Transportation
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Firms Operating Diesel Fleets May Apply For State Clean Diesel Grant Money
If your firm operates a diesel fleet, you may be eligible to apply for a grant to help you lower emissions through the Pennsylvania State Clean Diesel Grant Program. But hurry – the deadline to apply is June 10. Corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, school districts, municipal authorities, political subdivisions, state agencies, nonprofit entities and…
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A. Duie Pyle Celebrates 90 Years In Business
West Chester-based A. Duie Pyle is celebrating its 90th year in business this April. The transportation and logistics company, which handles shipments to the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Canada and the Caribbean, has a local warehouse in Parkesburg and warehouses and service centers in West Chester. The family-owned business was launched by Alexander Duie Pyle in…
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Rail Users Network Sets Conference For Business And Community Rail Travel Stake Holders
Are you interested in learning how passenger rail and rail transit can improve the economic vitality of the county? Business and civic leaders, real estate developers, community planners, environmentalists and rail advocates are all invited to a Rail Users Network conference on Friday, May 2 at the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission in Philadelphia. The…
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A.Duie Pyle Gains Kudos For Safe Winter Shipments
A. Duie Pyle’s innovative protect-from-freeze program ensured that shipments were delivered without damage during one of the coldest winters in the past century, the company reported in a news release. The West Chester-based company, with a warehouse in Parkesburg and warehouses and service centers in West Chester, reported that more than 43,000 vulnerable shipments were…
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Chesco Business Yesterday
The railroad bridge over the West Branch of the Brandywine as taken by photographer W. T. Purviance of Philadelphia (circa 1870-1880) and posted on Bridgehunter.com.
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Triumph To Turn Around Struggling Spirit Airlines Program
Triumph (NYSE: TGI) announced Monday that the deal, effective December 30 2013, had closed. Industry analysts now predict the deal will add $250 million in annual revenue for the Berwyn company. Berwyn-based Triumph Group’s newest challenge is to turn around a pair of struggling jet wing production programs that will set Spirit Aerosystems back more than…
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State’s Failure to Reimburse Rainbow Cab and Limousine Forces It to Discontinue Cab Service
West Chester’s Rainbow Cab and Limousine is permanently discontinuing its cab service beginning Aug. 1, after more than three decades in business. However, the company’s limousine business will continue, writes Fran Maye for the Daily Local News. According to Gibbs Tolsdorf, Rainbow Cab and Limousine’s owner, the decision is due to the state’s failure to…

















































