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READING, Pa., July 30, 2025 – Penske Logistics is the recipient of a 2025 Manufacturing Innovation Award from Toyota North America. The award was handed out at Toyota’s supplier conference, in recognition of Penske’s dedicated contract carriage solutions. Penske received this honor for attaining high marks in ingenuity, efficiency and cost savings for Toyota.

Jeff Jackson, Penske Logistics president: “We thank Toyota North America for their recognition of our hard-working associates, who are dedicated to accelerating the supply chain performance of our valued customers each and every day.”

Penske Logistics supports Toyota’s plant operations in Alabama, Indiana, and Ontario, Canada.

Penske Logistics is a Penske Transportation Solutions company headquartered in Reading, Pennsylvania. The company is a leading provider of innovative supply chain and logistics solutions. Penske offers solutions including dedicated transportation, distribution center management, lead logistics, freight management, transportation management, freight brokerage, and a comprehensive array of technologies to keep the world moving forward. Visit PenskeLogistics.com to learn more.

Penske’s top techs and customer service representatives (CSRs) from across the U.S. and Canada went head-to-head in Mooresville, North Carolina, at the 2025 National Tech Showdown.

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What started with nearly 3,000 competitors has come down to just 44 of Penske’s skilled maintenance technicians and preventive maintenance professionals. These standout finalists are headed to the 2025 National Tech Showdown – a high-stakes competition that celebrates the precision, expertise and pride of our frontline service teams.

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Celebrating 25 years of excellence, the 2025 National Tech Showdown is shaping up to be a milestone event in Penske Truck Leasing’s history. With record-breaking participation, expanded competition categories, and unprecedented cash prizes, it’s clear why the Tech Showdown has earned its reputation as a premier skills competition in the industry.

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Penske Truck Leasing recently announced the top five finishers of its 2023 National Tech Showdown competition. The companywide, voluntary event was designed to test, sharpen and evaluate Penske’s fleet maintenance associates on the mastery of skills required to maintain today’s increasingly complex commercial trucks.

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Penske Truck Leasing has selected new software to enhance testing capabilities for the 2021 Tech Showdown. BTL Surpass Inc. is now entrusted with the creation, delivery and scoring of this competition.

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David Sledziewski, a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, truck maintenance technician, was named the champion of the inaugural Penske Truck Leasing 2019 Tech Showdown competition.

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