NTEA Recognizes Safety and Quality Processes with Member Verification Program

Through its Member Verification Program (MVP), the National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) has recognized four new member companies and requalified 15 companies for their commitment to safety and quality standards. This brings the total number of companies who currently have achieved MVP status to 375.

Since 2005, NTEA’s Member Verification Program has recognized distributors, manufacturers and upfitters for implementing quality business practices and for complying with specific government safety regulations. Criteria to meet the MVP standards can involve liability insurance, warranty programs, vehicle and employee certification, safety policies and quality assurance. Program standards were enhanced in July 2008 to include more stringent requirements.

“We congratulate these members who have demonstrated compliance to key quality standards and for building better relationships between distributors and manufacturers and between suppliers and their customers,” NTEA Executive Director Jim Carney said. “With the recent introduction of updated criteria, we have raised the bar of the MVP program to even higher standards, which should impact the quality efforts of our members and industry to an even greater extent.”
                             
The Newest MVPs for the fourth quarter of 2008 are the following: General Body Metroplex of Arlington, Texas; Godwin Mfg. of Dunn, N.C.; Interlift of Cerritos, Calif.; and Western Cascade Truck, Tank & Equipment of Tukwila, Wash.;   

In addition, members who successfully renewed their MVP status as of Dec. 31, 2008, are the following: Brake & Cluth of Salem, Mass.; Canfield Equipment Service of Warren, Mich.; Cherokee Truck Equipment of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Eberhard Manufacturing Co. of Cleveland, Ohio; Fleet Body Equipment of Kansas City, Mo.; General Body Mfg. Co. of Texas of Houston, Texas; Hoekstra Truck Equipment of Grand Rapids, Mich.; Industrial Truck Bodies of Santa Maria, Calif.; Link Mfg. of Sioux Center, Iowa; Medtec Ambulance Corporation of Goshen, Ind.; Pick Up Pals of Lubbock, Texas; Southwest Trailers & Equipment of Oklahoma City, Okla.; Swenson Spreader of Lindenwood, Ill.; Thieman Tailgates of Celina, Ohio; and Viking-Cives Group of Harrisville, N.Y.