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Penton's Truck Blue Book to Partner with DealerManage


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NEW YORK--Penton’s Truck Blue Book®, a leading provider of commercial vehicle identification and valuation information, and DealerManage, a premier provider of Web-based comprehensive truck and trailer dealer management systems, today announced a partnership to incorporate Truck Blue Book values into the DealerManage system. DealerManage provides users with real-time information on every facet of their dealership. The multipurpose system incorporates CRM, inventory management and comprehensive sales system capabilities.

As part of this new partnership, Truck Blue Book values are now being integrated into the system, giving DealerManage users access to twenty years of heavy-duty commercial truck values. This will allow users to decode VIN’s and look up values as they finalize sales.

“Our customers, predominately used truck dealers, need better options to help manage customer relationships and inventory flow. We feel that DealerManage represents an ideal solution,” said Terry Williams, Truck Blue Book managing editor. “Integrating Truck Blue Book values and specifications with DealerManage will create the marketplace’s most comprehensive and dynamic system.”

For more information on Truck Blue Book, call (800) 654-6776 or visit www.truckbluebook.com. For DealerManage information, call (877) 815-3713 or visit www.dealermanage.com.

In addition to Truck Blue Book, Penton's automotive and trucking product brands include American Trucker®, Bulk Transporter®, Fleet Owner®, FleetSeek® directory/database products, Refrigerated Transporter, Trailer Body Builders®, Ward's AutoWorld®, Ward's Dealer Business®, Ward's Information Products and Ward's Auto Interiors Show and Conference, as well as a variety of industry-specific data services.

Truck Blue Book is part of Penton's Information Data Products Division, which provides leading online and print products in industries including aviation, electronics and transportation. The Division's offerings, used by 500,000 consumers and businesspeople, include more than 100 Web sites and online tools which serve 2.5 million pages of online content each month.

Penton Media, Inc. is the largest independent business-to-business media company in the U.S., serving more than six million business professionals every month. The company's market-leading brands are focused on 30 industries and include 113 trade magazines, 145 Web sites, 150 industry trade shows and conferences, and more than 500 information data products. Headquartered in New York City, the privately held company is owned by MidOcean Partners and U.S. Equity Partners II, an investment fund sponsored by Wasserstein & Co., LP, and its co-investors. For additional information on the company and its businesses, visit www.penton.com.