In front of a packed house of Canada’s elite business owners, CEO’s and Mangers, Kevin Tallman, Dealer Principal for Kemtpville Truck Centre Limited accepted the award for Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies for 2010. The event was held on March 8, 2009 at the Sheraton Centre in downtown Toronto

More than 17 years ago this annual celebration of business excellence has been recognizing Canadian-owned and managed companies with revenues over $10 million. Hundreds of entrepreneurial companies have competed for this designation in a rigorous and independent process that evaluates their management skills and practices.

“This designation is a testament to our company-wide commitment to business excellence, best in class service and our focus on continuous improvement,” says Kevin Tallman, Dealer Principal of Kemptville Truck Centre. “As a proud member of the Navistar/ International family and the local communities we serve, we’re very excited to have received this recognition. We would also like to congratulate our exceptional group of more than 240 employees, whose hard work and dedication made this award possible.”

Kemptville Truck Centre Limited is a full service commercial truck dealer, franchised to sell and service the International brand of trucks throughout Eastern Ontario. The company started business in 1973 with one location. Today, the company is one of the largest International truck dealers in North America. The company’s outstanding sales and industry leading service have earned it numerous awards, the most prestigious being International’s “Circle of Excellence Award”. This award is the highest and most coveted an International dealer can receive; the company was one of only two dealers in Canada and 26 in the world to win this award.