Quality Carriers Signs 2-Year Deal with TREAD-1.Business Editors TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11, 2004 Quality Distribution, Inc. (Nasdaq:QLTY QLTY Quality ) announced today that its primary transportation subsidiary, Quality Carriers, Inc., has signed a two-year agreement with Instructional Technologies There are two types of instructional technology: those with a systems approach, and those focusing on sensory technologies. The definition of instructional technology prepared by the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Definitions and Terminology , Inc. (ITI (Information Technology Industry Council, Washington, DC, www.itic.org) Formerly the Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association (CBEMA), founded in 1916. ITI is a membership organization composed of approximately 30 large high-tech companies. ) to provide TREAD-1 Driver Training to its entire fleet of 3,150 drivers. This week, ITI began shipping new e-MAC computers, modified to run only TREAD-1, to 121 Quality Carrier terminals across America and Canada. ITI provides the computers at no charge to its clients. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Dr. Richard (Dick) W. Carr, Vice President of Safety and Security for Quality, all drivers will begin TREAD-1 training within the next month. In January, ITI shipped new TREAD-1 e-MACs to 53 terminals of private carrier Mohawk Industries Mohawk Industries is an American company that supplies residential and commercial flooring and other home products. It is one of the two largest carpet manufacturers in the world. It is exchanged on the New York Stock Exchange under the listed security MHK. , and in March will be outfitting 36 terminals of private carrier Shaw Industries Shaw Industries is a flooring manufacturer headquartered in Dalton, Georgia. It agreed to be acquired by Berkshire Hathaway in 2000. As of 2006, it employed 32,000 people in the USA and Canada. It is considered the largest broadloom carpet maker in the world. (TT #16 Private). Dr. Carr says that Quality Carriers had spent well over a year looking at all available professional driver training to augment and expand their own in-house training. "In the end," he says, "there was no question that TREAD-1 offers the widest range and the highest quality of training in this market. We saw that it not only has the capability to train all of our diverse fleet across two countries with consistent and standardized training, but its data management and its ability to document that training have enormous advantages from the legal and risk management perspectives." Quality Carriers expects to have every driver take at least 8 lessons per year for ongoing training and will additionally assign specific lessons to a driver after any incident, whether an accident or a violation. They will also provide TREAD-1 as part of the orientation program for new drivers, to make sure all drivers are focused on safety. ITI's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Dr. James Voorhees, said that the company is delighted to be able to provide this kind of networked training for carriers as large and widespread as Quality Carriers. "Quality Carriers is not our largest client, but they have requested TREAD-1 at more sites than any other client. During the past year, we totally rebuilt our database and networking capabilities so as to be able to provide the type of service Quality Carriers has demanded. We couldn't be happier to have them as a client." About ITI ITI, of Vancouver, WA, provides computer-based truck-driver training to a wide variety of carriers and schools, applying high-end video and animation technology to deliver engaging, up-to-date, and effective training. By providing a free, secure, web-based database to each of its clients, carriers can monitor and document on a daily basis, the driver's training records. ITI is the only company offering full-screen, networked, high resolution, interactive truck driver training. Its offering of 32 courses, from Defensive Driving to Skid Control, from Backing and Docking to Accident Procedures, is based on the federally-approved PTDI PTDI Provisional Tolerable Daily Intake (maximum daily exposure level to a contaminant) PTDI Palm Tree Death Incident (thrash metal band) PTDI Professional Truck Drivers Institute, Inc. curriculum. About Quality Carriers Quality Carriers, Inc, is a subsidiary of Quality Distribution, Inc. Headquartered in Tampa, Florida “Tampa” redirects here. For other uses, see Tampa (disambiguation). Tampa is a United States city in Hillsborough County, on the west coast of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County.GR6. , Quality Distribution operates approximately 3,400 tractors and 7,900 trailers through principal transportation subsidiaries: Quality Carriers, TransPlastics and Quebec based Levy Transport. Quality Distribution also holds varied business interests in other bulk transportation services, including tank cleaning and freight brokerage. Quality Distribution is an American Chemistry Council The American Chemistry Council (ACC), formerly known as the Chemical Manufacturers' Association, is an industry trade association for American chemical companies. The American Chemistry Council (ACC) is in charge of improving the public image of the chemical industry. Responsible Partner and is a core carrier for many of the Fortune 500 companies who engaged in chemical processing. |
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