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Transportation Technologies Industries; New Union Contract Ratified At Brillion Iron Works Subsidiary

20 August 1999

Transportation Technologies Industries; New Union Contract Ratified At Brillion Iron Works Subsidiary

    CHICAGO--Aug. 20, 1999--Transportation Technologies Industries, Inc. announced today that a new three-year collective bargaining agreement at its Brillion Iron Works, Inc. subsidiary was ratified yesterday. Brillion's hourly employees have been working since July 1, 1999 under an automatic extension provided by the prior agreement while negotiations were continuing.
    Thomas M. Begel, chairman, president and chief executive officer of the Company, said, "We are pleased to have reached a new three-year agreement at Brillion. This new agreement continues to provide Brillion's valued employees with good wages and benefits."

    Transportation Technologies Industries, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of components for heavy-duty and medium-duty trucks and buses and the trucks parts aftermarket. Product lines include: Gunite wheel-end components; Brillion custom iron castings; Imperial body and chassis components; Bostrom truck and bus seating systems; and Fabco steerable drive axles and gearboxes. The company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and has manufacturing operations in Alabama, California, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin.