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SUBSIDIARY OF TU INTERNATIONAL, INC. <br />P.O. Box 125 / ANOKA, MINNESOTA 55303 <br /> <br />TELEPHONE: 612/421-1900 <br /> <br />COACH <br />REBUILDERS <br />and <br /> BUS SALES <br /> <br />JULY 25, 1983 <br /> <br />FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE' <br /> <br />MR, RALPH DICKENSON, PRES[DENT OF DICKENSON LINES, A WHOLLY <br />OWNED SUBSIDIARY.OF TU INTERNATIONAL, ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT <br />THE COMPANY HAD SIGNED A CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A <br />NEW FACILITY IN RAMSEY, MINNESOTA, BECKER & SONS' CONSTRUC- <br />TION, OF BETHEL, 'HINNESOTA HAS BEEN ENGAGED AS THE GENERAL <br />CONTRACTOR AND CONSTRUCTION WILL START IMHEDIATELY, COHPLE- <br />TION IS SCHEDULED FOR LATE 1983, <br /> <br />MR, EDWARD R, SILANSKY, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF TU ~N~ <br />TERNATIONAL SAID THAT THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WOULD BRING <br />ALL OF DICKENSON'S OPERATIONS UNDER ONE ROOF AND WOULD EN- <br />ABLE THE COMPANY TO TRIPLE CURRENT CAPACITY,THE NEW PLANT <br />WILL IMPROVE OVERALL EFFECIENCY AND WHEN FULLY OPERATIONAL <br />WILL EMPLOYEE APPROXIMATELY 300 PEOPLE, MR, SILANSKY INDI- <br />CATED THAT THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS A TANGIBLE INDICATION <br />OF THE PARENT COMPANY'S SUPPORT OF DICKENSON LINES AND OUR <br />BELIEF THAT THE FUTURE FOR DICKENSON LINES IS VERY POSITIVE, <br />WE EXPECT THAT WITHIN 90 DAYS OF COMPLETION OF THE FACILITY <br />DICKENSON WILL BE OPERATING AT AN ANNUAL SALES VOLUME OF <br />APPROXIMATELY $20 MILLION, <br /> <br />MR, DICKENSON SAID THAT ALL OF THE COMPANY'S EMPLOYEES AT <br />THE ST, CLOUD PLANT WILL BE OFFERED POSITIONS AT THE NEW <br />RAMSEY PLANT AND WE EXPECT THAT ALL OF OUR PEOPLE WILL COME <br />TO OUR NEW HOME, THIS NEW FACILITY IS THE CULMINATION OF <br />YEARS OF HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO AN IDEA AND A NEW IN- <br />DUSTRY IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENTS <br /> <br /> AN EOUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br /> PAGE 1 OF 2 <br /> <br /> <br />