Carrier Transicold Pennsylvania — East was named 2004 Dealer of the Year and two dealerships received the first Lifetime Achievement awards at Carrier Transicold's annual Truck, Trailer, and Rail dealer meeting in Cancun, Mexico, recently.
The Dealer of the Year award recognizes one dealer from Carrier Transicold's network using criteria in its Next Level dealer performance program. Next Level includes measurements for overall achievement and customer satisfaction.
Based in Philadelphia, Carrier Transicold Pennsylvania — East was formed in 1997 as a unit of Penn Detroit Diesel Allison (Penn DDA), and serves customers in eastern Pennsylvania from Philadelphia to Reading and west to Harrisburg, as well as southern New Jersey.
Transicold recognized Refritrans SA of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, as its Top Performing Latin America Truck dealer, and Frio Servicio de Monterrey SA de CV, Monterrey, Mexico, as the Top Performing Latin America Trailer dealer.
Two members of Transicold's North American dealer network received Lifetime Achievement awards. Honored were Larry Kratzke, president of Larry's Trailer Sales and Service in Wichita KS; and Larry Fleming, president of Eskimo Refrigeration in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Transicold also recognized 31 other dealers for sales performance, significant investments in facilities, and achievement of business objectives. The meeting brought together 73 dealerships from Canada to Latin America.