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* The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has signed a new agreement to make its commercial truck tires the standard equipment used on all Volvo trucks produced for North America over the next three years.

"We are extremely pleased to have been chosen by this quality producer of premium commercial vehicles," says Steve McClellan, Goodyear's vice president, commercial tire systems.

Scott Kress, senior vice president, sales, for Volvo Trucks North America Inc., says, "We a

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