.
7/27/07	Donaldson Broadens Oil Filtration Product Line Donaldson Company announced today that is has expanded application coverage of its Donaldson Endurance Plus family of oil filtration products, designed to reduce oil usage by as much as 50% for heavy duty, on-road truck owners.
7/27/07	IC Corp. Receives Hybrid Award Enova Systems a developer and manufacturer of electric, hybrid and fuel cell digital power management systems, will be supplying IC Corporation, the Hybrid Drive systems for a nationwide Hybrid School Bus initiative.
7/25/06	Transfinder Lecture Examines High Fuel Costs Transfinder V.P. Larry Finder presented a 75-minute in-depth analysis of the changes and challenges confronting school busing organizations brought about by increased fuel prices, to NYASBO meeting.
7/21/06	Specialty Announces Partnership Specialty Manufacturing announced that it has partnered with the private equity firm Century Park Capitol Partners based out of Los Angeles, Calif.
7/12/06	Student Transportation of Canada Completes Acquisition Operating subsidiary of Student Transportation of America announces it acquired Simcoe Coach Lines Ltd., a local school bus operator based in Sutton, Ontario. Move to adds $5 million in annual revenue and builds regional density.
7/1/06	MobileAwareness.com Brings High-tech Safety Solutions Mobile AwarenessT, a provider of leading-edge transportation safety products, launched a new information-based Web site.
6/29/06	Collins Industries Explores Sale Process Collins Industries, Inc. today announced that it is exploring a possible sale of the Company. George K. Baum Advisors LLC has been retained as its financial advisor to assist with this process.
6/26/06	Blue Bird Awarded New Contract with U.S. General Services Administration Blue Bird Corp. has been awarded a sales contract with the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to supply buses to agencies of the Federal Government. The one-year requirements contract includes options for four additional years, and Blue Bird has already received purchase orders for over 400 buses this year under this new agreement.
6/22/06	RPF Issued for Hybrid School Bus Advanced Energy and the Hybrid School Bus Buyers' Consortium have issued a Request for Proposals [RFP] to manufacture and deliver plug-in hybrid electric school buses.
6/20/06	Transfinder Announces New Fleet Management Software Transfinder has released a new fleet management software package for school transportation departments, Transfinder fm.
6/12/06	Blue Bird Announces New Northern Illinois Distributor Central States Bus Sales, Inc. of St. Louis awarded Northern Illinois region for Blue Bird sales.
6/7/06	Blue Bird, Laidlaw Reach School Bus Supplier Deal Blue Bird Corporation announced it will provide its "All American" Type D and "Micro Bird" Type A school buses to Laidlaw Education Services through 2009.
6/7/06	John Deere Introduces New CNG/LPG Engines Engine manufacturer announces 8.1L natural gas engine achieves EPA and CARB certification for optional low NOx standards, and says a 9.0L engine certified to 2010 standards is on the way.
6/6/06	Mentor Engineering Achieves Microsoft Certified Competency Mentor Engineering announced it achieved Microsoft® Certified Partner status for demonstrating a high degree of proficiency and expertise in integrating its mobile computing products with Microsoft-based technologies.
6/1/06	CARB Verifies Johnson-Matthey PCRT® Diesel Retrofit System MALVERN, Penn. - Johnson Matthey's Environmental Catalysts and Technologies (ECT) group announced that the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has verified its Partial Continuously Regenerating Technology, or PCRT® diesel retrofit system for 1991 to 1993 model year engines used in on-road applications.
5/31/06	SafeGuard Go® Named Hot Product in iParenting Awards WESTFIELD, Inc. - SafeGuard, a division of IMMI, announced that the newly launched SafeGuard Go has earned the "Best of the Best -- Hot" product distinction in the prestigious iParenting Wards. The seat was recognized for its revolutionay design and ease-of-use
5/30/06	Mentor Introduces XMobile Manager Software CALGARY, Alberta - Mentor Engineering, Inc. announced the release of XMobile Manager (XMM) software to remotely program and manage Mentor’s mobile computing units.
