A grand opening event took place in Denver today asPenske Truck Leasing announced a state-of-the-art facility that provides full-service truck leasing, consumer and commercial truck rental and contract truck fleet maintenance services. The address is 10255 East 40th Avenue.
“This new district location was built to offer an excellent customer service experience to correspond with our regional growth,” said Rick Pytlik, Penske Truck Leasing senior vice president for the western region. “We’re now centrally located amongst our customer base and highly visible from I-70. We now have larger service bays, improved rental counters, customer lounges and an open design that will lead to increased productivity.”
Here are some details:
- It is 19,930 square feet and housed on 10.2 acres
- There are four truck service bays and an automated wash bay
- Four-lane commercial truck fuel island that also provides bulk Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) dispensing
- Wireless technology can connect technicians to truck diagnostic and analytic software
- Can perform maintenance on alternative-fueled vehicles that utilize Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)
W.E. O'Neil Construction Company of Colorado was the general contractor on this project.
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Captions: Photos of the company's newest Denver facility were taken by Tim O'Hara.
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“Trillium CNG is excited to be partnering with NFI, Penske and Wegmans Foods to make CNG available in the area,” said Mary Boettcher, Trillium CNG president. “We’re confident other fleet operators in the tri-state region will take advantage of the environmental and economic benefits that natural gas provides.”
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“We are very pleased to have Mitsui as a partner in PTL. Mitsui brings extensive experience across many different areas to our partnership and will become a key strategic partner as we look to expand and enhance our operations both domestically and internationally. We look forward to the new opportunities that our collaboration with Mitsui will bring and the value we can deliver to Mitsui,” said Brian Hard, President and CEO of 
Penske currently operates an expanding commercial truck rental fleet of late-model prime movers from MAN and Western Star. The newly opened Melbourne location rents MAN TGS 540 and TGS 480 6x4 sleepers (b-double rated), Western Star 5800 6x4 sleepers (b-double and road train rated), and new to its fleet offering at the Melbourne location are Freightliner Coronado 6x4 day cabs (b-double rated).
“The facility serves the needs of Penske’s truck fleet and contract customers, as well as commercial truck fleets,” said James Svaasand, Penske’s vice president of collision repair.
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Penske Truck Rental’s operation in Australia will initially consist of a 20-truck fleet of high-specification MAN and Western Star prime movers. Each unit will be professionally maintained to maximize reliability, fuel efficiency and availability.