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Industry Focus – August 20071

New Web Site Launched
Customer Safety Services, a division of Caterpillar Technology & Solutions Division, has launched safety.cat.com, a new web site dedicated to promoting safety and health of everyone in, on or around Caterpillar products.

Visitors to the site will find information that reinforces safety messages found in the company’s official Operations and Maintenance Manuals. The site also covers the world of safety in motion. Caterpillar videos of walkaround inspections and operating tips now are available from one online source.

People In The News
Following are personnel changes that recently occurred in the trucking industry:

Reman Offering Expanded
Eaton Corp. has made remanufactured medium-duty manual transmissions with Fuller components available for the first time to OEM dealerships throughout North America. All of the Fuller Reman transmissions are certified to Eaton specifications and come with a minimum one year, unlimited mileage warranty for parts and labor that is fully transferable and accepted throughout the U.S. and Canada.

The launch of the program initially will cover five model numbers, all six-speed designs, including FS-5306A, FS-6306A, FS-6406A, FSO-8406A and FS-5406A. All units are assembled and performance tested at the Eaton Reman Center in Greenfield, Ind.

Karmak Joins Star
Karmak has joined STAR (Standards for Technology in Automotive Retail), a global information technology standards body for the retail automotive industry.

STAR is an industry wide initiative to implement voluntary IT standards supporting the business information needs and the Internet links required by dealers, manufacturers and retail system providers to communicate effectively with each other.

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