5/23/06	Ohio Governor Visits Hybrid Bus Development Company TORRANCE, Calif. - Enova Systems hosted Ohio's Governor Bob Taft for a visit of its facility here. Taft observed the integration of Enova's Post Transmission Hybrid Drive System into a second IC Corporation School Bus. Enova already delivered the first fully functional hybrid school bus to IC Corporation in January 2006.
5/22/06	Honeywell Security Receives Telly Award for Rapid Eye Video SYOSSET, N.Y. - Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today that Honeywell Securitywas awarded a prestigious Telly Award in the 27th Annual Telly Award competition.
5/22/06	Natural Gas for Vehicles Costs Less than Gasoline, Diesel Fuel, New U.S. Report Says Compressed natural gas used to power vehicles in the United States costs considerably less than gasoline and diesel fuel on a gas-gallon equivalent basis, according to a new report sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy.
5/15/06	Donaldson Selected by DaimlerChrysler to Supply 2007 Emission Aftertreatment Device Packaging Donaldson system to go on all U.S. medium-duty engines from 2007 to 2009. To include all exhaust and emission aftertreatment device packaging for DaimlerChrysler's MBE 900.
5/12/06	BusWest Acquires California Bus Sales Division of Los Angeles Freighliner brings Fresno, Calif-based school bus dealer under its operating umbrella.
5/1/06	Transfinder Announces Company Focus Transportation management software provider highlights sales increases and latest product launches.
4/24/06	Blue Bird to Offer Propane-Powered School Bus Blue Bird Corporation, in conjunction with the Texas Railroad Commission, Dallas County Schools and Texas state clean-air advocates, today announced the availability of a full-size propane-powered school bus for early 2007.
4/14/06	VersaTrans Adds to Client Family School bus software and routing services company welcomes 900 VersaTrans RP customer and boasts a total of 1,051 clients.
4/13/06	Blue Bird Breaks Sales Records for Vision School Buses Sales of Vision model school bus surpasses 4000 units, already exceeding the company's annual 2006 sales forecast.
4/13/06	Blue Bird Places Second Satellite Security Systems Order School bus OEM finalizes second part of agreement for exclusive rights in the bus manufacturing market to sell S3's GlobalGuardT System while providing S3 with access to the Blue Bird distribution channel.
4/12/06	VersaTrans Sets Second Quarter Sales Record School bus software and services provider follows most successful first quarter in company history thanks to "focus" and "hard work."
4/11/06	Routing Company Introduces New Version of Flagship Product Transfinder transportation management systems rolls out its newest version of Transfinder Pro 7.0.
4/7/06	Updated Financials from Heavy-Duty Truck Mogul Navistar announced today that it is restating its financial results for years 2002 to 2005, and announced change in independent auditors.
4/6/06	Laidlaw International Reports 2nd Quarter Fiscal 2006 Results Laidlaw reported net income from continuing operations of $38 million or $0.38 per share for its second quarter ending Feb. 28, 2006, as compared to net income from continuing operations of $21 million or $0.20 per share for second quarter 2005.
4/5/06	Atlantic Express Transportation Corp. Announces Amendment to the Indenture Governing Its Notes Atlantic Express Transportation Corp. announced today that it has entered into a Third Supplemental Indenture (the "Supplemental Indenture"), among the Company, the Guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York, as Trustee and Collateral Agent.
4/5/06	New York District Enlists VersaTrans to Automate Routes The City School District of Albany completes training on VersaTrans RP for routing and planning and VersaTrans TripTracker for managing field trip transportation.
3/30/06	Cummins CNG Engines Headed for Russian Buses Cummins Westport Inc., a leading provider of high-performance alternative fuel engines for the global market, announces order for 278 Cummins Westport C Gas Plus CNG engines for Russian Buses of Moscow, Russia.
3/28/06	American International Radio Launches AVL GPS Software Company's SafeMobile Division of American International Radio, Inc. releases fully upgraded and newly designed series of GPS Automatic Vehicle Location tracking units for use within the Student Transportation and Tracking arena.
