Allison Transmission Awarded Red Ball Express Honor
National Defense Industrial Association recognizes Allison
Transmission’s contributions to national security
INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 5, 2019--
The Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Division of the National Defense Industrial
Association presented Allison Transmission with its Red Ball Express
Award on Feb. 4. The award recognizes an organization or person that
significantly contributed to the strengthening of national security by
developing, procuring or supporting tactical wheeled vehicles.
Ken Adgie, Director of North America and U.S. Government Defense
Business for Allison Transmission received the award on the company’s
behalf. As a former Commander in the Army, Ken understands the
importance of these vehicles, especially during wartime, and the
criticality of reliability.
“We have the privilege to say that Allison fully automatic transmissions
support the vast majority of Army and Marine Corps wheeled programs due
to their unwavering reliability,” Adgie said. “Furthermore, I am
personally honored to receive this recognition on behalf of Allison
Transmission, especially today at the beginning of African-American
History month and to reflect on the selfless courageous actions of the
Red Ball Express drivers, of whom over 75 percent were African-American
soldiers.”
The Red Ball Express Award was named after a large truck convoy system
that supplied Allied forces after D-Day in Normandy at the beginning of
WWII. The forces were trying to move quickly through Europe but lacked
fuel and ordnance. Therefore, a system was built using red balls to mark
the route and trucks were marked with the same red balls and given
priority use of civilian roads to get to fuel quickly, creating the Red
Ball Express.
About Allison Transmission
Allison Transmission (NYSE: ALSN) is the world’s largest manufacturer of
fully automatic transmissions for medium- and heavy-duty commercial
vehicles and is a leader in electric hybrid-propulsion systems for city
buses. Allison transmissions are used in a variety of applications
including refuse, construction, fire, distribution, bus, motorhomes,
defense and energy. Founded in 1915, the company is headquartered in
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA and employs approximately 2,700 people
worldwide. With a market presence in more than 80 countries, Allison has
regional headquarters in the Netherlands, China and Brazil with
manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Hungary and India. Allison also
has approximately 1,400 independent distributor and dealer locations
worldwide. For more information, visit allisontransmission.com.
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Source: Allison Transmission
Claire Gregory
Director, Communications and Media Relations
317-242-7928
Claire.Gregory@allisontransmission.com