3/28/06	VersaTrans Announces New AVL/GPS Product School bus software and services provider brings to market on-screen Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) and Global Positioning System (GPS) technologies to enable pupil transportation providers to monitor fleet and driver activity.
3/24/06	Navistar International Retires All $400 Million 6.25 Percent Senior Notes Due 2012 Parent company of IC Corp announces expiration and final results of its cash tender offer and consent solicitation with respect to its outstanding $220.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.75 percent subordinated exchangeable notes due 2009.
3/24/06	IC Corp Announces New Hankook School Bus Tire School bus OEM says adds new supplier to address growing worldwide tire shortage. Hankook to come standard on all school bus applications unless client specifically requests another tire.
3/23/06	Thermo King Espouses on Benefits of Auxiliary Power Units Air conditioning manufacturer says APUs a more cost-effective, conservative approach to cooling the school bus rather than incurring higher fuel costs via idling.
3/21/06	New York School Districts Install GPS Tracking Systems in school Buses Pilot program features Aware Vehicle Intelligence on IC Corp. school buses
3/17/06	Navistar Announces Amendment to Tender Offer Navistar International Corporation announced it is amending the terms of its previously announced tender offer and consent solicitation for its $400 million in aggregate principal amount of 6 1/4 percent Senior Notes due 2012.
3/15/06	InterMotive Introduces New Online Training Vehicle systems control manufacturer and preventative maintenance training provider launched a new training division featuring the Web-based I/M Trained Program.
3/15/06	Blue Bird Inks Exclusive GPS Deal School bus OEM partners with Celtron International, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Satellite Security Systems, Inc. (S3), to phase in GlobalGuardT technology into its entire product line. Blue Bird also obtains exclusive rights to integrate S3's technology into all buses it services through its network of dealers.
3/15/06	Caterpillar Boasts 1.5 Million Vehicles on Nation's Roads Engine manufacturer says ACERT a major reason why 2005 was a banner sales year.
3/14/06	R.C.A. Rubber Launches Redesigned Web Site New Internet presence features improved navigation and comprehensive product listing and information for companies two transit and commercial business.
3/14/06	Sure-Lok Announces New Wheelchair Securement first fully automatic, auto-locking, self-tensioning wheelchair securement system. Company calls TITAN its first fully-automatic, auto-locking, self-tensioning wheelchair securement system.
3/10/06	First Girardin G5 Rolls off Assembly Line Girardin's new minibus, the G5, rolled off the assembly line in early February. Products features innovatins in product, desgn and technology.
3/7/06	Partnership Aims to Improve Big Bus, Truck Safety Tracks with Key Federal Safety Priorities Brake problems on big trucks and buses -- the number one safety and maintenance concern with operators and regulators -- could be spotted and fixed sooner with a radio frequency identification (RFID) inspection system being developed by Zonar Systems(R) and Spectra Inc., the companies announced today.
3/1/06	Seon Release New Digital Video Recorder Product Company touts new Seon Explorer^TM Digital Video Recording System as a high-performance system driven by efficient MPEG4 compression technology.
3/01/06	BESI Inc. Acquires Mirror Lite Subsidiary School bus seat manufacturer purchases similar product line and vows to continue servicing existing customers.
2/27/06	Archer Petroleum Proves Soy-based Products Benefit More Than The Environment Petroleum supplier cites vehicle performance improvements with use of alternative fuels.
2/24/06	Programs Designed to Track Students Presented at National Education Conference Defywire showcases version 3.0 of its Mobile Guardian system and new BusTracker module at the National Conference on Education. Progams run from smart phones and handhelds.
2/22/06	Collins Industries Post Record First Quarter 2006 Results Sales numbers for North America's largest manufacturer of Type A school buses jumps 25 percent over same period last year.
2/22/06	California School Districts Wins Lap/Shoulder Belt Bus IMMI Safeguard awards California school district with school bus equipped with 3-point lap/shoulder belt system as a prize for winning the company's "Win a Bus" contest.
2/21/06	'Mobilized by AirClic' Partnerships Extend Critical Business Processes to Mobile Operations Announcement signals opportunity for partners to extend critical business process applications to mobile workers generating additional partner or channel revenue opportunities.
2/21/06	J.D. Power & Associates Ranks Cat C-15 Diesel Engine Highest in Customer Service New study on Heavy Duty Truck Engine/Transmissions conducted by the international marketing information firm bestows honor on Caterpillar engine for the fifth time in a row.
2/16/06	Talking Bus Could Help Save Children's Lives Transportation Safety Products, LTD introduces Child Safety Alarm System that uses a voice command to alert children in the school bus loading and unloading zone.
2/16/06	Thomas Built Buses Purchased for 2006 Arctic Winter Games Federal grant used to buy 22 Saf-T-Liner-EF transit buses equipped with wheelchair lifts for upcoming six-country winter sports festival held in Alaska; local school district to take possession of buses at conclusion of games.
2/09/06	Minnesota Power to Support School Bus Emission Program Makes $75,000 donation to Project Green Fleet, a unique statewide pollution control initiative aimed at reducing emissions from school bus engines.
2/09/06	Mercedes Benz Unveils School Bus in Austria Mercedes-Benz has entered into an exclusive partnership in the "New Generation School Bus" concept - a pilot project organized by the Upper Austria State Government.
2/07/06	Donaldson Earns Level 2 California Diesel Verification Company receives CARB approval of Diesel Multi-Stage Filter Muffler System with or without SpiracleT Crankcase Filtration for 1991-2002 diesel applications.
2/03/06	Fuel Cost Savings, Lower Emissions Using ESI Natural Gas CARB, EPA approve ESI Phoenix NG 7.6L, available as both a compressed and liquefied natural gas vehicle.
2/02/06	International's Aware Telematics System Receives Award OEM wins 2006 Industry Innovation and Advancement of the Year Award for comprehensive telematics solution for buses, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles.
1/30/06	IC Corp Announces First-Ever Hybrid School Bus Project Partnership between school bus OEM and Enova Systems could lead to increased fuel economy, reduced emissions.
1/30/06	Blue Bird Completes In-Court Restructuring Process School bus OEM announces finalization of bankruptcy proceedings that enables full payment of creditors with expansion of loan.
1/27/06	Blue Bird Completes Loan Restructuring Deal Lenders agree to extend school bus OEM's credit limit by another $52.5 million; company says deal ensures long-term financial health.
1/23/06	DaimlerChrylser Approves B20 in Dodge Ram Pickup Trucks Auto manufacturer becomes first to the support biodiesel blend in applications for government, military and commercial fleet customers.
1/20/06	New Surveillance Recorders Immediately Available SecurteX International, Inc. releases new "economical, reliable and compact" Mobile Digital Video Recorders (MDVR) for school buses.
1/16/06	Solar-Powered Radar Speed Sign Reduces Installation Time Information Display Company's Easy-Solar version of its SpeedCheckT driver feedback sign also promises reduced cost, installation time for school zone.
1/11/06	VersaTrans Solutions, Inc. Earns User Accolades School management software provider voted a Readers' Choice Award winner in the 2006 Readers' Choice Awards Program conducted by eSchool News.
1/10/06	TRIB to Attend Largest Trucking Show in North America The Tire Retread Information Bureau announces its presence at the upcoming 2006 Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS), taking place March 23-25, 2006, at the Kentucky Fair & Expo Center in Louisville, Ky.
1/09/06	Domestic Automaker Recognizes Benefit of Annual Show DaimlerChrysler Corporation to host the SAE 2008 World Congress, the world's largest automotive technology event.
1/06/06	Clean Vehicle Education Foundation Launches CNG Fuel Storage Awareness Campaign Program underwritten by the U.S. Department of Energy initially targets fleet managers and automotive service technicians in the transit, refuse, school district, utility and government sectors where use of NGVs is most prevalent.
1/04/06	Transfinder Exceeds Goals in 2005 58 percent growth helps transportation software company expand client base to 42 states.

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